Principal Project Engineer

Principal Project Engineer

Your role: Provide senior-level project engineering and technical expertise to ensure successful project delivery of life science projects. Lead project workstreams within large and/or complete projects, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget, and schedule. Collaborate with the site, project, and construction teams to make timely decisions. Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks; implement solutions and escalate unresolved issues in a timely manner. Stakeholder management for areas of ownership, maintain active communication.

Who you are: Located in St. Louis, MO or has flexibility to travel to St. Louis, MO and be at job site Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week. Hold a minimum of a Bachelor of Science in engineering – preference for process engineering experience. At least 15 years of relevant work experience in capital project execution and on the job construction experience. Experience with life science capital projects – design and build of clean rooms and classified (grade C/D) spaces and qualification and validation processes. Expertise in using and interpreting engineering drawings and documents. Sound understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing facility regulations, guidelines, standards, and cGMPs. Strong in leadership, relationship building, and negotiation strategies; ability to influence, network, drive and manage change. Demonstrated proficiency in communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills in a matrix environment. Ability to influence without direct authority to achieve desired outcomes. Ability to obtain customer requirements and deliver as a concise specification. Ability to deliver clear messages to stakeholders on project decisions and maintain good relationships. Ability to independently own a workstream by maintaining a schedule, driving decisions, and maintaining accurate documentation. Critical thinker – ability to suggest and evaluate multiple options along with evaluating implications to safety, quality, budget, schedule, and potential risks. Problem solver – Ability to identify and evaluate problems develop optimal solutions, use effective decision making, and implement. Ability to review and respond to construction submittals and RFIs, considering site customer input and manage scope changes. Organized and establish processes and structures to manage workstreams.