Principal Project Engineer

• Provide senior-level project engineering and technical expertise to ensure successful project delivery of life science projects.
• Lead project workstreams within large and/or complete projects, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget and schedule.
• Collaborate with the site, project, and construction teams to make timely decisions.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks; implement solutions and elevate unresolved issues in a timely manner.
• Stakeholder management for areas of ownership, maintain active communication.

Who are you:

• Located in St. Louis, MO and has flexibility to be at job site Monday through Friday.
• Work experience in capital project execution and on the job construction experience.
• Experience with life science capital projects – design and build of clean rooms and classified (grade C/D) spaces and qualification and validation processes.
• Expertise in using and interpreting engineering drawings and documents.
• Sound understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing facility regulations, guidelines, standards, and cGMPs.
• Strong in leadership, relationship building, and negotiation strategies; ability to influence, network, drive and manage change.
• Demonstrated proficiency in communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills in a matrix environment.
• Ability to influence without direct authority to achieve desired outcomes.
• Ability to obtain customer requirements and deliver as a concise specification.
• Ability to deliver clear messages to stakeholders on project decisions and maintain good relationships.
• Ability to independently own a workstream by maintaining a schedule, driving decisions, and maintaining accurate documentation.
• Critical thinker – ability to suggest and evaluate multiple options along with evaluating implications to safety, quality, budget, schedule, and potential risks.
• Problem solver – Ability to identify and evaluate problems develop optimal solutions, use effective decision making, and implement.
• Ability to review and respond to construction submittals and RFIs, considering site customer input and manage scope changes.
• Organized and establish processes and structures to manage workstreams.