Job Description
Position: Project Manager – Capital Projects / packaging
Location: Cincinnati, OH onsite
Duration: 24+ months
Join our Sterling Engineering team supporting a capital packaging project at an established manufacturing facility.
We’re seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead execution from planning and engineering through equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, and operational handover. This role requires strong capital project ownership within GMP manufacturing, along with knowledge of automated packaging systems and equipment integration.
I am looking for a Sr Project Manager with 10+ years of U.S. experience to lead capital projects that have brought pharmaceutical, food and beverage or medical device packaging equipment from concept through production.
This role will manage packaging equipment installations, upgrades, and related facility modifications, coordinating execution from initial scope development through commissioning, qualification support, and turnover.
This person will have direct responsibility for project scope, budgets, schedules, vendors, and execution, along with experience working around pharmaceutical packaging operations.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of U.S. experience managing capital projects in pharmaceutical manufacturing, Food and beverage manufacturing or medical device manufacturing.
- Direct experience with packaging equipment installations, upgrades, or packaging line integration.
- Demonstrated ownership of project budgets, schedules, vendors, and execution.
- Working knowledge of GMP requirements, equipment qualification, and change control.
- Ability to coordinate technical teams, contractors, and manufacturing stakeholders.
- Engineering degree or related technical background preferred.
- PMP certification preferred.
- Relevant equipment experience may include: filling, capping, labeling, inspection, serialization, carton and case packing, conveying, and palletizing systems.
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.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Cincinnati, OH |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
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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