Senior Monoclonal Antibody Facilities Lead

KBR; Fox Woods (DE); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Monoclonal Antibody Area Lead to serve as the PMC organization’s primary owner’s technical authority, guiding design, CQV and readiness for commercial biologics manufacturing.

The role requires leading large multidisciplinary engineering teams, coordinating with stakeholders across EPCM and equipment suppliers, and ensuring regulatory compliance and long-term operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 15 years engineering experience in GMP facilities, with 10+ years in biologics.
• Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary engineering teams and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical leader for ensuring engineering designs, equipment selections, construction activities, CQV execution, and readiness for future mAb manufacturing needs.
• Coordinate activities across stakeholders, PMC team, EPCM contractors, construction contractors, CQV teams, and suppliers to deliver safely, compliantly, and within cost/schedule/quality objectives.
• Provide leadership in technical decision‑making, risk management, issue resolution, and readiness planning while ensuring manufacturing/quality/operations requirements are integrated.
• Act as the central integration point for the facility area, drive cross-functional collaboration, monitor performance, and support transition from design/construction to qualification, startup, and handover.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Engineering judgment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering

Job description

KBR is seeking a Monoclonal Antibody Area Lead to serve as the PMC organization’s primary owner’s technical authority, guiding design, CQV and readiness for commercial biologics manufacturing.

The role requires leading large multidisciplinary engineering teams, coordinating with stakeholders across EPCM and equipment suppliers, and ensuring regulatory compliance and long-term operational excellence.