Boehringer Ingelheim · 1 day ago
SR Principal Engineer, Project Management
Boehringer Ingelheim is a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on the discovery, development, and delivery of health products. The Senior Principal Engineer, Project Management will drive and execute strategic projects related to process engineering and project coordination, ensuring smooth transitions from design to start-up while collaborating with key stakeholders.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Drives the process engineering activities related to key strategic projects - this includes leading the engineering efforts for both internal and external engineering
Drives the facility engineering efforts related to utilities, power, and equipment layout
Leads the automation efforts for the strategic projects that ensures the equipment is integrated and functions as one unit
Ensures the process, facility, and automation engineering comes together successful to meet overall strategic aspects of the project (headcount, efficiency, productivity, etc.)
Actively steers project timely related to engineering planning, execution, and communication
Oversees the overall engineering execution between internal/external stakeholders
Ensures the engineering budget is managed, steered related to cost, timing, and expected level of quality
Routinely manages/reports the project to ensure full transparency, have clear milestones, synchronize the engineering tasks with other stakeholders related to quality, costs, sourcing, etc
Communicates clearly with site leadership team, project team, and global stakeholders project status, risks, mitigations, next steps
Ensures engineering execution continues as planned
Steers engineering to ensure risks/delays are understood, mitigated and communicated
As needed, organizes key stakeholders to facilitate solutions to keep project moving forward
Drives the execution to ensure the deliverables are clear and articulated (if needed use tier board or similar visual performance process)
Ensures the project is qualified per design related to equipment, capacity, capabilities, quality, automation, layout, efficiency, productivity
Aligns with key stakeholders to ensure right level of qualifications are performed
Ensures documentation, change control, and digital tracking requirements are completed
Partners with operations/quality/sourcing and any other necessary function to ensure qualification process is aligned, clear, and completed per expectations
Ensures the project start-up goes smoothly between engineering deliverables, qualification, expectations, and operations team
Supports operational training of the project
Ensures both classroom and hands-on training is performed at a level to perform timely and seamless start-up
Partners with operational leaders to support shift work (if required) to support training/start-up/documentation. Includes creating/reviewing/approving documentation of batch records/procedure
May directly and/or indirectly lead up to seven (7) Barceloneta personnel connected to engineering, operations, or other pertinent area necessary to steer successful project execution
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution required
At least five (5) years Animal/ Human Health industry knowledge (e.g. Consulting, engineering, operational leadership, business excellence improvements) Including influencing or leading others
Global Supply Animal health / human pharmaceutical business experience, with significant technical/engineering/operations experience for the manufacturing of GMP products
Must have experience with advanced problem–solving, project coordination, and steering a culture to deliver the project on-time, within budget, and to meet expected deliverables
Should be able to demonstrate project / program ROI results from previous experience
Ability to successfully steer, report, facilitate, challenge, and deliver technical projects on-time and meet the strategic deliverables
Demonstrated engineering and automation knowledge to serve as a technical partner on a broad range of operational topics
Project management experience and ability to oversee multiple projects running simultaneously and provide quality control and guidance on projects
Demonstrated ability to bridge strategic and operational thinking, translating strategy into operational tactics
Knowledge of operations management tactics to ensure project plan can be translated into operational reality
Entrepreneurial spirit, self-starter and strong initiative
Strong general management and problem solving
Demonstrated business acumen, analytical and financial skills
Demonstrated diversity and inclusion/cultural awareness
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction
Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
Must be 18 years of age or older
Preferred
MBA preferred
Company
Boehringer Ingelheim
Boehringer Ingelheim is a group of pharmaceutical companies that focuses on prescription medicines and animal health. It is a sub-organization of Boehringer Ingelheim.
Funding
Current Stage
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Recent News
2026-01-12
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