Program/Project Manager

Program/Project Manager

PROCHEM Engineering

Dublin, Ireland

Role Summary:

• The Program/Project Manager is responsible for providing comprehensive project and support function scheduling and project management support to the company’s Manufacturing Facility based in Co. Dublin.
• The Program/Project Manager must ensure that project objectives and milestones are effectively achieved and consistent with requirements to ensure compliance, safety and efficient project execution.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

• Development and maintenance of an integrated project schedule to include Engineering, Operations, Quality and Project activities, highlighting key milestones.
• FDA Audit readiness
• Capital Project Program
• Continuous Improvement Projects
• 5-year strategic projects including enterprise production schedule, site development plan
• Establish and effectively manage information management systems, develop reports, presentations, project updates, schedules and timeline updates and correspondence utilizing many different computerized systems.
• Use standard systems including MS Word, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint and industry/ company specific software for project management, document tracking, reporting, etc.
• Maintain overall program schedule, review and communicate detailed critical path schedules.
• Ensure co-ordination of detailed schedules highlighting resource and deliverables loading.
• Provide effective administrative support to facilitate efficient project management. This may include tasks such as analyzing and reviewing data and compiling summary documents.
• Format, write, deliver and review necessary documentation in line with the standard approval process, and facilitate others to do so.
• Be a document system expert; this will include document review, approval and document system workflow expedition.
• Support divisional activities through documentation generation, filing, tracking, auditing and maintenance of associated databases.
• May be asked to perform other duties as required, particularly in support of critical manufacturing activities.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree/Diploma level qualification in Project Management or Engineering
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in the Pharmaceutical industry or a similar operating environment.
• Experience in dealing with plant leadership level stakeholders
• Scheduling systems: Primavera, MS Project planning experience.
• Technical cGMP pharmaceutical knowledge and experience of project execution logic.
• Proven application of various planning methodologies used on Facility Construction and Process Equipment development and integration projects.
• Experience of working in professional service company.
• Experience in planning activities within the confines of stringent EHS processes.
• Experience of operating within a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Experience in the application of lean principles and structured problem-solving techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to identify improvement initiatives.
• An ability to work independently and as part of a team. The successful candidate will be able to organise their own work on a routine basis and requires minimal supervision.
• Experience in working in cross-functional teams.

Competencies/Preferred Skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Thorough, diligent, rigorous attention to detail.
• Collaborator with strong levels of engagement with individuals and team.
• High level of delivery and work completion.
• Enthusiastic, flexible, keen to develop.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and change.
• High levels of integrity and trustworthiness.
• Ability to operate effectively with minimum supervision.