Project Manager

QCS Staffing Ltd; North Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

QCS Staffing Ltd is seeking a Project Manager for the US North Carolina region on an initial 12-month contract in Life Sciences. The role focuses on planning and delivering capital projects across engineering, procurement and operations, ensuring safety, schedule adherence and budget alignment.

Responsibilities include coordinating activities among vendors, contractors and stakeholders, managing FAT/SAT, commissioning, qualification and handover, and maintaining rigorous documentation and punch

Qualifications

• Experience delivering capital projects in life sciences, pharma, or manufacturing environments.
• Extensive lifecycle delivery: planning, risk management, contractor coordination, FAT/SAT, commissioning, qualification, handover.
• Experience managing vendors, suppliers, and multidisciplinary stakeholders to meet objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of capital projects, ensuring safety, schedule, and budget.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, procurement, vendors, contractors, and stakeholders with regular progress updates and risk reporting.
• Manage package delivery through FAT, SAT, commissioning, qualification, and handover with documentation and punch-list completion.
• Drive vendor and contractor performance, ensuring quality, schedule, compliance, and asset handover.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Communication

Job description

Project Manager – US, North Carolina – Initial 12-Month Contract – Life Sciences

How would you like the opportunity to support one of the largest biopharmaceutical projects in the country? If yes, then this is the assignment for you!

Our client is currently seeking the skills of a project manager to support their team. Our client develops and delivers life changing medicines to millions of people globally and as part of their growth. With their Drug Substance (DS) manufacturing network growing rapidly, they are committed to growing their portfolio of commercial biologics products supplied worldwide – and this is your opportunity to be involved!

What You’ll Deliver

• Support the planning and execution of capital projects, ensuring work packages are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with project requirements.
• Coordinate project activities across engineering, procurement, vendors, contractors, and operational stakeholders, providing regular progress updates, risk management, and project reporting.
• Manage package delivery through FAT, SAT, commissioning, qualification, mechanical completion, and handover, ensuring all documentation and punch-list activities are completed.
• Drive vendor and contractor performance, overseeing quality, schedule, compliance, permitting, and lifecycle documentation to support successful project delivery and asset handover.

Experience required

• Proven experience supporting the delivery of capital projects as a Project Engineer, Package Lead, or Project Manager within industrial, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or manufacturing environments.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle delivery, including planning, risk management, contractor coordination, FAT/SAT, commissioning, qualification, and handover activities.
• Experience managing vendors, suppliers, and multidisciplinary stakeholders to ensure project objectives are met safely, on schedule, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to lead workstreams, prepare project reports, facilitate workshops, and coordinate activities across engineering, operations, procurement, and commissioning teams.