Project Manager - Laboratories / Offices / Warehouse / Site Infrastructure

Bayer; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayer seeks a Project Manager for Laboratories, Offices, Warehouse and Site Infrastructure in Columbus, Ohio. The role leads design through commissioning, coordinating labs, offices, warehouses, and security interfaces to deliver a ready campus.

Initial travel to design firms is required with a potential remote period; relocation is available. Strong leadership and 10+ years in complex site-development projects are expected, with fluent English and a background in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of relevant capital-project or construction-management experience.
• Fluent English required.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery against the approved area budget and schedule.
• Coordinate procurement packages and equipment delivery priorities.
• Lead technical specifications, bid evaluations, and equipment acceptance activities.
• Direct assigned construction activities through delivery partners.
• Coordinate lab, office, and warehouse readiness and occupancy milestones.
• Support phased occupancy and transition to campus operations.

Skills

Project management

Construction management

Leadership

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related

Job description

At Bayer, we believe work should matter. Every day, our teams push toward a future where "Health for all, Hunger for none" is within reach, and every role, from the lab to the field to the boardroom, helps us get there. We give people the ownership to shape outcomes, the support to grow through new skills and experiences, and a global community where different perspectives are valued. If you want your work to count and the room to become your best, you'll find it here.

Project Manager - Laboratories / Offices / Warehouse / Site Infrastructure

Purpose

The Project Manager — Laboratories / Offices / Warehouse / Site Infrastructure is accountable for the planning and delivery of support-facilities and site-development scope within a greenfield API and DP manufacturing campus.

Reporting to the API / DP Greenfield CapEx Project Lead, the role leads the assigned scope from design development through procurement coordination, construction, commissioning, qualification where applicable, and operational handover. The role integrates laboratory, workplace, logistics, security, and site requirements to provide facilities ready to support manufacturing and campus operations.

This position will ultimately be based in New Albany, OH. Initially, however, significant travel to the design firms will be required until the design and construction teams transition onsite, anticipated for mid- to late summer 2027. Some remote work will also be necessary until an onsite office is established, potentially as early as March 2027.

We would prefer candidates to be currently residing in the Eastern and Midwestern sections of the United States. Relocation is available.

Your Tasks and Responsibilities

Scope

• Quality-control and other assigned laboratories, sample-management areas, laboratory support spaces, and equipment interfaces;
• Offices, meeting rooms, employee amenities, training areas, and operational-support spaces;
• Warehouse facilities for receiving, storage, staging, sampling interfaces, shipping, and controlled-temperature storage where required;
• Warehouse equipment, racking, material-handling systems, loading docks, and associated digital-system interfaces;
• Site preparation, grading, roads, drainage, parking, pedestrian routes, fencing, gates, and security infrastructure;
• Building HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, access control, and other assigned building services;
• External infrastructure connections and interfaces with campus utilities, communications, and manufacturing logistics;
• Laboratory and warehouse readiness, building occupancy, site completion, and operational handover.

User Requirements, and Design

• Establish the area execution strategy, scope baseline, building and site boundaries, delivery packages, and acceptance requirements;
• Consolidate requirements from Quality, laboratory users, Supply Chain, Facilities, EHS, Security, Digital, and the future operating organization;
• Lead coordination of architectural, structural, civil, building-services, laboratory, and warehouse-system designs;
• Ensure layouts support personnel and material flows, storage segregation, equipment access, maintainability, and future expansion;
• Coordinate laboratory equipment requirements, service connections, environmental conditions, and installation sequencing;
• Define warehouse capacity, storage conditions, receiving and shipping flows, and material-handling interfaces with Supply Chain;
• Maintain clear interfaces with manufacturing buildings, central utilities, and campus-wide digital systems.

Cost, Schedule, and Procurement

• Own delivery against the approved area budget and schedule, including forecast inputs, progress assessment, and corrective actions;
• Coordinate procurement packages, supplier requirements, and equipment delivery priorities with Project Services;
• Lead technical specifications, technical bid evaluations, vendor reviews, and equipment acceptance activities;
• Assess changes for cost, schedule, operational impact, and readiness implications;
• Align building completion, equipment installation, occupancy, and qualification milestones with campus start-up requirements.

Site and Construction Integration

• Direct assigned construction activities through delivery partners and coordinate building and civil work fronts;
• Manage site-development sequencing, temporary access, laydown areas, traffic routes, and construction logistics within the assigned scope;
• Coordinate grading, drainage, roads, underground-service interfaces, and external connections with other project areas;
• Ensure permanent access, fire-service access, security, and logistics routes are available when required;
• Coordinate permitting and occupancy requirements with responsible specialists and authorities;
• Monitor installation quality and resolve field issues affecting buildings, laboratories, warehouses, and site works.

Commissioning and Operational Readiness

• Lead building-system turnover and commissioning, including HVAC, life-safety systems, controls, and security interfaces;
• Coordinate laboratory equipment installation, testing, qualification, and readiness with Quality and laboratory leadership;
• Coordinate warehouse equipment, controlled-storage systems, temperature-mapping activities where required, and digital-system readiness with responsible functions;
• Ensure operating documentation, asset records, training, maintenance requirements, and warranties are complete;
• Close or formally transfer punch-list items, defects, residual risks, and outstanding supplier obligations;
• Support phased occupancy and transition from construction use to permanent campus operations.

WHO YOU ARE

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline;
• At least 10 years of relevant capital-project or construction-management experience;
• Demonstrated leadership of complex laboratory, warehouse, support-building, or industrial site-development projects;
• Working understanding of regulated laboratories and warehouses, building systems, site infrastructure, logistics, commissioning, and qualification interfaces;
• Proven multidisciplinary leadership, contractor-management, commercial awareness, and cost and schedule management skills;
• Fluent English required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience on projects exceeding USD 250 million strongly preferred;
• Pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing experience preferred.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $154,640.00 to $231,960.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive compensation (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc..

This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

This posting will be available for application until at least 11-16-26.

Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s) using the contact information below.

Bayer is an E-Verify Employer.

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Division: Pharmaceuticals

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