Description
Project Manager - Engineering and Life Sciences Equipment
Join a team delivering critical equipment and process systems used in the production of life saving medicines and therapies worldwide. We are expanding our Project Management team to leave diverse, high-impact engineering projects from kickoff through final customer acceptance.
In this role, you will work with cross-functional teams, oversee project execution, and serve as a primary customer contact while ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to specification.
Why Join Us
- Work on meaningful project that support the manufacturing of life saving pharmaceutical and biotech products
- Lead a wide variety of technically challenging and highly customized projects
- Collaborate with experienced engineering and operations professionals
- Grow your career in an innovative, mission-driven environment
What You Get
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Travel Per Diem Pay
- 3 Weeks Paid Vacation and 10 Paid Holidays Per Year
- Industry leading 401K plan (40% match!)
- Company paid life insurance
- College tuition benefit program
- Employee Referral Program
What You’ll Do
- Lead complex engineering projects from start to finish
- Manage project schedules, budgets, forecasting, and change control
- Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, procurement, quality, and operations teams
- Serve as a primary customer contact throughout the project life cycle
- Review technical specification, P&IDs, and project requirements
- Drive safety, quality, and continuous improvement initiatives
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- 7–10 years of post-graduate professional experience, with a minimum of 5 years involving project management responsibilities
- Experience managing industrial, process, or manufacturing equipment projects
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project and interpreting AutoCAD P&ID drawings
- Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to travel as required.
Help deliver the equipment behind tomorrow’s breakthrough medicines – and make a direct impact on people’s lives around the world!
*This is a full-time onsite role located at ABEC's Wilson, NC facility*
Company Background:
For over 50 years, ABEC has been a leading supplier to the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry. ABEC’s unique value is based on combining long experience with the ability to engineer, design, manufacture, commission, qualify, and service the entire bioprocess to reduce overall cost, shorten time to market, and maximize productivity. ABEC’s products include process and equipment engineering/consulting services, comprehensive site services, and stainless steel and single use bioprocess equipment, including bioreactors and fermenters, filtration and chromatography systems, prep and hold systems, and cleaning/sterilization systems.
Benefits include:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance (Day 1)
- 3 weeks Paid vacation
- Industry leading 401K plan (40% match!)
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Company paid life insurance
- College tuition benefit program
- Employee Referral Program
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Biotech Eng., Chem. E., ME, or Metallurgical/Materials Eng.).
- 7–10 years of post-graduate professional experience, with a minimum of 5 years involving project management responsibilities.
- Able to develop detailed cross functional schedules utilizing Microsoft Project.
- Able to read and interpret AutoCAD P&ID Drawings.
- Able to work with controls engineers to ensure the mechanical system installed will function properly.
- A successful candidate will have strong verbal and written communication skills, be able to work well with a team, as well as be self-reliant and independent when necessary.
- Awareness of and prior experience with implementing Continuous Improvement (CI) a plus.
- Prior Lean/Six Sigma experience a plus.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (Biotech, Chemical, Mechanical, or Metallurgical/Materials Engineering)
- 7-10 years post-graduate professional experience, with a minimum of 5 years involving project management responsibilities
- Experience managing industrial, process, or manufacturing equipment projects
- Proficiency developing detailed cross-functional schedules using Microsoft Project
- Ability to read and interpret AutoCAD P&ID drawings
- Ability to work with controls engineers to ensure mechanical systems function properly
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to travel as required
- Awareness of and prior experience implementing Continuous Improvement (CI)
- Prior Lean/Six Sigma experience
What We Do
ABEC engineered solutions and services for biotech manufacturing Since 1974, ABEC has been a global leader in delivering integrated process solutions and services for manufacturing in the biopharmaceutical industry. Many of today’s leading antibody, vaccine, and recombinant protein therapies are manufactured by processes and equipment engineered, manufactured, installed and serviced by ABEC, and a majority of the world’s pharmaceutical and biotech companies are ABEC customers. ABEC’s unique value is based on long experience, complete in-house capabilities, a custom, flexible approach, and long-term credibility. Whether building new capacity or improving existing facilities, ABEC’s turn-key solutions reduce overall cost and time to market while delivering maximum productivity. For more information, please visit www.abec.com or email [email protected] Interested in a career at ABEC? Learn more about our open positions at https://www.abec.com/join-our-team/
