Project Manager

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

• 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.

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 pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or other GMP-regulated facilities.
• Working knowledge of GMP facility construction and the requirements associated with performing construction in an active manufacturing environment.
• Experience coordinating contractors, engineering firms, equipment vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Familiarity with project schedules, cost tracking, change orders, RFIs, submittals, punch lists, and construction turnover documentation.
• Understanding of commissioning and qualification activities and their interface with construction and project turnover.
• Experience with cleanrooms, laboratories, process equipment, HVAC, clean utilities, or facility infrastructure is preferred.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive activities to completion in a fast-paced project environment.

Preferred Experience

Experience with GMP renovations, facility upgrades, equipment installations, clean utilities, HVAC, cleanrooms, laboratories, manufacturing suites, shutdowns, and brownfield construction is highly desirable. Familiarity with CQV lifecycle documentation, change control, and turnover packages is also preferred.