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Job Description

This is a full-time salaried position with Project Farma, a PerkinElmer company. The successful candidate will reside in one of Project Farma's primary markets and be willing to travel domestically to meet client project requests.

Project Farma's purpose is to improve patient lives by accelerating the delivery of life-changing therapies. We accomplish this through the successful execution of high-quality life sciences projects across the full project lifecycle. 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 by identifying opportunities and applying data-driven insights to support project planning, cost, schedule, and performance management.

All team members are expected to embody Project Farma's values by being curious, personable, and unselfish, while maintaining a strong commitment to a Patient Focused and People First mindset.

The Validation - Engineer I & II is an early-career professional responsible for supporting project execution through technical contribution, analysis, and problem-solving within defined scope and guidance. This role utilizes developing or intermediate technical expertise to solve complex problems, contributes meaningfully to project outcomes, and demonstrates increased independence in executing assigned work. Engineers are expected to build foundational skills, apply Project Farma methodologies, and deliver high-quality work products while collaborating across disciplines. This role requires sound judgment, effective prioritization, within established project frameworks, and continued growth toward greater ownership and technical proficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery

• Execute specific technical tasks within a project, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Perform CQV tasks, such as protocol development or equipment testing, under the Site Lead's guidance.
• Report technical issues to the Site Lead and support resolution efforts.
• Ensure tasks meet client specifications, regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, GMP), and industry standards.
• Author technical documents: SOPs, requirements specifications, testing protocols, summary reports, etc.
• Identify and close individual knowledge gaps with support from other team members or leads as needed.
• Execute system and process validation protocols by using GxP best practices.
• Ensure billable targets are met each month as forecasted by respective site dashboards.
• Report workload or skill gaps within assigned tasks.

Talent Development

• Focus on professional development and support team collaboration under the Site Leads guidance.
• Share technical knowledge with peers to support project delivery.

Business Growth & Development

• Contribute to project-level success by delivering high-quality work that supports business growth opportunities.
• Build meaningful internal and external relationships.
• Present Project Farma as a service to clients as needed.
• Communicate with clients in a professional manner.
• Ensure any client feedback or opportunities identified are being escalated properly.
• Maintain professional relationships with project team members and client POCs at the operational level (e.g., technicians, engineers) to facilitate task completion

Operational Performance & Billability

• Maintain 100% individual billability by completing assigned project tasks.
• Escalate any roadblocks on achieving billable targets to the site lead.

Experience Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Life Science, Engineering, or related discipline (OR a combination of equivalent work experience in capital project engineering, pharma cGMP facility start-up, CapEx/OpEx project management and/or comparable military experience.
• Years of Experience: 0-2 years in consulting and/or engineering services
• Willingness to travel up to 100% or as required for client projects.

Project Farma is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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. PerkinElmer is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We will not sponsor applicants for current or future work visas for this position. This position may require significant travel to support project and business needs. We cannot employ anyone with an invalid driver's license.

The annualcompensation range for this full-time position is $(63,000) to $(76,000). The final base pay offered to the successful candidate will be determined by factors including internal equity, work location, as well as individual qualifications, such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.