Electrical Project Manager

Blackfield Associates are currently partnered with a global pharmaceutical manufacturer to support their search for an Electrical Project Manager to join their project based in Indiana on an initial 12-month contract.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of electrical and site infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, budget, safety, and quality objectives.
• Act as the primary interface between Eli Lilly, Fluor, contractors, system owners, and key project stakeholders to drive successful project execution.
• Provide leadership and governance for electrical infrastructure, medium-voltage systems, telecom, security, and auxiliary systems throughout design, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, manage priorities, and ensure timely resolution of technical, commercial, and schedule-related issues.
• Lead project change management activities, assessing impacts to scope, cost, and schedule while ensuring effective stakeholder communication and alignment.
• Maintain oversight of contractor performance, ensuring commitments are met and project execution remains aligned with approved objectives.
• Drive project governance through regular reporting, risk management, schedule reviews, and progress tracking.
• Ensure compliance with Eli Lilly project delivery processes, GMP requirements, and all applicable safety and EHS standards.
• Participate in project leadership and steering meetings, providing updates on project status, risks, milestones, and recovery plans.
• Support construction, commissioning, qualification, and handover activities to ensure successful project completion and operational readiness.
• Promote continuous improvement by identifying lessons learned and implementing best practices to enhance project performance.

Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline. A Master's degree is advantageous.
• sufficient experience delivering large-scale pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences capital projects.
• Proven experience managing projects from design through construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Strong technical knowledge of medium-voltage electrical systems, site infrastructure, telecom, security, and auxiliary facility systems.
• Experience working within GMP-regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage contractors, multidisciplinary teams, and stakeholder relationships on complex capital projects.
• Strong understanding of project controls, including cost management, schedule management, risk management, and change control.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced construction environment while managing multiple priorities and driving accountability across project teams.
• Experience supporting greenfield pharmaceutical projects is highly desirable.