Monoclonal Antibody Area Lead

KBR; Fox Woods (DE); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Monoclonal Antibody Area Lead to serve as the PMC organization’s primary owner’s technical authority, guiding design, CQV and readiness for commercial biologics manufacturing.

The role requires leading large multidisciplinary engineering teams, coordinating with stakeholders across EPCM and equipment suppliers, and ensuring regulatory compliance and long-term operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 15 years engineering experience in GMP facilities, with 10+ years in biologics.
• Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary engineering teams and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical leader for ensuring engineering designs, equipment selections, construction activities, CQV execution, and readiness for future mAb manufacturing needs.
• Coordinate activities across stakeholders, PMC team, EPCM contractors, construction contractors, CQV teams, and suppliers to deliver safely, compliantly, and within cost/schedule/quality objectives.
• Provide leadership in technical decision‑making, risk management, issue resolution, and readiness planning while ensuring manufacturing/quality/operations requirements are integrated.
• Act as the central integration point for the facility area, drive cross-functional collaboration, monitor performance, and support transition from design/construction to qualification, startup, and handover.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Engineering judgment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering

Job description

Monoclonal Antibody Area Lead

Monoclonal Antibody Area Lead KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets. KBR is seeking an experienced Monoclonal Antibody (mAB) Area Lead to serve as the PMC organization’s primary owner’s technical authority and strategic representative, ensuring the facility is designed, constructed, commissioned, qualified and handed over in a manner that supports commercial biologics manufacturing, regulatory compliance, and long-term operational excellence.

Functional Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical leader responsible for ensuring engineering designs, equipment selections, construction activities, CQV execution, and operational readiness support future mAb manufacturing requirements.
• Coordinate activities across Lilly’s stakeholders, the PMC team, EPCM contractor(s), construction contractors, CQV teams, and equipment suppliers to ensure the facility is delivered safely, compliantly, and in alignment with project cost, schedule, quality, and operational objectives.
• Provide leadership in technical decision‑making, risk management, issue resolution, stakeholder alignment, and readiness planning while ensuring manufacturing, maintenance, quality, and operational requirements are effectively incorporated throughout project execution.
• Act as the central integration point for the assigned facility area Drive cross-functional collaboration, monitors performance, and supports the successful transition of the facility from design and construction through qualification, startup, and operational handover.

Required Education, Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of engineering experience, supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other GMP-regulated facilities with minimum 10+ years in biologics and monoclonal antibody facilities.
• Experience successfully managing large multidisciplinary engineering teams and engineering contractors.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical decision‑making and stakeholder alignment.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.

Preferred Education, Experience & Skills

• Prior experience in an Owner’s Representative or PMC role for major capital projects in excess of $1B TIC.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license and/or PMP certification.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, and operational readiness activities.

Decarbonization – Energy Transition – Sustainability

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include the following:

• 401K plan with company match
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• AD&D
• flexible spending account
• disability
• paid time off
• flexible work schedule

We support career advancement through professional training and development.

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KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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