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About the Role

SSOE is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the planning, design, and execution of complex pharmaceutical and life sciences capital projects. This role involves partnering with leading companies to deliver manufacturing expansions, laboratory facilities, cleanroom environments, and more, serving as a technical leader to improve production capacity, regulatory compliance, and operational reliability.

Responsibilities

Lead mechanical engineering efforts for complex pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and advanced manufacturing facilities.
Serve as Mechanical Engineering Lead on pharmaceutical and life sciences capital projects.
Drive successful project execution through planning, conceptual design, detailed engineering, procurement support, construction, commissioning, qualification, startup, and operational readiness.
Develop engineering solutions for process utilities, manufacturing support infrastructure, facility systems, and equipment integration within GMP-regulated environments.
Support facilities involved in sterile manufacturing, biologics, fill-finish operations, oral solid dose production, laboratory environments, and other regulated pharmaceutical operations.
Perform engineering assessments and feasibility studies for facility expansions, modernization initiatives, technology transfer projects, and manufacturing capacity improvements.
Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets, engineering concepts, technical documentation, and capital cost estimates.
Collaborate closely with process, validation, quality, automation, architecture, structural, electrical, and construction teams.
Interface directly with client engineering, operations, maintenance, quality, validation, and leadership teams.
Provide technical leadership for clean utility systems, process support systems, sanitary design applications, and facility infrastructure improvements.
Ensure designs comply with FDA, cGMP, corporate, and industry standards.
Leverage SSOE’s integrated capabilities to develop practical solutions.
Support proposal development, client presentations, project pursuits, and client relationship growth.
Coach, mentor, and develop less experienced engineers and designers.
Travel required approximately 25%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
PE license or progress toward licensure strongly preferred.
10+ years of engineering experience, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences facility projects.
Significant experience supporting FDA-regulated and cGMP manufacturing environments.
Demonstrated leadership skills and experience leading multidisciplinary capital projects with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, and client communication.
Demonstrated experience leading projects from conceptual design through construction, commissioning, qualification, and startup.
Knowledge of pharmaceutical facility design, manufacturing operations, process support systems, and clean utility infrastructure.
Consulting engineering experience supporting pharmaceutical or biotechnology clients strongly preferred.
Strong communication, facilitation, project management, and team leadership skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and familiarity with AutoCAD or similar CAD platforms.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering
Pharmaceutical project design
Life sciences project design
Capital project planning
Capital project design
Capital project execution
Process utilities design
Manufacturing support infrastructure design
Facility systems design
Equipment integration
GMP environments
Sterile manufacturing support
Biologics support
Fill-finish operations support
Oral solid dose production support
Laboratory environments support
Engineering assessments
Feasibility studies
Project scope development
Project schedule development
Project budget development
Engineering concept development
Technical documentation development
Capital cost estimation
Cross-functional team collaboration
Client interface
Clean utility systems
Process support systems
Sanitary design
Facility infrastructure improvements
FDA compliance
cGMP compliance
Industry standards compliance
Proposal development
Client presentations
Project pursuits
Client relationship growth
Mentoring
Technical guidance
Microsoft Office proficiency
AutoCAD proficiency
Fill-finish manufacturing operations
Sterile production environments
Biotechnology manufacturing facilities
Pharmaceutical laboratories
Pilot plants
Brownfield facility renovations
Brownfield facility expansions
Commissioning
Qualification
Validation

Experience Level

10+ years of engineering experience
Senior

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Salary/Compensations

$150,000 to $160,000 a year

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
401K
PTO
Paid holidays

About the Company

SSOE is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer to support the planning, design, and execution of complex pharmaceutical and life sciences capital projects.
Our teams partner with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to deliver manufacturing expansions, laboratory facilities, cleanroom environments, process utility systems, and facility modernization projects.
The successful candidate will serve as a technical leader, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to improve production capacity, regulatory compliance, operational reliability, and speed-to-market.
SSOE has a history of reinventing itself for new markets, serious rates of growth year after year, and being ahead of the curve in technology.
SSOE rewards talent and effort in ways that mean the most to the individual.
When you work at SSOE, you work with the best and you're a part of something bigger than yourself.
Providing the best possible workplace for our employees gives us a competitive advantage-helping us attract and retain top talent and drive better business results.
At SSOE, we don’t just talk about the future, we build it.
As a leader in industry AI adoption, we empower our team to work smarter by providing responsible access to the industry leading AI Large Language Models, vibe-coding platforms, and securely integrating advanced tools into every role.
From day one, you’ll receive the training and support needed to leverage AI as a core tool for enhancing productivity, sparking creativity, and streamlining complex workflows.