Pharma Project Controls Lead (Cost & Schedule) - Hybrid

Jobless; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

mcfa is seeking a Pharmaceutical Project Controls Manager to support a life sciences client in a portfolio of approximately $100 million in capital work at a Montgomery County, PA facility. The role blends cost controls and scheduling, embedded on a client project team, with hybrid onsite/offsite requirements.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in project controls, experience leading pharmaceutical capital projects in GMP settings, and proficiency with Excel; familiarity with Primavera P6, MS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, business, finance, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of project controls experience, including direct involvement with pharmaceutical manufacturing, life sciences, or other regulated facility construction projects.
• Proven experience as Project Controls lead on pharmaceutical capital projects within GMP-regulated environments.
• Working knowledge of project cost management or CPM scheduling; not required to be equal in both disciplines.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills; experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Power BI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support scheduling by developing, updating, and analyzing project schedules; review contractor schedules, milestones, logic, critical paths, and near-term look-ahead.
• Track budgets, commitments, forecasts, invoices, change orders, cash flow, and cost variances.
• Prepare recurring project controls reports, dashboards, forecasts, schedule updates, and variance narratives for leadership.
• Coordinate with project managers, design teams, contractors, procurement, finance, and other stakeholders to maintain accurate project information.
• Participate in project and controls meetings; identify risks/trends and drive issues to resolution.
• Maintain organized project controls data in client systems and follow governance and documentation procedures.

Skills

Project controls leadership

Scheduling

Cost control

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

GMP/regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in CM/Engineering/Architecture/related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Excel

Job description

mcfa is seeking a Pharmaceutical Project Controls Manager to support a life sciences client in a portfolio of approximately $100 million in capital work at a Montgomery County, PA facility. The role blends cost controls and scheduling, embedded on a client project team, with hybrid onsite/offsite requirements.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in project controls, experience leading pharmaceutical capital projects in GMP settings, and proficiency with Excel; familiarity with Primavera P6, MS