Senior Project Engineer – Life Sciences (12-Month Contract)

QCS Staffing Ltd; Virginia; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

QCS Staffing Ltd. is recruiting a Senior Project Engineer for an initial 12-month contract in Virginia, supporting a life sciences NGB1 greenfield manufacturing facility.

The role focuses on owner-side engineering, coordination with Jacobs Engineering and contractors, and rigorous management of schedules and costs. You will independently manage engineering work packages, review drawings and specs, and mitigate design and execution risks, ensuring alignment with project delivery requirements

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project engineering, construction engineering, project management, or a comparable technical role supporting large-scale industrial capital projects.
• Strong understanding of engineering design, construction execution, and project delivery processes.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage assigned project scopes, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and drive deliverables.
• Practical experience with project cost management, cost tracking, change management, and evaluating financial impacts of project decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide owner-side project engineering support for the planning, coordination, and execution of assigned scopes within the NGB1 greenfield pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
• Independently manage assigned engineering and construction work packages, ensuring deliverables, schedules, costs, and execution requirements are properly coordinated.
• Review engineering drawings, design packages, technical specifications, and construction documentation to identify design gaps, discrepancies, constructability concerns, and potential execution risks.
• Coordinate directly with Jacobs Engineering, construction contractors, equipment vendors, and internal client stakeholders to ensure engineering deliverables support construction execution requirements.

Skills

Project engineering

Construction engineering

Project management

Industrial capital projects

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

QCS Staffing Ltd. is recruiting a Senior Project Engineer for an initial 12-month contract in Virginia, supporting a life sciences NGB1 greenfield manufacturing facility.

The role focuses on owner-side engineering, coordination with Jacobs Engineering and contractors, and rigorous management of schedules and costs. You will independently manage engineering work packages, review drawings and specs, and mitigate design and execution risks, ensuring alignment with project delivery requirements