GMP Project Manager — Pharma Facilities & Turnover

Trinity Consultants - Advent Engineering; California; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Consultants - Advent Engineering in California is seeking a Project Manager to lead GMP facility and capital projects from planning through closeout. The role requires coordinating with engineering, facilities, manufacturing, and CQV teams to ensure on-time delivery and GMP-compliant execution.

Responsibilities include developing schedules and budgets, managing contractors and vendors, reviewing drawings and change orders, and overseeing commissioning and handoff to operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical field preferred.
• 3–5 years of project management, project engineering, or construction management experience.
• Experience executing construction or capital projects within GMP-regulated facilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage GMP facility and capital projects from planning and design through construction, commissioning, qualification, and project closeout.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, forecasts, action logs, risk registers, and project status reports.
• Coordinate construction activities within active GMP manufacturing and laboratory environments
• Manage general contractors, subcontractors, engineering consultants, equipment vendors, and other project stakeholders.
• Lead or participate in project meetings, construction coordination meetings, design reviews, and schedule/look-ahead meetings.
• Review construction drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittals, change orders, and contractor proposals.
• Track project progress against schedule and budget and proactively identify risks, constraints, and potential delays.
• Coordinate shutdowns, tie-ins, utility interruptions, equipment installation, and other activities requiring close integration with site operations.
• Support project change management, including evaluation of scope changes, cost impacts, schedule impacts, and change orders.
• Coordinate construction completion, punch-list activities, system turnover, commissioning, and handoff to CQV/Validation and Operations.
• Work closely with Engineering, Facilities, Manufacturing, EHS, Quality, Automation, and CQV teams to ensure project requirements are met.
• Ensure project activities comply with site safety requirements, applicable codes, and standards, and GMP procedures.
• Maintain clear project documentation and provide regular updates to project stakeholders and site leadership.

Skills

Stakeholder-management

Communication

Organization

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/Construction Management

Job description

Trinity Consultants - Advent Engineering in California is seeking a Project Manager to lead GMP facility and capital projects from planning through closeout. The role requires coordinating with engineering, facilities, manufacturing, and CQV teams to ensure on-time delivery and GMP-compliant execution.

Responsibilities include developing schedules and budgets, managing contractors and vendors, reviewing drawings and change orders, and overseeing commissioning and handoff to operations.