Senior Project Engineering Lead – GMP Pharma (PMC)

Relha LLC; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

AD&D

Flexible spending account

Disability

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR is seeking an experienced Project Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership for the PMC engineering organization and act as the client’s primary engineering interface. You will oversee the full lifecycle from FEED through commissioning for a major pharmaceutical facility.

Responsibilities include engineering governance, resolving complex issues, driving timely decisions, ensuring GMP compliance, and coordinating interfaces among EPCs, suppliers, operations, and regulatory teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• Minimum 15 years of engineering experience, including leadership of large capital projects in excess of $500MM TIC.
• Experience managing large multidisciplinary engineering interfaces across EPC organizations within regulated GMP environments.
• Strong knowledge of engineering governance, design management, and project delivery processes.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, and operational readiness activities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical decision-making and stakeholder alignment.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support the PMC Project Manager with leadership, direction, and oversight of a multidisciplinary engineering PMC team (~20+ personnel) for planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup of a major pharmaceutical facility.
• Lead integration and coordination of all engineering disciplines to align with project objectives and execution strategies.
• Serve as the primary technical authority, providing governance and timely decision-making to support project delivery.
• Oversee engineering activities across FEED, detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification, and operational readiness.
• Ensure facility and utility designs comply with pharmaceutical standards, GMP, regulatory expectations, and project specifications.
• Coordinate interfaces among EPC contractors, equipment suppliers, client stakeholders, operations, quality, validation, and regulatory teams.
• Manage engineering scope, schedule, deliverables, and performance to meet milestones.
• Lead design reviews, risk assessments, constructability evaluations, and MOC processes for safe, compliant, and cost-effective outcomes.
• Lead value engineering and lifecycle optimization initiatives, driving Target Value Design concepts.
• Develop and approve key deliverables (PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specs, layouts, utility designs, automation strategies, commissioning docs).
• Drive quality assurance and design consistency across disciplines; ensure integrity and completeness of project requirements.
• Collaborate with project controls, procurement, construction, and commissioning to optimize strategies and risk management.

Skills

Engineering governance

Leadership

Regulatory GMP

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

P&IDs (Process & Instrumentation Diagrams)

Job description

KBR is seeking an experienced Project Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership for the PMC engineering organization and act as the client’s primary engineering interface. You will oversee the full lifecycle from FEED through commissioning for a major pharmaceutical facility.

Responsibilities include engineering governance, resolving complex issues, driving timely decisions, ensuring GMP compliance, and coordinating interfaces among EPCs, suppliers, operations, and regulatory teams to