Engineering Manager – Owner’s Representative

ASAP is hiring on behalf of our client for an experienced Engineering Manager – Owner’s Representative to support major capital projects within the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.

No C2C inquiries.

This is a senior-level opportunity for an engineering leader who will represent the Owner’s interests throughout the project lifecycle while working closely with internal stakeholders, external engineering and design firms, construction teams, contractors, vendors, and other project partners.

Location: Philadelphia, PA preferred; remote candidates in Eastern or Central Time Zones will be considered

Travel: Approximately 25–50% to project locations in Alabama and Virginia

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Owner’s primary engineering representative and point of coordination for multidisciplinary engineering activities

• Provide engineering leadership and oversight from feasibility and conceptual design through detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification, validation, startup, and turnover

• Coordinate engineering consultants, Engineers of Record, construction partners, contractors, vendors, and internal project stakeholders

• Lead multidisciplinary reviews of engineering calculations, specifications, drawings, models, equipment packages, and other key technical deliverables

• Ensure engineering solutions align with applicable codes, standards, cGMP requirements, regulatory guidance, project requirements, and Owner standards

• Evaluate designs for constructability, operability, maintainability, reliability, accessibility, lifecycle cost, and future expansion

• Oversee technical queries, RFIs, deviations, design changes, field changes, and value-engineering proposals

• Evaluate technical decisions and changes for potential impacts to scope, cost, schedule, safety, quality, risk, and operations

• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, automation, quality, validation, EHS, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project controls stakeholders

• Provide Owner-side engineering support throughout construction, installation, testing, startup, commissioning, qualification, validation, and final handover

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or another relevant engineering discipline

• 15+ years of progressive engineering experience

• Significant experience supporting multidisciplinary capital projects within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, specialty chemical, or other regulated manufacturing industries

• Demonstrated experience as an Engineering Manager, Owner’s Representative, Design Manager, or comparable technical leader on complex projects

• Strong working knowledge of cGMP requirements, equipment qualification and validation, process and clean utilities, automation interfaces, facility systems, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness

• Experience with design-bid-build, design-build, EPCM, construction management, or integrated project delivery models

• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to evaluate engineering decisions in relation to cost, schedule, risk, procurement, contracts, and lifecycle value

• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, facilitation, and decision-making skills

• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred, but not required

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineering leader with a strong pharmaceutical or life sciences background to take an Owner-side leadership role on complex, high-impact capital projects.