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About the Role

As a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, Johnson Controls' mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places, and the planet. This role serves as the day-to-day project lead for validated environment and laboratory construction projects, ensuring operational excellence, compliance, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, monitor, and close validated environment projects across multiple sites, ensuring IQ/OQ/PQ, equipment qualification, data integrity, and regulatory expectations are met.
• Serve as the on-site/day-to-day project lead, coordinating Owners, Architects, Engineers, QA/Validation, Contractors, and Vendors.
• Collaborate with the Project Executive to define and maintain project scope, schedule, and budget baselines; monitor progress and report deviations.
• Develop and implement validation strategies and documentation aligned with corporate validation policy.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project-level risks.
• Track and report project performance to the Project Executive.
• Manage change orders, project delays, procurement, and contract administration.
• Ensure robust documentation controls that meet contract, QA, and regulatory standards.
• Seek opportunities to improve validation workflows, data integrity practices, and delivery quality.
• Maintain relationships with sponsors and stakeholders.
• Manage vendor and subcontractor performance.
• Manage project finances, including budgeting, forecasting, progress billings, and payables.
• Prepare the project team for regulatory inspections and audits.
• Foster a safe, compliant, and collaborative project environment.
• Provide guidance to junior team members as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Business Management, Architecture, or a related field.
• 5–10 years of direct project management experience on large capital projects, including regulated or validated settings.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, multi-site projects in validated environments (GMP/GLP/ISO 17025) within labs, biopharma, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices, healthcare, or related sectors.
• Understanding of contract language, project accounting, and basic portfolio management as they apply to validated environments.
• Strong executive communication skills; ability to present to senior leadership and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams in regulated contexts.
• Proficiency with standard project management tools (Primavera P6, MS Project) and reporting platforms.
• Advanced skills in MS Office with the ability to create executive-level dashboards and presentations.
• Working knowledge of validation concepts, commissioning/qualification processes, data integrity best practices, and regulatory expectations for validated facilities.
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders and subcontractors in validated environments.
• Willingness to travel and operate across multiple sites as needed.
• Master’s degree (Preferred).
• PMI certification (PMP) or equivalent (Preferred).
• Certifications or hands-on experience in CQV; CSV awareness; familiarity with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, and related regulatory frameworks (Preferred).
• Specific experience delivering validated environments: GMP/GLP labs, ISO 14644 cleanrooms, ISO 17025 laboratories, or similar (Preferred).
• Experience working on programs in datacenter-adjacent facilities requiring stringent validation regimes (Preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to continuous improvement programs for validation processes and data integrity across a project portfolio (Preferred).

Skills

• Project Management
• Validated Environments
• Laboratory Construction
• Cleanrooms
• Biosafety Cabinets
• Containment Suites
• Biocontainment Labs
• IQ/OQ/PQ
• Equipment Qualification
• Data Integrity
• Regulatory Compliance
• Scope Management
• Schedule Management
• Budget Management
• Risk Management
• Change Order Management
• Contract Administration
• Documentation Control
• Stakeholder Management
• Vendor Management
• Subcontractor Management
• Financial Management
• Forecasting
• Progress Billings
• Payables
• Regulatory Inspections
• Audits
• Primavera P6
• MS Project
• MS Office
• Executive Dashboards
• Executive Presentations
• Validation Concepts
• Commissioning
• Qualification Processes
• GMP
• GLP
• ISO 17025
• CQV
• CSV
• FDA 21 CFR Part 11
• EU Annex 11
• ISO 14644
• Continuous Improvement

Location

• Multiple Sites

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 5-10 years direct project management experience
• Senior

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in construction, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Business Management, Architecture, or a related field
• Master's degree (Preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• $130,000.00 - $165,000.00 USD Annual

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Comprehensive bonus program
• Three weeks paid vacation
• Holidays
• Sick time
• Three PTO days
• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - Available day one
• Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities
• Encouraging and collaborative team environment
• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy
• Providing Scheduling and management support
• JCI Employee discount programs (The Loop by Perk Spot)

About the Company

• Johnson Controls is a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings.
• Our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places, and the planet.
• Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe.
• We strive to provide our employees with an experience focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• We foster an empowering company culture where your voice and ideas will be heard.

Equal Opportunity

• Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
• To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit EEO is the Law.
• If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit here.