Senior Manager, CTO Capital Projects

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If you are ready to challenge yourself, accelerate your career, and give new hope to patients, there’s no better place than here at BMS with our Cell Therapy team.

The Senior Manager, CTO Capital Projects will develop, implement, and oversee capital projects to support Cell Therapy Operations (CTO) at the Summit West Site.

This role will be focused on managing capital projects ($5M+) responsible for interfacing cross-functionally with both internal groups, external clients and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

This position will utilize their breadth of knowledge across facilities and engineering to drive CTO business growth strategies across the Summit West Site and ensure adherence to regulatory compliance and effective project execution.

Shifts Available :

M-F, standard working hours

Responsibilities :

• Lead the development of the Capital Project scope and Master Planning initiatives in support of the business strategy alignment with CTO clients and stakeholders.
• Exhibit project leadership and effective decision-making throughout each project.
• Lead and promote effective teamwork by engaging Facilities, ECQ & EHS, as well as key clients and stakeholders.
• Lead the scheduling, planning, control, and effective coordination of all the parallel activities related to each project and maintain project schedule through unanticipated schedule challenges.
• Coordinate with Procurement and Project Team in generating RFP documents for engineering deliverables typically for Equipment Purchases, Design, Construction & Qualification efforts.
• Manage A / E Firms through the BMS Stagegate Process to effectively deliver on meeting end user functional / design requirements and overall project goals.
• Manage and coordinate with Construction Managers (CMs) from estimating, pre-construction, demolition, construction and commissioning in alignment with design & functional requirements.
• Ensure all work complies with BMS Site Safety Requirements and ensure all involved individuals are in compliance with required trainings.
• Utilize broad knowledge of the functional requirements of the pharmaceutical facilities and engineering best practices to ensure that appropriate internal and external resources are incorporated into the project design and execution.
• Achieve a cost-effective, functional outcome with the use of design guidelines and standards, value engineering, life cycle costing and engineering best practices.
• Assure that the construction project and the finished facility are compliant with all applicable safety, regulatory, legal requirements.
• Achieve effective financial control through management of project scope, estimating, effective use of SAP, RPM, budget control tools, risk management, and project closeout.
• Achieve high customer satisfaction by delivering finished projects that are fully commissioned, qualified, and ready for startup / occupancy and meets all requirements of stakeholders and stays within a predetermined schedule.
• Participate and lead shutdown planning & coordination for effective and timely execution of Capital Project related activities with minimal disruption to Manufacturing.

Knowledge & Skills : Basic Requirements :

Basic Requirements :

• Experience managing GMP related EPCMV projects ($5M+) within a Cell / Gene Therapy or Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Environment is required.
• Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years of relevant work experience demonstrating leadership capabilities, or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered : Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering preferred, EIT / PE License and plus
• Demonstrated success leading multi-disciplinary and multi-functional teams and demonstrated strength in stakeholder management, especially integration of design, construction, and qualification firms
• Interpersonal / facilitation skills necessary to interface and influence all levels of management
• Significantly demonstrated Project Management expertise for design, construction, qualification, and start-up involving all areas of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Pilot Plants, QC Laboratories and Warehousing
• Strong terminology of construction terminology and legal content of construction contracts and documents.
• Experience with supervising construction contractors especially in review / approval of Pre-Task Plans (PTPs) and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) documentation
• Experience with Process Hazard Analysis, (PHA), Process Safety Management (PSM) and Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR)
• Background in use of the Stage Gating Process within Capital Project Workflow
• Understanding of financial management as it relates to capital and expense spending and project cash flow forecasting
• Familiar with the use of RPM (Project Capital System) or equivalent and SAP (Purchase Order System)
• Demonstrated ability to be proactive in solving challenging project issues with the ability to develop creative solutions.
• Experience in total project delivery from concept to validation and startup process
• Proficient Experience with Building Management System, HVAC and Liquid Nitrogen / Cryo Systems, a plus
• Experience with initiating Change Controls, performing Impact Assessments, Change Actions and executing CAPAs as needed to complete assigned Engineering Department Scope of Work.

Working Conditions :

• Occasional stooping, bending, stretching, pushing, pulling, reaching and / or light lifting and pushing of moving carts may be required
• Ability to sit, stand, walk and move within workspace for extended periods

Environmental Contiditions :

• Environment may include working in office, or in a laboratory / manufacturing area
• Ability to work safely in an environment with hazardous, radioactive and infectious materials and waste
• Ability to work safely in an environment with exposure to high temperatures, / pressure steam, and other fluids, compressed gasses, odors, various noise levels, moving parts, vibration wet / slippery areas and high voltage energy supplies
• Environment may include working at heights, in cold temperatures, and or constricted spaces
• Ability to work safely when working along or working with others.

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