Senior Project Manager

Tech Rakers, Inc.; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Rakers, Inc. seeks an experienced Project Manager – Capital Projects & Packaging Operations for a 12-month contract in Central Massachusetts.

The role leads capital projects from design through qualification, coordinating engineering, construction, packaging equipment, and CQV activities to ensure an on-time handover to Operations. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in pharma/biotech capital projects, strong budgeting and scheduling skills, and hands-on packaging line experience, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in capital project management for pharma/biotech.
• Experience delivering design to commissioning and qualification.
• Packaging lines, line mods, or serialization experience.
• Strong budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience managing TIC > $30 million.
• Onsite work in Central Massachusetts; ASAP start.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital projects from initial design and planning through construction, commissioning, qualification, and handover.
• Develop project charters, execution strategies, governance, and plans.
• Manage scope, budgets, schedules, risks, and change control.
• Provide status updates, cost forecasts, and variance reports to leadership.
• Oversee engineering teams, contractors, OEMs, and stakeholders.
• Define packaging line requirements: layout, throughput, and serialization.
• Manage packaging equipment specs, FAT, SAT installation and testing.
• Coordinate equipment installations and line modifications with minimal disruption.
• Integrate CQV activities into project execution.
• Drive readiness, closeout, and handover to Operations.

Skills

Capital projects

Pharma manufacturing

Budgeting

Scheduling

Risk management

Stakeholder mgmt

CQV

Packaging operations

Onsite

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s in Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager – Capital Projects & Packaging Operations for a 12-month contract opportunity with the potential for extension. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing, capital project execution, and packaging operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead capital projects from initial design and planning through construction, commissioning, qualification, and operational handover.
• Develop project charters, execution strategies, governance structures, and project plans.
• Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, risks, and change control.
• Provide project status updates, cost forecasts, schedule assessments, and variance reports to leadership.
• Oversee engineering teams, construction contractors, equipment OEMs, and key stakeholders.
• Define packaging line requirements, including equipment layout, throughput, OEE, labeling, vision inspection, and serialization.
• Manage packaging equipment specifications, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), installation, and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT).
• Coordinate equipment installations, line modifications, and shutdowns while minimizing operational disruptions.
• Integrate Commissioning, Qualification & Validation (CQV) activities into project execution.
• Drive operational readiness, project closeout, and successful handover to Operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of capital project management experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing.
• Proven track record managing projects from design and construction through commissioning and qualification.
• Hands-on experience delivering packaging lines, packaging line modifications, or serialization projects.
• Strong expertise in project budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience managing large-scale capital projects with a Total Installed Cost (TIC) exceeding $30 million.
• Must be available to work onsite in Central Massachusetts and start ASAP.