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Associate Director, Project Engineering, Potent Facility

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead strategic capital projects for manufacturing potent neuroscience products, ensuring EHS, scope, schedule, cost, quality, and compliance objectives are met.

Role type

Senior IC project engineering leader (pharmaceutical manufacturing)

Builds

Manufacturing facilities and production lines for innovative medicines

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Neuroscience / Aseptic and Sterile Manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Strategic project leadership, EHS compliance management, cross-functional team management, financial acumen and budgeting, risk mitigation, contract negotiation, change management, P&L responsibility, stakeholder communication

Preferred skills

Expertise in aseptic and sterile manufacturing technologies, multi-format drug product filling lines, lyophilizer operations, small volume cytotoxic product filling

Technologies

None explicitly listed

Responsibilities

Ensure achievement of all project objectives including EHS, Scope, Schedule, Cost, Quality and Compliance; Drive EHS performance of all project activities including construction safety; Manage and be responsible for all phases of project execution; Monitor and manage project risks; Demonstrate financial acumen and control over costs; Lead strategic sourcing needs and contract negotiations; Monitor and measure project progress through KPIs; Present project performance to Steering committees and senior leadership

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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