MSI Pharma
Engineering Project Manager
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Engineering Project Manager (Engineering Services & Operations)
Location: Speke, UK
Engagement Status: Contract Opportunity
Overview
We are partnered with a leading biotechnology operating within a highly regulated manufacturing environment seeking an experienced Engineering Project Manager (Engineering Services & Operations) to provide leadership across engineering services, operational engineering, maintenance, utilities, and facilities functions.
In this strategic and hands-on leadership role, you will be responsible for reviewing and enhancing engineering structures, driving operational effectiveness, improving asset reliability, and supporting the delivery of engineering excellence across the site. You will work closely with senior stakeholders to implement engineering best practices, strengthen organizational capability, and ensure engineering operations remain safe, compliant, and efficient.
Requirements
- Provide leadership and direction across engineering services, maintenance, utilities, and facilities operations.
- Review existing engineering organizational structures and recommend improvements to capability, efficiency, and performance.
- Develop and implement engineering strategies aligned to business objectives and future growth plans.
- Oversee planned, preventative, predictive, and reactive maintenance programs.
- Drive engineering projects, operational improvements, and asset management initiatives.
- Monitor engineering performance through KPIs and implement corrective improvement plans where required.
- Ensure compliance with HSE, GMP, and regulatory requirements across engineering activities.
- Lead engineering investigations, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Hard Skills
- Significant experience in senior engineering leadership or engineering management roles.
- Strong background overseeing engineering services, utilities, maintenance, facilities, and operational engineering functions.
- Experience reviewing, restructuring, or transforming engineering organizations.
- Strong knowledge of asset management, reliability engineering, and maintenance strategies.
- Proven experience delivering operational and strategic engineering improvement programs.
- Understanding of HSE legislation, compliance requirements, and engineering governance.
- Experience within manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotech, FMCG, utilities, or other highly regulated environments.
- Knowledge of CMMS platforms, SAP PM, reliability programs, or asset management frameworks preferred.
Soft Skills
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Strong ability to influence senior leadership teams and drive organizational change.
- Strategic mindset combined with hands-on operational delivery capability.
- Collaborative approach with the ability to work across multiple functions and departments.
- Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
- Continuous improvement mindset with the confidence to challenge existing processes and drive positive change.
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Qualifications
- Extensive experience within engineering leadership, engineering management, or operational engineering environments.
- Experience leading engineering transformation, organizational design reviews, or operational excellence initiatives is highly desirable.
- Background within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or GMP-regulated environments would be advantageous.
- Degree, HNC, or HND qualification within Engineering or a related discipline preferred.
- Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional qualification would be beneficial.
- Experience with asset management frameworks, reliability-centred maintenance, and engineering best practice methodologies preferred.
- Advanced English language skills required.
- Must be eligible to work on an Inside IR35 contract basis.
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