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About the Role

Project Farma, a PerkinElmer company, is seeking a Project Controls - Engineer III / Lead Engineer to join their team. This role focuses on improving patient lives by accelerating the delivery of life-changing therapies through high-quality life sciences projects. The successful candidate will apply advanced technical skills to manage project schedules, monitor performance, and provide critical project controls deliverables.

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with clients, vendors, contractors, and other Project Farma Team Members to support biomanufacturing projects.
Apply advanced technical skills to meet project team and client needs for developing and maintaining project schedules and monitoring project performance.
Interface directly with project management, client management, and site personnel for the development of detailed integrated schedules.
Deliver high-quality work, form and maintain valuable, long-term client relationships, and continually strengthen technical and industry knowledge.
Lead key project controls deliverables including summary project plans, milestone management reports, detailed project execution schedules, activity tracking and variance reports, budget estimates, project cost reports, forecast trend analysis reports, issue/risks/scenario analysis reports, scope and change management impact analysis reports, and comprehensive monthly project status reports.
Analyze complex project data and deliver clear, articulate, and concise messages to support decision-making.
Communicate project information internally in a timely manner and relay in-field project decisions to highlight long-range, down-stream project and team impacts.
Independently prepare project controls reports, dashboards, and management summaries.
Utilize inputs from Project Coordinators, field teams, and other disciplines while retaining accountability for final project controls outputs.
Provide hands-on support and troubleshooting for clients navigating the engineering life cycle of cutting-edge equipment and manufacturing processes.
Maintain project tools such as site dashboards, detailed schedules, and deliverable trackers.
Perform due diligence and quality checks on subject domains to generate high-quality project deliverables.
Proactively identify and escalate roadblocks and utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills to identify creative solutions.
Create alignment with cross-functional client departments including Design, Construction, Validation, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering groups.
Continually develop a technical aptitude of project controls services within the life-science space including Capital project management (CAPEX), facility shutdowns/turnarounds, technology transfers, enterprise system integrations, Validation Life Cycle, Quality/Regulatory/Compliance, GxP Automated Systems, Quality Control.
Directly develop, maintain, and update project schedules, cost models, progress tracking tools, and performance reports.
Perform detailed schedule logic updates, progress status, forecasting, variance analysis, and recovery planning.
Maintain the integrated project schedule, including baseline management, updates, and look-ahead planning.
Track installed quantities, productivity, and earned value to support accurate cost and schedule forecasting.
Monitor cost performance, change impacts, and forecast trends in coordination with the Project Manager.
Identify schedule and cost variances, risks, and opportunities, and recommend mitigation or recovery actions.
Prepare and issue weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc internal and external project controls reports.
Develop and maintain project dashboards and performance metrics aligned with project and corporate requirements.
Conduct in-depth analysis of schedule, cost, and performance data to support proactive decision-making.
Implement and maintain approved project controls systems, coding structures, and procedures on the project.
Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of all project controls data across systems and reports.
Provide guidance to project teams on project controls processes, data requirements, and reporting standards.
Support continuous improvement of project-level controls workflows and reporting efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (and/or Masters) in technical Sciences, Engineering, Regulatory or related discipline OR a combination of equivalent experience project controls, general construction, cGMP facility start-up, project management and/or comparable military experience.
Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera P6, and/or Smartsheet a plus.
Willingness to travel as required for client project assignments.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Cannot employ anyone with an invalid driver's license.

Skills

Project Controls
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Project
Oracle Primavera P6
Smartsheet
Project Management
cGMP facility start-up
Data Analysis
Schedule Development
Cost Management
Performance Monitoring
Risk Management
Reporting
Analytics
System Implementation
Data Integrity
Problem-Solving
Critical Thinking

Location

Customer Site - CA
Customer Site - OR
Customer Site - TX
Pasadena, CA
San Diego, CA
South San Francisco, CA

Work Type

Full-time
Salaried
Domestic Travel

Experience Level

2-7 Years of Experience
Advanced individual contributor
Demonstrated depth in technical discipline
Growing record of leading complex workstreams

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree in technical Sciences, Engineering, Regulatory or related discipline
Master's Degree in technical Sciences, Engineering, Regulatory or related discipline

About the Company

PerkinElmer is an experienced and trusted leader in scientific solutions, with the support of a global service network and distribution centers.
PerkinElmer has over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world.
Project Farma's purpose is to improve patient lives by accelerating the delivery of life-changing therapies.
Project Farma (PF) team members collaborate with cross-functional teams to build trusted client relationships, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and contribute to business growth.
Project Farma values include being curious, personable, and unselfish, while maintaining a strong commitment to a Patient Focused and People First mindset.
PerkinElmer is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
PerkinElmer is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.
PerkinElmer has 5,000+ global colleagues who come to work every day knowing they’re making a difference.
PerkinElmer strives to create an inspiring and inclusive culture for its employees.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.