Project Manager, Capex Project
CK QLS is looking for an experienced Project Manager, to work on a major Capex project for a Pharmaceutical company in the canton of Neuchatel. The contract is for now until
31/08/2026
OBJECTIVES:
- Provide strategic and technical direction to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) concerning timing of major milestones and critical path deliverables, including budget and resource planning, implementation, and variances.
- Guide multi-disciplinary, highly technical teams through the finalization of a major capex project involving all internal functional area directors and stakeholder above site.
- Play the role of subject matter expert in project management disciplines and particularly in successfully orchestrating the execution of commissioning, qualification and validation of a new, state-of-the-art aseptic filling line.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Responsible for the finalization of a major capex project including in assuring the success of the engineering runs (ER) and the process & performance qualification (PPQ) in collaboration with the site's Manufacturing team.
- Responsible for communicating project performance information to the SLT, stakeholder above site (OpU Biologics, Global Engineering), and external stakeholders
- Verify, control, and endorse complex inter-program related Gantt charts, budget forecast and variance reports, resource plans, communication plans, and risk mitigation plans
- Guide project teams in always working towards a clear scope of work and the delivery of project milestones on time, on budget and within scope •
- Create contingency plans for risk mitigation due to the nature of the project's complexity and high stakes.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Minimum of 15 years' project/operational management experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries, in a multi-disciplinary, global environment.
- Minimum of 10 years of people/matrix management experience required.
- Experience in all the capital phases of a major construction project with emphasis on ER and PPQ in state-of-the aseptic filling lines in biologics.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of aseptic filling processes, commercial filling lines
- Proven leadership, team building skills and strategic problem-solving ability.
- Knowledge of risk management, project reporting, and project management tools.
- Strong motivational, negotiation, listening, judgment, analytic, and conflict management skills
- Project management certification (PMP, Prince2, SCPM, etc.) or similar experience is required.
- Required languages: English and French
If you are interested, you can send an updated CV in English or French by email at aguimard@ckqls.ch.
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in Switzerland. Please quote job reference 159310 in all correspondence.
