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Location(s): Customer Site - DC, Customer Site - MA, Customer Site - MD, Customer Site - NJ, Customer Site - PA, Customer Site - VA

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 embody Project Farma’s values by being curious, personable, and unselfish while maintaining a strong Patient‑Focused and People‑First mindset.

• 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 using GxP best practices. Support necessary billables as forecasted by site dashboards on billable targets per month. Communicate updates internally in a timely manner and relay in‑field project decisions to highlight long‑range, downstream project and team impacts. Provide hands‑on support and troubleshooting for clients navigating the engineering life cycle of cutting‑edge equipment and manufacturing processes. Perform due diligence on system and subject domains to generate high‑quality project deliverables. Proactively identify and elevate roadblocks and utilize critical‑thinking skills and knowledge of problem‑solving skills to identify creative solutions.

• General understanding of Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and project management tools. May be requested to assist with Project Controls and Scheduling including budget estimates, detailed project schedules and milestones, feasibility estimates, risks, forecasts and scenario analysis, and project cost reports and analysis. Create alignment with cross‑functional client departments including but not limited to Validation, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering and Project Controls. Maintain internal site tools such as site dashboards, deliverable trackers, etc. Continually develop technical aptitude of Project Farma’s core services within the life science space including CapEx Management, Tech Transfers, Validation Life Cycles, CQV and Computer System Validation, Quality, Regulatory and Compliance, GxP Automated Systems, and Quality Control.

• Analyze complex project data and deliver clear, articulate and concise messages to support decision‑making.

• Focus on professional development and support team collaboration under the Site Lead’s guidance. Share technical knowledge with peers to support project delivery. Mentor less experienced team members. Participate in Project Farma internal qualification training program.

• Support the execution of site strategy under the direction of the Site Lead, contributing to specific project tasks that align with Project Farma’s services. Perform assigned tasks to meet strategic objectives, such as preparing and executing CQV Protocols. Identify and report client needs or project challenges to the Site Lead for further action. Maintain professional relationships with project team members and client POCs at the operational level (e.g., technicians, engineers).

• Provide input on task‑level resource needs to the Site Lead to support project delivery. Report workload or skill gaps within assigned tasks. Assist in maintaining project schedules by communicating resource constraints.

• 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 professionally. Ensure any client feedback or opportunities identified are escalated properly. Provide data or insights (e.g., project progress, risks) to the Site Lead for inclusion in dashboards or expansion discussions. Participate in project tasks that support extensions or proposals, such as preparing deliverables for clients. Identify opportunities for cross‑selling and up‑selling of additional Project Farma services.

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

• 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). 2‑7 years in consulting and/or engineering services. Willingness to travel domestically to client sites. Full‑time on‑site client presence required. Travel up to 100% or as required.

• Willingness to travel up to 100% or as required for client project assignments.

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, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. 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.