Project Manager Life Sciences

While performing duties of this job, you would occasionally be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear (this includes being able to hear and talk on site based communication equipment), distinguish between various colors, be able to hear safety tones/notifications, and use fingers and hands to feel objects, tools, temperature or controls.  . Eight or more years of progressive engineering, design, construction, or capital project experience, including at least five years of project management experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, laboratory, and/or Food + Beverage facilities.

Eichleay is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Life Sciences and Food and Beverage project delivery team. This role is responsible for leading multidisciplinary engineering and design projects from initiation through closeout while ensuring client satisfaction, quality execution, schedule performance, and financial success.
The Project Manager serves as the primary client interface and coordinates engineering, architecture, design, project controls, procurement, construction, and management stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. This position reports into the Director of Projects for Life Sciences and Food and Beverage.

Compensation: $125,000 - $165,000 *Anticipated annual salary may vary based on skills, experience, qualifications and internal peer equity.  The pay range listed for this position is based on the anticipated base compensation at the time of the posting.  

Location: Remote within the Bay Area/Northern California, with the option to work hybrid or full time from Eichleay’s Larkspur, CA office. Occasional client-site visits and travel for company or industry events are required, up to 25%.

Company Overview
Eichleay is a dynamic organization with over 150 years of experience in delivering project management and engineering solutions across various industries, including energy and chemicals, power generation, life sciences, mining, and food and beverage. We are committed to innovation, excellence, and building long-lasting relationships with our clients.

Position Summary
As a Project Manager at Eichleay you will be expected to lead multidisciplinary projects through the full lifecycle, with accountability for client relationships, team coordination, risk management, quality, schedule, and financial performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead assigned projects from planning and feasibility through design, construction support, startup, and closeout.
• Define and manage project scope, deliverables, budget, schedule, staffing, execution strategy, communication plan, and quality requirements.
• Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate the technical and management aspects of projects and ensure assigned personnel coordinate effectively with all project participants.
• Serve as the primary client contact; lead client and contractor meetings, provide status updates, maintain alignment, and manage issues to closure.
• Confirm contract requirements are understood and satisfied, while maintaining appropriate documentation and controlling scope changes.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts, trends, schedule performance, staffing, earned progress, and project risks; initiate corrective action when performance deviates from plan.
• Prepare or support proposals, project execution plans, fee estimates, and contract amendments or change orders.
• Review and approve client invoices and support timely, accurate billing and collection activities.
• Proactively identify and mitigate safety, technical, commercial, quality, regulatory, and execution risks.
• Ensure deliverables comply with Eichleay quality standards, applicable client requirements, and project-specific procedures.
• Support effective coordination with procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification, validation, and startup resources, as applicable.

Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.

Experience

• Eight or more years of progressive engineering, design, construction, or capital project experience, including at least five years of project management experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, laboratory, and/or Food + Beverage facilities.
• Demonstrated success managing multidisciplinary capital projects through feasibility, planning, design, construction support, startup, and closeout.
• Experience developing project scopes, proposals, fee estimates, budgets, schedules, staffing plans, execution strategies, and change orders.

Skills

• Strong leadership, communication, organization, negotiation, and decision-making skills, with the ability to lead diverse technical teams and manage competing priorities.
• Working knowledge of project controls, scheduling, forecasting, cost management, invoicing, trend tracking, risk management, and change management.
• Ability to use business and project technology effectively; demonstrated ability to leverage AI-enabled tools to improve workflow productivity is preferred.
• Ability to influence decision making and drive project execution.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience managing projects as an A/E/C service provider.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license and/or project management certification.
• Experience working in cGMP-regulated environments.
• Familiarity with commissioning, qualification, validation, and startup activities.
• Familiarity with BIM/virtual design.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI for workflow productivity.

Core Expectations

Zero Harm - Demonstrates commitment to health, safety, and environmental performance and addresses risks to protect employees, clients, contractors, and the environment.
Action Orientation - Achieves goals, meets commitments and timelines, and responds with persistence and appropriate urgency.
Building Effective Relationships - Builds inclusive, productive relationships with clients, employees, contractors, and other stakeholders using diplomacy and tact.
Customer Focus - Develops enduring client relationships, understands client needs, and accepts responsibility for satisfaction and loyalty.
Dealing with Change - Remains effective as priorities, work processes, project conditions, and client requirements change.
Integrity and Trust - Adheres to required processes, communicates truthfully, keeps commitments, and is accountable for actions and results.
Leadership - Leads by example, establishes clarity, empowers teams, and promotes open communication and accountability.
Technical and Functional Skill - Applies sufficient technical and project delivery knowledge to produce accurate, timely, and high-quality results.

Additional Industry/Project Requirements:
This role may require all or some of the following requirements at time of hire or during employment:

• Client cGMP, sterile area, site safety, and badging requirements.
• RSO Safety Training and current card or ability to obtain.
• Client Safety Training and current badge or ability to obtain.
• TWIC Certification and current card or ability to obtain.
• Background screening including previous employment, education, criminal history, and driving record verification.
• Participation in random drug and alcohol programs.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:  
The characteristics described below are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• While performing duties of this job, you would occasionally be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear (this includes being able to hear and talk on site based communication equipment), distinguish between various colors, be able to hear safety tones/notifications, and use fingers and hands to feel objects, tools, temperature or controls.  
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perceptions, and the ability to adjust focus. 
• Overtime may be necessary as workload dictates. This may include weekdays, and weekends.  
• Job duties may be performed at a client site, production facility or industrial/construction job site. Day to day job direction will typically be by Eichleay team lead.  
• Conditions and/or schedule may vary, but the conditions listed above will generally apply.  
• Candidates will be required to follow our clients' site-based rules and protocols regarding infectious diseases. 

All opportunities with Eichleay will require authorization to work in the US without the need for sponsorship.  Positions will require in-person interactions and may require working on site in an office or field environment.   This position is subject to federally mandated drug/alcohol testing. Candidates applying to Eichleay must have the ability to be badged and maintain a badge as a safety sensitive position and/or within the Building and Construction trade for process safety management governed facilities. This will require in-depth drug screening for all positions. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breast-feeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability (including medical condition), military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or other status protected by law or regulation. 

Use of Artificial Intelligence: At Eichleay, we embrace the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance efficiency and decision-making across our operations, including recruitment.

Education

Preferred

• Bachelors or better in Engineering

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

• Project Management Prof

Skills

Required

• Project Management

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