Senior Director, Life Sciences Construction

Trs Staffing Solutions, Inc.; Frederick (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Trs Staffing Solutions, Inc. seeks a Construction Director to lead all field construction activities for large-scale life sciences capital projects, including pharmaceutical, biotech, and advanced manufacturing facilities.

This role provides strategic leadership to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality execution from preconstruction through project completion. You will collaborate with engineering, procurement, commissioning, and client teams to deliver projects on schedule and within budget

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent field experience.
• 15+ years of construction experience with leadership on large capital projects.
• Experience delivering life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or advanced manufacturing facilities.
• Proven success managing multidisciplinary construction teams exceeding 200 personnel.
• Strong knowledge of construction execution, scheduling, cost control, and project delivery methodologies.
• Experience in highly regulated GMP facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall site construction execution for complex life sciences projects.
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture with a goal of zero incidents.
• Manage construction managers, superintendents, subcontractors, and field staff.
• Develop and implement construction execution strategies, work packaging, and resource plans.
• Monitor project performance, productivity, cost, and schedule metrics.
• Coordinate construction activities with engineering, procurement, quality, validation, and commissioning teams.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, FDA, and other regulatory requirements.
• Drive QA/QC initiatives throughout project execution.
• Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Foster strong client relationships and provide regular leadership reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

GMP knowledge

Project delivery

Safety culture

Education

PMP certification

CCM certification

PE license

Job description

Trs Staffing Solutions, Inc. seeks a Construction Director to lead all field construction activities for large-scale life sciences capital projects, including pharmaceutical, biotech, and advanced manufacturing facilities.

This role provides strategic leadership to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality execution from preconstruction through project completion. You will collaborate with engineering, procurement, commissioning, and client teams to deliver projects on schedule and within budget