PerkinElmer
PerkinElmer
PerkinElmer develops analytical and testing solutions used across pharmaceuticals, healthcare, food and beverage, environmental analysis, and industrial testing. Its portfolio includes mass spectrometers, chromatography instruments, spectroscopy systems, laboratory equipment, and consumables that help organizations evaluate materials, support scientific research, maintain product quality, and meet compliance standards. With a history dating to 1938, PerkinElmer works with laboratories and industry teams worldwide on applications spanning food safety, environmental testing, healthcare, and industrial quality control.

Senior Project Controls Engineer, Biomanufacturing

Support PerkinElmer’s Project Farma biomanufacturing and life sciences projects through integrated scheduling, cost forecasting, dashboards, and performance reporting. Work with customer teams at project sites across the United States.

Description

  • Support biomanufacturing projects throughout the engineering lifecycle.
  • Build and maintain project schedules, and monitor performance.
  • Coordinate with project and client managers and site teams to create detailed integrated schedules.
  • Prepare project plans, milestone and execution schedules, activity and variance tracking, cost reports and forecasts, risk and scenario analyses, change-impact assessments, and monthly status reports.
  • Analyze complex project data and share clear findings to inform decisions.
  • Create project controls reports, dashboards, and management summaries.
  • Use contributions from project coordinators, field teams, and other disciplines while taking responsibility for final deliverables.
  • Provide hands-on client support and troubleshoot engineering, equipment, and manufacturing processes.
  • Maintain site dashboards, detailed schedules, and deliverable trackers.
  • Review project deliverables for due diligence and quality.
  • Spot and escalate roadblocks, and develop practical solutions.
  • Coordinate with client teams across Design, Construction, Validation, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering.
  • Develop and update project schedules, cost models, progress-tracking tools, and performance reports.
  • Update schedule logic and progress status; forecast, analyze variances, and plan recoveries.
  • Manage integrated schedules, baselines, schedule updates, and look-ahead plans.
  • Track installed quantities, productivity, and earned value to support cost and schedule forecasts.
  • Work with the Project Manager to monitor cost performance, change impacts, and forecast trends.
  • Identify schedule and cost variances, risks, and opportunities, and recommend mitigation or recovery actions.
  • Produce weekly, monthly, and as-needed project controls reports for internal and external audiences.
  • Build and maintain project dashboards and performance metrics.
  • Analyze schedule, cost, and performance data in depth.
  • Implement and maintain approved project controls systems, coding structures, and procedures.
  • Maintain accurate, consistent, and reliable project controls data.
  • Advise project teams on controls processes, data requirements, and reporting standards.
  • Improve project-level controls workflows and reporting efficiency.
  • Travel frequently within the United States as client projects require.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in technical sciences, engineering, regulatory studies, or a related field, or equivalent experience in project controls, general construction, cGMP facility start-up, project management, or comparable military work.
  • Four to seven years of experience.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
  • Experience with Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera P6, or Smartsheet is a plus.
  • Willingness to travel for client project assignments as required.
  • Authorization to work full-time in the United States is required.
  • Work visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.
  • Valid driver’s license required.
  • PMP certification preferred.

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