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Stelic

Project Engineer

Stelic

. Own schedule, cost, change, and risk controls on a biopharmaceutical manufacturing project .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeRemote • Minnesota • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $130,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in project controls for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, including schedule and cost management, risk analysis, and earned value metrics. Proficient in Microsoft Project and Excel for integrated scheduling and financial tracking.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Project Controls ExperienceIntegrated Schedule ManagementEarned Value ManagementRisk Register ManagementCost Baseline Development

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Hard Skills
Schedule ManagementCost ManagementBaseline Change ControlEarned Value MetricsQuantitative Risk AnalysisChange Control ProcessCash Flow ForecastingCost TrackingResource LoadingMilestone Measurement
Soft Skills
CollaborationFacilitationCommunicationProblem-SolvingStakeholder Management
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft ProjectMicrosoft ExcelPower BIPrimavera P6
Industry Keywords
PharmaceuticalLife SciencesBiotechnologyCQVTechnical TransferOperational Ramp-UpCapital ProjectsRegulated Manufacturing

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own schedule, cost, change, and risk controls on a biopharmaceutical manufacturing project
  • Develop and maintain the integrated project schedule in Microsoft Project across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, CQV, automation, technical transfer, regulatory, and operational ramp-up workstreams
  • Establish and maintain the approved baseline schedule, administer baseline change control, and document revisions
  • Collect weekly progress using deliverable- and milestone-based measurement
  • Perform critical path and total float analysis, produce 3-week and 6-week look-ahead schedules, and run what-if and recovery scenarios
  • Integrate contractor and vendor schedules into the master schedule and maintain the schedule basis document
  • Develop and manage the project cost baseline and control budget aligned with approved capital appropriation
  • Track and reconcile commitments, actuals, and accruals against budget; coordinate purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and invoice review
  • Serve as gatekeeper for purchase orders from SOW submission through PO approval
  • Prepare monthly cost reports covering budget, committed cost, incurred cost, forecast, ETC, and EAC
  • Maintain the project cash flow forecast and spend curve by CBS category
  • Apply Earned Value Management where required and analyze cost variances with recommended corrective actions
  • Manage contingency and reserve, maintain the contingency log, and reconcile remaining contingency to residual risk exposure
  • Maintain the change log, author Project Change Notices, track contingency spend, and route approvals by financial threshold
  • Maintain the project risk register and issues log, facilitate recurring risk workshops, and assign risk owners and mitigation actions
  • Perform quantitative schedule and cost risk analysis, including Monte Carlo or QSRA, where required
  • Produce the monthly Steering Committee reporting package covering executive summary, CAPEX phasing, change control, Level 2 master schedule, milestones, progress, risks, actions, and procurement status
  • Report to the client Project Manager and collaborate with the client project team, general contractor, automation supplier, and CQV partners

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of project controls experience on capital projects, including responsibility for both schedule and cost
  • Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences experience
  • Experience owning a resource and cost loaded integrated schedule in Microsoft Project, including baselining, baseline change control, and integration of contractor and vendor schedules
  • Primavera P6 experience alone does not meet this requirement
  • Ability to produce and explain Earned Value metrics, including CPI, SPI, CV, SV, ETC, EAC, and VAC
  • Experience building and maintaining a cost baseline structured by WBS and CBS, including commitments, actuals, accruals, and cash flow forecasting
  • Experience running a change control process, including authoring change notices and routing approvals against financial thresholds
  • Experience owning a risk register, facilitating risk workshops, and reporting risk status to a governance forum
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for cost tracking, earned value, cash flow, and register maintenance
  • Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other regulated manufacturing capital project experience, including CQV, technical transfer, and operational ramp-up, preferred
  • Monte Carlo schedule and cost risk analysis experience preferred
  • Power BI experience preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) program
  • PTO and paid holidays
  • Professional development and training support
  • Remote-first work arrangement
  • Up to 25% travel to the client site in Minneapolis, Minnesota