Senior Project Engineer, PJC

IPS-Integrated Project Services; Franklin Township (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Project Engineer, where your expertise will help shape innovative solutions in life sciences. In this dynamic role, you will oversee project activities, ensuring quality and safety standards are met while fostering strong client relationships. Your extensive experience in cost engineering, project management, and scheduling will be vital as you lead multifaceted projects to success. This is an exciting opportunity to elevate your career and contribute to world-class designs for pharmaceutical clients in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 16+ years of professional experience in project management.
• Bachelor’s degree required in a technical field.
• Strong knowledge of cost engineering and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyze potential project problems.
• Support Project Manager in developing project scopes and schedules.
• Coordinate resources and monitor project costs.

Skills

Cost Engineering

Estimating

Scheduling

Earned Value Management

Project Management

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Project Management

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management

Tools

MS Office Suite

Primavera

MS Project

JDE

SAP

Prolog

Procore

Job description

Job Description

At IPS, we apply our knowledge, skills, and passion to make a difference in the lives of people, solving complex challenges related to life sciences. We are looking for a dedicated Senior Project Engineer, PJC to join our talented team at our office located in Somerset, NJ.

In this role, you will be assigned to projects to review, coordinate, and summarize the activities of cost control, planning and scheduling, document control, and estimating. You will also support the Project Manager in the delivery of individual projects, focusing on quality objectives, and ensuring the achievement of safety objectives on assigned projects. Additionally, you will coordinate resources to achieve project goals, interact with clients on assigned projects, and promote positive relationships.

Position Responsibilities

1. Identify and analyze potential project problems.
2. Develop working knowledge of prime contract requirements and apply knowledge to project activities.
3. Coordinate review and approval from the Project Executive and/or Director of Operations, and communicate this information to the project team.
4. Support Project Manager in:

• Development and maintenance of written project scopes of work and communication of this information to the project team.
• Development and maintenance of project schedules, including targeted and actual activity lists, durations, and sequencing logic, and communicating this information to the project team.
• Monitoring and reporting project costs.
• Development of change control documentation and related financial documentation.
• Coordination of safety resources to monitor site safety and correct nonconformances.
• Procurement and coordination of all required project resources, including intra-divisional, interdivisional, and extra-corporate.
• Preparation of subcontracts, purchase orders, change control documentation, and related financial documentation.
• Evaluation of vendor and subcontractor invoices.
• Facilitating communication between project participants, and producing documentation of communication between project participants.

Develop a thorough understanding of contractually required quality in design and construction and support quality assurance for the project.

Support the Financial group in the preparation of invoices to clients.

Work with Document Control to ensure that all project documents are distributed, reviewed, and stored to meet project and corporate requirements.

Come join a caring, nimble team that delivers world-class designs for our pharmaceutical clients and take your career to new heights!

Qualifications & Requirements

1. 16+ years of professional experience.
2. Bachelor’s degree in a technical field: engineering, project management, construction management.
3. Experience in cost engineering, estimating, scheduling, and earned value management.
4. Knowledge of the project budget and ability to identify exceptions during project execution.
5. Experience in managing multiple concurrent projects and developing/executing PMO best practices.
6. Experience in all facets of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPC).
7. Professional credentials are strongly encouraged: CCT or CCP, CST or CSP, EVP, CMIT or CCM, PMP, EIT.
8. High proficiency in industry-standard software, including:

• MS Office Suite
• Scheduling software such as Primavera and MS Project
• Client ERP systems like JDE, QUAD, SAP, ARIBA, CONCUR
• PPM Software: Prolog, Proliance, Prism G2, Procore, Cleopatra, Cora Systems

Context, Environment, & Safety

• Must comply with the IPS Mission Zero Safety policy.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team without significant supervision.
• Ability to stand, walk, sit for long periods, and extended computer use.
• Experience working in both Home Office and Field environments.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as needed.

This position is safety-sensitive and involves field work at client sites in construction, process, packaging, manufacturing, research, or other areas.