Job Title: Pharmaceutical Capital Project Engineer
Location: North Chicago, IL
Hire Type: Long-term Contract, Onsite
Target Pay Rate: $75.00 - $90.00/hour (W2)
Benefits: PTO, Paid Holidays, Medical/Dental/Vision Plans, 401(k), ESOP
“Must-Have” Skills:
- Pharmaceutical capital project experience
- API manufacturing environment exposure
- GMP-regulated environment knowledge
- On-site project execution & cross-functional coordination
Job Summary:
The Project Engineer provides on-site engineering support for an active API capital project within a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. Reporting to the Project Manager, this role serves as a key execution resource responsible for coordinating daily engineering activities, supporting field work, and ensuring project documentation and deliverables remain on track. This is a hands-on, execution-focused position requiring consistent on-site presence to support equipment installation, utility tie-ins, issue resolution, and project turnover activities.
Job Duties:
- Support the Project Manager in the day-to-day execution of an API capital project
- Coordinate engineering activities across facilities, process engineering, utilities, validation, QA, EHS, and operations teams
- Assist with equipment installation, construction activities, and field walkdowns
- Track project schedules, action items, and engineering deliverables
- Review and manage engineering documentation including drawings, specifications, and change controls
- Coordinate with vendors to support site access, installation activities, and issue resolution
- Participate in project meetings and provide status updates to the Project Manager
- Support project turnover activities, including documentation handoff to operations and validation teams
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, or related discipline)
- 5+ years of experience supporting capital projects within pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Experience supporting projects in API manufacturing environments
- Working knowledge of GMP-regulated environments and site execution practices
- Proven ability to work effectively on-site and collaborate cross-functionally
- Comfortable working in a support role reporting to a Project Manager
- Strong organizational, communication, and documentation skills
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
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Sterling Engineering, Inc.
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
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