Project Manager

TAI; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Profit Sharing Bonus

PTO & Paid Holidays

Health benefits (medical, dental, and

401(k) with employer match

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

TAI is seeking a Project Manager to lead capital expansion, utilities, and facility improvement projects in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. You will drive projects from concept through design, construction, commissioning and startup, partnering with cross-functional teams to enhance capabilities and business performance.

The role emphasizes delivering complex initiatives with measurable impact on operational growth and long-term success in a dynamic team setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical preferred).
• 7–10+ years of project management experience, 4+ within Pharma/Biotech/Life Science.
• Strong collaborator with ability to build relationships and drive results.
• MS Project and AutoCAD experience is desirable; PMP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team overseeing design, construction, commissioning and startup of manufacturing initiatives.
• Ensure PM processes and tools are used to achieve project goals.
• Own and continuously improve key PM processes.
• Partner with customers and cross-functional groups to execute capital projects.
• Balance quality, scope, cost, and schedule; guide PMs on changes.
• Support facilities personnel in troubleshooting plant systems.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical preferred)

Tools

MS Project

AutoCAD

Job description

Join a dynamic pharmaceutical manufacturing environment as a Project Manager leading critical capital expansion, utilities, and facility improvement projects. In this role, you will drive projects from concept through design, construction, commissioning, and operational startup, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver complex initiatives that enhance manufacturing capabilities and business performance. This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on operational growth and long-term success.

About TAI

TAI brings together engineering, construction, systems integration, on-site services, and technical services — combining proven execution with trusted expertise to support clients across the entire project lifecycle. Team members at TAI are capable, well-rounded, flexible, and optimistic. We have found that the best employees are the ones who recognize the importance of what they do and the ones who let that guide them in the actions they take. More than any skill, we seek people who make decisions that support the common good. We work for our clients, and we work for one another.

Here’s a Glimpse Into Your Day To Day

• Responsible for project management execution and management of a team that provides oversight for the design, construction, commissioning and operational start-up of business initiatives / goals, programs, manufacturing equipment, facilities, laboratories, and office buildings.
• Ensures that project delivery methodologies, project management processes/principles and project management tools are utilized to achieve project goals.
• Owns the key project management business processes and improves and simplifies these processes continuously.
• Partners proactively with key customers and to develop and execute capital projects that support business objectives.
• Partners proactively with other group/function managers with strategic partners (Finance, Procurement, etc.) to support business objectives, streamline business processes impacting project planning/execution, and implement business process changes.
• Delivers successful projects, effectively balancing quality, scope, cost, and schedule.
• Provides guidance, direction, and advice to project managers with respect to actions or decisions related to changes in project scope, schedule, and cost.
• Manages the project controls function in support of both capital projects at multiple site locations.
• Analyzes and reviews the capital forecast and other planning tools to assess resource requirements and help determine staffing requirements.
• Provides feedback and guidance to project staff.
• Support Manufacturing and/or Facilities personnel in trouble-shooting problems in the operation of pharmaceutical and industrial manufacturing facility systems and equipment.

You’ll Be a Perfect Fit If You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical are preferred.
• 7-10+ years of project management experience, 4+ within the Pharma/Biotech/Life Science industry.
• Strong collaborator with ability to create and maintain effective working relationships and willing to challenge behaviors and actions.
• Strong leadership qualities with motivational ability to direct others in a dynamic and complex environment through change.
• MS Project, AutoCAD, and PMP Certification are not required but considered desirable.

Compensation And Benefits

• Pay: $140,000-180,000 Annually (depending on experience)
• Eligible for overtime pay
• Annual Profit Sharing Bonus (variable)
• PTO and Paid Holidays
• Health Benefits: Employee through family level coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurances. Company funded life and long-term disability insurances. Short Term Disability, FSA, HSA, EAP, and supplemental life insurances (employee – family) are also available!
• 401(k)with employer match

Other Offerings

• The opportunity to make a real impact on a variety of industry-leading projects.
• The ability to balance your work and family activities.
• Flexible work schedule
• Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment that values creativity and innovation.
• A chance to learn and grow alongside some of the brightest minds in engineering.
• Professional Development, Tuition Reimbursement, and Association Membership Reimbursements.

Discover what makes TAI a top-20 manufacturing partner, according to Engineering News-Record (ENR), and one of the top-50 fastest-growing private companies in the Baltimore Business Journal. Learn more about us at https://www.tai.inc/