Pharma Project Engineering Lead

KBR Careers; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with match

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

AD&D

flexible spending account

Disability

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions requests an experienced Project Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership and oversight for the PMC engineering organization. You will serve as the client’s primary engineering interface, governing design and integration across disciplines to support safe, compliant project delivery.

Responsible for FEED through startup, you will manage scope, schedule, and performance while championing safety and operational readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of engineering experience, including leadership of large capital projects (> $500M TIC).
• Experience managing multidisciplinary interfaces across EPC in GMP environments.
• Strong governance, design management, and project delivery knowledge.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary PMC team (20+ personnel) for planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup support of a pharmaceutical facility.
• Coordinate all engineering disciplines to align objectives and execution strategies.
• Serve as primary technical authority providing governance and timely decisions.
• Oversee activities across FEED, detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and qualification.
• Ensure designs comply with GMP, regulatory expectations, and project specs.
• Manage interfaces among EPCs, suppliers, client stakeholders, operations, quality, and regulatory teams.
• Drive design reviews, risk assessments, constructability evaluations, and MOC processes.
• Guide value engineering, design optimization, and lifecycle cost improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering governance

Project delivery

Commissioning/startup

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

PFDs & P&IDs

FEED

Construction oversight

Job description

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions requests an experienced Project Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership and oversight for the PMC engineering organization. You will serve as the client’s primary engineering interface, governing design and integration across disciplines to support safe, compliant project delivery.

Responsible for FEED through startup, you will manage scope, schedule, and performance while championing safety and operational readiness.