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Burns & McDonnell Department Manager – Life Sciences in Chicago, Illinois
Description
Burns & McDonnell is looking for an experienced Process Engineering Department Manager to support Engineering and EPC Life Sciences projects. The Department Manager will support development of staff and assign staff to multiple projects in the following sectors; life sciences (pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices), general manufacturing, and laboratories.
Major responsibilities for the Department Manager will include:
Strong understanding and knowledge of life sciences markets and processes (fermentation, cell / gene therapy, API, blood products, purification, fill / finish, medical devices, etc)
Provide expert level technical, design guidance and support for the life sciences process engineering discipline.
Strong understanding and P&IDs, URSs, mass balance, PHA, equipment layouts, and process calculations
Knowledge of cGMP requirements for life sciences projects
Excellent communication and coordination with project management, office management and other discipline managers
Ability to support business development with proposals and client presentations
Act as the senior process expert for client interface
Provide Quality review of process deliverables developed by the process team
Participates in project planning, budgeting and establishing critical project objectives
Own the development of direct reports including targeting work for individual team members to expand their capabilities
Stay current in latest life sciences industry trends and encourage knowledge sharing through technical presentation or reports
Support active recruiting of new process engineers
Contribute to business strategy meetings
Servant leader – willing to lend a hand/support everyone in their sphere of influence.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering
Professional Engineering Registration strongly preferred
Minimum 7 years of professional experience. 15 years of related experience preferred
Experience working on EPC life science projects
Significant experience and understanding of life science processes and markets.
Experience with validation is a plus.
Flexibility to travel 25% of the time
Strong communication abilities exhibited by developed client relationships. Ability to quickly build long-term connections with internal and external clients
Must carry strong interpersonal and communication skills and display a positive can-do attitude both internally and externally
EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
Job Chemical Engineering
Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City
Other Locations US-IL-Chicago, US-SC-Greenville
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Req ID: 220599
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