Senior Mechanical Engineer – Pharma & Life Sciences Lead

SSOE Group; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401K

PTO & paid holidays

Job summary

SSOE Group in Huntsville, AL seeks an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead planning, design, and execution of pharmaceutical and life sciences capital projects, including manufacturing expansions, cleanrooms, and process utilities.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve production capacity, regulatory compliance, operational reliability, and speed-to-market, while mentoring engineers and delivering practical, qualified solutions across complex facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
• PE license or progress toward licensure strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of engineering experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences facility projects.
• Significant experience supporting FDA-regulated and cGMP manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated leadership leading multidisciplinary capital projects with scope, schedule, and budget responsibility.
• Experience leading projects from conceptual design through construction, commissioning, qualification, and startup.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical facility design, manufacturing operations, process support systems, and clean utility infrastructure.
• Consulting engineering experience supporting pharmaceutical or biotechnology clients preferred.
• Strong communication, facilitation, project management, and team leadership skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and familiarity with AutoCAD or similar CAD platforms.
• Salary Range: $150,000 to $160,000 a year depending on location, education, experience, and related certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical engineering efforts for complex pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and advanced manufacturing facilities, supporting strategic capital investments.
• Serve as Mechanical Engineering Lead on pharmaceutical and life sciences capital projects from facility modifications to major expansions.
• Drive project execution through planning, conceptual design, detailed engineering, procurement support, construction, commissioning, qualification, startup, and operational readiness.
• Develop engineering solutions for process utilities, manufacturing support infrastructure, facility systems, and equipment integration within GMP environments.
• Support facilities involved in sterile manufacturing, biologics, fill‑finish operations, and other regulated pharmaceutical operations.
• Perform engineering assessments and feasibility studies for facility expansions and modernization initiatives.
• Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets, engineering concepts, technical documentation, and cost estimates.
• Collaborate with process, validation, quality, automation, architecture, structural, electrical, and construction teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Interface directly with client engineering, operations, maintenance, quality, validation, and leadership teams.
• Provide technical leadership for clean utility systems and facility infrastructure improvements.
• Ensure designs comply with FDA, cGMP, corporate, and industry standards.
• Travel required approximately 25%.

Job description

SSOE Group in Huntsville, AL seeks an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead planning, design, and execution of pharmaceutical and life sciences capital projects, including manufacturing expansions, cleanrooms, and process utilities.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve production capacity, regulatory compliance, operational reliability, and speed-to-market, while mentoring engineers and delivering practical, qualified solutions across complex facilities.