Project Manager/Project Engineer

Project Manager/Project Engineer - Italy, Pescara - 6 Month Contract

With more than 2,000 employees, over 300 million units produced annually, and a pipeline filled with innovative medicines, our client is one of the largest production units worldwide. They produce, package, and distribute sterile injectable medicines in a high-tech environment, with over 1 million injectable medicines produced, packaged, and distributed daily to 170 countries.

We offer an exciting opportunity to join a market-leading company within their niche field. The role of Project Manager/Project Engineer involves working on a significant CapEx project in Italy, initially for 6 months, contributing to the successful delivery of a new state-of-the-art facility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Independently meet key deliverables and milestones, leading work within a matrix team under the guidance of the Site Capital Plan Manager or Senior Project Managers.
• Collaborate closely with Senior Project Managers to develop and manage project schedules, forecast tasks, and implement controls to monitor adherence and address slippage with appropriate mitigation actions.
• Establish and manage routine team meetings to update plans, facilitate decision-making, solve problems, and address issues such as resource gaps and plan deviations.
• Provide timely and comprehensive project update reports to stakeholders and senior management.
• Partner with functions responsible for project progress, including Quality, EHS, Production, Regulatory, and External Vendors.
• Oversee the project budget, report to Site Capital Project Controls, and manage project risks by developing assessments and mitigation plans with the project team.
• Coordinate field activities such as equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and construction with contractors, suppliers, and internal SMEs.
• Handle administrative tasks like tracking actions/issues and generating meeting minutes.

Desirable Experience:

• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes; understanding of Pharma regulatory environment is advantageous.
• Degree in Science or Engineering with extensive project management experience, including successful project delivery on schedule and within budget.
• Fluent in Italian.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate problems clearly and focus on achieving results.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including leadership, integrity, team orientation, flexibility, and creativity.
• Experience working remotely within a project team in a matrixed and virtual environment.

If interested, please apply now! #LI-BP1