Senior ProgramProject Manager – Site Master Planning & Cogeneration (CHP)

Inteldot has over 15 years in the life science industry with allocations a cross Puerto Rico United Sates Europe and Japan. This is a great opportunity for one of our leading clients in Puerto Rico.

Administrative Shift

Location: Manatí Puerto Rico

Work Arrangement: Primarily Onsite

Industry: Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences Manufacturing

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Program/Project Manager to lead two major initiatives at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Manatí Puerto Rico: Site Master Planning (SMP) Program and Cogeneration / Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Project. This is a highly visible leadership position for an experienced capital-project professional who can independently manage schedule budget risk engineering procurement permitting construction commissioning and stakeholder coordination across both initiatives. The selected individual will serve as the single accountable Program/Project Manager and primary point of contact for both workstreams.

What Youll Do

• Lead the overall planning and execution of the Site Master Planning and CHP initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules budgets forecasts milestones and risk registers.
• Coordinate Engineering Operations Quality EHS Facilities Finance Procurement and Corporate Engineering/EHS stakeholders.
• Lead coordination with A/E firms contractors equipment vendors consultants and other external partners.
• Support Capital Appropriation Requests (CARs) cost estimating budget tracking and financial reporting.
• Facilitate site master planning workshops and develop long-term facility expansion and capital investment strategies.
• Coordinate evaluation of facility layout production flow space utilization utilities infrastructure capacity and future expansion needs.
• Lead the development of a 10 year Site Master Plan and phased capital roadmap.
• Manage the CHP feasibility study technology/vendor selection business case and implementation strategy.
• Coordinate CHP engineering design utility integration PREPA interconnection permitting procurement construction commissioning and startup.
• Manage project risks change control documentation decision logs and action tracking.
• Provide weekly/monthly project updates to site and corporate leadership.
• Support GMP compliance commissioning qualification validation and operational handoff activities.
• Proactively identify and resolve conflicts between SMP and CHP activities including shared engineering resources utility tie-ins site access and outage windows.
• Maintain a strong onsite presence and working level understanding of both initiatives throughout the engagement.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in engineering Construction Management Project Management or a related technical field.
• Significant project/program management experience in pharmaceutical biotechnology life sciences or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing capital projects from planning through construction commissioning and closeout.
• Direct experience leading site master planning or major facility planning initiatives.
• Direct experience with cogeneration/CHP power generation or major industrial utility projects.
• Experience managing engineering/design firms contractors vendors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong experience with project schedules budgets cost controls risk management and change control.
• Experience working in GMP/cGMP environments.
• Ability to independently manage multiple technically interdependent workstreams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Manatí Puerto Rico on a recurring basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP CCM PE or equivalent professional certification.
• Previous experience in Puerto Rico pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Familiarity with PREPA utility interconnection requirements and EQB/environmental permitting.
• Experience with CHP integration involving electrical steam hot-water HVAC or other critical utilities.
• Experience with commissioning qualification validation and GMP utility requirements.
• Experience developing long-range capital plans for pharmaceutical or life-sciences campuses.
• Experience working directly with corporate/global engineering organizations.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.