Project Manager

The Fountain Group is currently seeking a ­­­­­­­­Project Manager for a prominent pharmaceutical client of ours. This position is located in ­­Tempe, AZ. Details for the position are as follows:

Pay Range: $68 - 98/hr depending on experience
W2 Contract: 2 years with possible extension and/or conversion
100% onsite in Tempe, AZ (non-local candidates must be able to relocate at own expense)

Job Description:

Provides senior project engineering leadership for complex cleanroom and capital-project scope from design development through construction, equipment integration, startup, commissioning, GMP turnover, and closeout. The role integrates multidisciplinary technical work, establishes clear scope and interface ownership, and drives timely resolution of risks, decisions, and execution barriers.

• Lead development and maintenance of the project execution plan for assigned scope, including governance of scope, cost, schedule, safety, quality, risk, and change.
• Define and maintain scope boundaries, battery limits, tie-in points, work-package ownership, and Owner/designer/contractor/vendor responsibility and interface matrices.
• Coordinate architectural, process, mechanical, electrical, automation, controls, life-safety, cleanroom, equipment, and utility interfaces.
• Plan and facilitate formal design reviews at required maturity gates, assessing completeness, constructability, operability, maintainability, installation readiness, commissioning readiness, and equipment integration.
• Drive documented disposition and closure of design comments, technical issues, scope gaps, overlaps, conflicts, late decisions, risks, actions, and changes.
• Establish equipment interface requirements, utility loads, connection points, controls interfaces, access and maintenance clearances, vendor-data needs, and installation sequence.
• Identify long-lead equipment decisions, vendor dependencies, and schedule constraints and escalate impacts with mitigation options.
• Provide technical support during construction, coordinate responses to RFIs and field conflicts, and participate in walkdowns and deficiency resolution.
• Integrate mechanical completion, commissioning, startup, qualification support, GMP turnover, and operational handover planning.
• Prepare and transfer complete project engineering records and a final closeout report identifying residual items, risks, owners, and target disposition dates.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible project engineering experience
• Typically 10+ years in capital project engineering, including leadership of multidisciplinary design, construction, commissioning, and turnover on complex projects.
• Documented experience on construction projects with total installed cost exceeding $30 million is required.
• Regulated pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical-device, or similarly controlled manufacturing experience is required.

Who We Are:

The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.

Browse our website below for additional information on our company.

The Fountain Group

3407 West Martin Luther King Blvd., Suite 150, Tampa, FL 33607

“We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people.”

If you are interested in hearing more about this position or other opportunities I may have please respond to this posting with your updated resume or contact me at olivia.larkin@thefountaingroup.com.

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