Design Lead/Design Project Manager

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San Juan, PRI
In-Office
Senior level
Automotive
The Role
Lead engineering design and verification for pharmaceutical capital projects, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing design reviews, verification plans, risk assessments, and driving value engineering and constructability for on-time, on-budget delivery.
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PACIV, a global leader in industrial automation solutions servicing the Life Sciences sector, is seeking a Design & Verification Lead to oversee engineering design and verification activities for capital projects within pharmaceutical manufacturing environments. This role is responsible for ensuring project designs meet engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and business objectives while coordinating cross-functional teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Position Responsibilities / Essential Functions:
  • Lead engineering design activities for capital projects from conceptual design through verification.
  • Ensure compliance with engineering standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements.
  • Coordinate design efforts between project managers, engineering teams, external A/E firms, and site stakeholders.
  • Support the development and maintenance of project design schedules and deliverables.
  • Facilitate design reviews and ensure alignment with approved project intent.
  • Drive resolution of design-related issues and technical challenges.
  • Review design progress, performance metrics, and related project invoices.
  • Support value engineering initiatives to optimize project cost, quality, and efficiency.
  • Collaborate with engineering and technical resources to ensure constructability and design consistency.
  • Participate in the selection and management of design and verification service providers.
  • Develop and maintain project verification plans, traceability matrices, and risk assessments.
  • Coordinate verification activities and manage discrepancies during project execution.
  • Promote continuous improvement through engineering best practices and lessons learned.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical discipline.
  • Minimum of 5 years of engineering, manufacturing, or project experience within pharmaceutical or API manufacturing environments.
  • Experience supporting capital projects, facility design, or process engineering initiatives.
  • Knowledge of engineering design standards, project delivery processes, and regulatory requirements.
Desired Skills:
  • Pharmaceutical facility design, process engineering, or project engineering experience.
  • Strong project coordination and leadership abilities.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to influence decisions across multiple organizational levels.
  • Experience facilitating technical issue resolution and managing scope changes.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Ability to balance quality, schedule, cost, and compliance objectives.
  • Experience working with external engineering firms and multidisciplinary project teams.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, or related technical discipline
  • Minimum of 5 years of engineering, manufacturing, or project experience within pharmaceutical or API manufacturing environments
  • Experience supporting capital projects, facility design, or process engineering initiatives
  • Knowledge of engineering design standards, project delivery processes, and regulatory requirements
  • Pharmaceutical facility design, process engineering, or project engineering experience
  • Strong project coordination and leadership abilities
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to influence decisions across multiple organizational levels
  • Experience facilitating technical issue resolution and managing scope changes
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  • Ability to balance quality, schedule, cost, and compliance objectives
  • Experience working with external engineering firms and multidisciplinary project teams
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The Company
HQ: 65th Infantry, PR
103 Employees
Year Founded: 1997

What We Do

PACIV, Inc. (Process Automation – Controls.Instruments.Validations) was founded and registered as a corporation in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1997. Listening to our clients'​ desire for local support and standardization among their facilities, we opened our Indiana office (PACIV-USA, LLC) in 2003. Moreover, in 2011 we opened PACIV-Ireland in Cork, Ireland. Our expansion, including international presence with local resources, responds to the needs of our Life Sciences multinational clients regarding replication and consistency of implementation, who demand our life sciences automation and regulatory compliance solutions in a localized market format. Our thorough understanding of the challenges faced by the Life Science sector and our collaborative approach with our clients has enabled us to become a leading Life Sciences automation and regulatory compliance service company. Since our inception, we provide our Life Sciences clients with our services in their multiple manufacturing sites worldwide. The fact that we hold Master Service Agreements (MSA’s) and Preferred Vendor status with the world’s leading Life Science Companies serves a testimony of our quality of service and leadership standing within the Life Science industry. We attract and develop the best talent which allows us to provide our demanding clients with the right knowledge and expertise ensuring we provide significant value within our automation solutions and services.

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