Manufacturing & Tech Ops - Lead Engineer - Project Farma

This is a full-time salaried position with Project Farma, a PerkinElmer company. The successful candidate will reside in Maryland and be willing to travel domestically to meet client project requests. 

Project Farma’s purpose is to improve patient lives by accelerating the delivery of life-changing therapies. We accomplish this through the successful execution of high-quality life sciences projects across the full project lifecycle. Project Farma (PF) team members collaborate with cross-functional teams to build trusted client relationships, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and contribute to business growth by identifying opportunities and applying data-driven insights to support project planning, cost, schedule, and performance management.  

This role contributes to organizational success by supporting financial performance, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement, while also investing in people through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and professional development. 

All team members are expected to embody Project Farma’s values by being curious, personable, and unselfish, while maintaining a strong commitment to a Patient Focused and People First mindset. 

The Manufacturing & Tech Ops - Lead Engineer is an advanced individual contributor with demonstrated depth in their technical discipline and a growing record of leading complex workstreams. This role applies strong subject‑matter expertise to solve high‑impact technical and operational challenges, supports technical decision‑making, and contributes to the evolution of standards, methods, or best practices within their area. The Lead Engineer works with a high degree of independence, mentors junior and peer engineers, and partners closely with project and people leaders—while remaining focused on technical delivery rather than formal people management. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead or Support end-to-end program management for complex technical operations initiatives including new product introductions, technology transfers, process validations, and facility fit assessments. 
• Develop integrated program plans, critical path analyses, risk registers, and resource plans; proactively identify and escalate risks and issues. 
• Contribute to the completion of stage-gate processes and governance deliverables, ensuring milestones are met on time, within scope, and aligned to regulatory commitments. 
• Coordinate or work with cross-functional workstreams across Manufacturing, Process Development, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, and Engineering. 
• Partner with technical subject matter experts to translate scientific and process requirements into executable operational plans, development of staff awareness of critical process parameters (CPP) and critical quality attributes (CQA). 
• Support technology transfer activities from development into GMP manufacturing, including documentation, gap assessments, and readiness reviews. 
• Facilitate resolution of technical, operational, and quality issues that arise during operations, startup or shutdown of manufacturing equipment. 
• Development of manufacturing batch records, SOPs or validation protocols As required.. 
• Perform operational readiness assessments that fully evaluate equipment suitability and reliability, facility fit and finish, material workflow, supply chain planning, training materials and programs, quality and compliance, sampling plans, area risk assessments and personnel PPE/gowning requirements, cleaning procedures and frequency, tier communication plans, warehouse operations and operational planning that incorporates planned downtime for necessary asset maintenance and repair. 
• Support the primary point of contact and program communicator in their efforts to align with  senior leadership, cross-functional partners, and external collaborators or CDMOs. 
• Drive alignment across stakeholders with competing priorities; facilitate trade-off discussions and decision-making. 
• Support the development and deployment of program management frameworks, tools, and best practices across the organization. 
• Coach and develop a team of technical professionals to deliver high‑quality work aligned with project, client, and business objectives.  
• Other duties as assigned 

Attributes for Success 

• Technical Delivery: Applies advanced technical knowledge and professional expertise  
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Seeks better ways, adapts to change and champions new ideas.  
• Customer Focus & Professionalism: Represents PF with consistent professionalism, appropriate escalation and respect for internal stakeholders, even during high stress delivery situations  
• Integrity & Humility: Demonstrates self-awareness and puts PF mission above