SR Principal Engineer, Project Management - BIAH

Description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

The Senior Principal Engineer, Project Management will develop and manage the execution of multiple complexes, high value capital investment projects to maintain budget, schedule, safety record, and project quality.

Duties & Responsibilities

Project Development and Management:

• Establishes and controls project scopes, budgets, and schedules.

• Functions within a technical, multi-discipline capacity to deliver capital investments to the organization in accordance with established capital management processes.

• Develops project concepts which satisfy business and client needs.

• Serves as the owner's representative from concept through commissioning and qualification

• Applies engineering knowledge to projects to lead project teams, increase efficiency, reduce waste, and resolve operational issues.

• Engages AE support when required and lead development of detail design for all disciplines including but not limited to civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, controls, and fire protection.

• Develops cost optimized Project Definitions and obtain stakeholder approvals and buy-in

• Prepares Capital Project Authorization (CPA) funding requests.

• Develops design, construction, and equipment Request for Proposals and select qualified, best value bidders with proven safety records for work.

• Administers contracts and manage external resources as required.

• Executes multiple, complex, simultaneous projects to fulfill project definition requirements whose range may be up to 7 figures.

• Provides contractor oversight to ensure safe construction work sites.

• Closes projects on schedule, at or below budget, and to a high-quality standard with completion of all deliverables including commissioning & qualification reports, turnover of manuals & spare parts, and technician training.

• Conducts routine project core team and steering committee meetings and provide regular progress updates summarizing the status of projects.

• Demonstrates a visible & tangible commitment to HSE, Lean Principles, and the Boehringer-Ingelheim Values in all work-related activities.

• In addition to the above, other assigned duties & projects deemed appropriate within the position scope.

Project Controlling and General Administrative Support:

• Maintains Engineering Dashboard, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) data related to schedules, deliverables, budgets, spending, and approvals.

• Manages and updates project schedules in Microsoft Project.

• Monitors and controls project spending versus CPA budgets.

• Coordinates contractor access to facilities and manages contractor badges and HSE training.

• Generates, revises, distributes, and archives project documents.

• Creates requisitions and processes contractor invoices.

• Performs basic office work including printing, copying, scanning, and filing.

Requirements

• BS degree in construction-related engineering (engineering management, civil, mechanical, etc.) or hard science (chemistry, biology, etc.) or related field required.

OR

• Master's Degree in Engineering/Project Management or Business Administration or currently pursuing preferred.

• Five-plus (5+) yrs experience of relevant experience in construction-oriented project management.

• Strong organization, leadership, communication skills, presentation and negotiation skills.

• Strong team orientation and ability to work cross functionally with various groups such as Safety, Quality, Maintenance, Purchasing, Industrial Development, R&D, and Manufacturing.

• Ability to execute multi-discipline assignments and ability to master new skills quickly.

• Experience using Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Microsoft Project, and AutoCAD.????

Eligibility Requirements :

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).

• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities

• PMP, EIT or strong desire to pursue

• Lean Six Sigma Certification

• Five (5) years in the biopharma industry

• Experience with cGMP compliance and related quality systems

• Experience with Lean and Six Sigma tools and methodologies

• Working knowledge of the current editions of following references:

• USDA - Manual 242.1 - ARS Facilities Design Standards

• CDC / NIH - Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL)

• NRC - Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person's actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.