Lead Project Controls & Scheduling Engineer

PerkinElmer; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

PerkinElmer’s Project Farma unit seeks a Project Controls & Scheduling Lead Engineer to drive detailed schedules, cost tracking, and performance dashboards for biomanufacturing projects in the US.

You will collaborate with clients, vendors, and site teams, travel domestically, and be on-site full-time as projects require. A Bachelor's in Life Science/Engineering and 4–7+ years of project controls experience are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• 4–7+ years of equivalent work experience in Project Controls, cGMP facility start‑up, project management, and/or comparable military experience.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Project, Oracle PrimaveraP6, Smartsheet a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact and multitask with project team members, clients, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Directly develop, maintain, and update project schedules, cost models, progress tracking tools, and performance reports.
• Perform detailed schedule logic updates, progress status, forecasting, variance analysis, and recovery planning.
• Independently prepare project controls reports, dashboards, and management summaries.
• Utilize inputs from Project Coordinators, field teams, and other disciplines while retaining accountability for final project controls outputs.
• Maintain the integrated project schedule, including baseline management, updates, and look‑ahead planning.

Skills

Project controls

Scheduling

Excel

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Smartsheet

Communication

Willing to travel

On-site experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction Management, or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Project

Oracle PrimaveraP6

Smartsheet

Job description

PerkinElmer’s Project Farma unit seeks a Project Controls & Scheduling Lead Engineer to drive detailed schedules, cost tracking, and performance dashboards for biomanufacturing projects in the US.

You will collaborate with clients, vendors, and site teams, travel domestically, and be on-site full-time as projects require. A Bachelor's in Life Science/Engineering and 4–7+ years of project controls experience are expected.