Senior Capital Projects Leader

Job Juncture; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Job Juncture seeks a Senior Project Engineer to lead capital projects from concept to commissioning. You will drive safety, schedule, and budget compliance while mentoring engineers and ensuring governance standards are followed across complex programs.

Responsibilities include developing scopes, managing budgets, coordinating vendors, and delivering projects with a data-driven, risk-managed approach in regulated manufacturing environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering and capital project management experience in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, consumer products, food & beverage, or related industries.
• Experience leading complex capital projects from concept through commissioning.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar capital investment programs.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and developing engineers.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage capital projects from initiation through commissioning and closeout.
• Develop project scopes, business cases, cost estimates, schedules, and resource requirements.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, and capital expenditure approvals.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and meet business objectives.
• Coordinate internal and external engineering resources, contractors, consultants, and vendors.
• Identify and mitigate project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead project review meetings and provide regular status updates to stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Oversee equipment procurement, installation, qualification, startup, and commissioning activities.
• Manage project change control processes and ensure proper approvals.

Skills

Project leadership

Capital project management

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Mentoring engineers

GMP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

PM Certification beneficial

Job description

Job Juncture seeks a Senior Project Engineer to lead capital projects from concept to commissioning. You will drive safety, schedule, and budget compliance while mentoring engineers and ensuring governance standards are followed across complex programs.

Responsibilities include developing scopes, managing budgets, coordinating vendors, and delivering projects with a data-driven, risk-managed approach in regulated manufacturing environments.