Consultant / Senior Consultant

Essential Functions

Executes the site strategy as defined by the Manager to support the firm’s leadership position in CQV services.

Identifies client needs during project execution and communicates these to the Manager for strategic consideration.

Builds and maintains relationships with key project Points of Contact (POCs), such as project managers or technical leads, to ensure smooth project delivery and client satisfaction.

Business Growth & Development

Participate in project extensions and proposal generation, providing technical and operational input.

Attend market-based industry events to build a local network.

Provide deliverable and resource recommendations for site proposals to ensure feasibility.

Support Project Farma’s business development initiatives through proactively identifying and escalating client needs along with a proposed support plan to their Manager appropriately.

Understand and speak to services both internally and externally.

Maintain and present site dashboards to communicate project health, growth opportunities, and account maintenance needs.

Communicate opportunities to expand presence and services for client support.

Foster positive relationships with key stakeholders.

Generate proposed support plan and elevate that plan as needed.

Learn and develop skills and understanding of the business development process including proposal generation.

Talent Development

Encourage team members to share best practices within the team or site, contributing to a collaborative culture.

Foster accountability and excellence within the project team and communicate retention risks (e.g., team morale issues) to the Manager.

Coach Team Members on identified knowledge gaps and direct Team Members to materials to develop project driven technical and problem‑solving skills.

Mentor and train internal team members on assigned duties, industry best practices, overall understanding of the business, and project driven technical skills.

Develop team members with foresight to support project succession plans as identified by leadership.

Develop and maintain your own succession plan to ensure project continuity.

Technical Delivery

Escalate technical delivery issues to the Manager and provide resolution or mitigation solutions.

Ensure delivery of high‑quality GMP Engineering services that meet client specifications, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.

Support project execution, from planning to closeout, ensuring timelines and budgets are met.

Lead, oversee, and execute client project initiatives, plans, or workstreams, ensuring team deliverables are completed in a timely and high‑quality fashion.

Provide hands‑on support for both clients and Project Farma Team Members in navigating the engineering life cycle of cutting‑edge equipment and manufacturing processes, proactively identifying and escalating roadblocks and utilizing critical‑thinking skills and problem‑solving skills to identify creative solutions.

Create, update, and present work projections and progress reports.

Develop technical documentation such as SOPs, requirements specifications, testing protocols, summary reports, etc.

Build internal and external understanding, buy‑in, and commitment to decisions through mutual understanding, collaboration, and effective presentation skills.

Maintain PO management tools; managing burn rates; needs for new proposals and proactively communicate PO performance.

Coordinate Team Member utilization with Site and Account Leads and escalate discrepancies between actual and forecasted utilization.

Maintain internal site tools such as site dashboards, deliverable trackers, etc.

Continually develop technical aptitude of Project Farma’s core services within the life science space including Capital Project Management, Project Controls and Scheduling, Facility Builds, Tech Transfers, Validation Life Cycle, CQV Process, Computer System Validation, Quality, Regulatory, and Compliance, GxP Automated Systems, Quality Control, including Clinical and Commercial.

May be requested to assist with Project Controls and Scheduling to include budget estimates, detailed project schedules, feasibility estimates, risks and forecast analysis as well as project cost reports and trends.

Operational Performance, Billability & Resource Management

Maintains 100% individual billability, focusing on personal contribution to project hours.

Provides input into resourcing decisions for the project team to ensure high‑quality delivery.

Consults with the Manager to forecast future resource needs for the project and contribute to the resource plan.

Leadership and Philanthropy

Contribute to and embody our Patient Focused and People First mission, ensuring philanthropic and professional development opportunities are available for the site.

Coach and mentor Team Members on solution driven mindset.

Actively seeks opportunities to enhance Project Farma’s culture, support internal initiatives, and continue to develop servant leadership skills.

Build and maintain deep rooted and meaningful internal and external relationships.

Qualifications

5‑7 years’ experience in consulting and/or engineering services.

Bachelor’s Degree in Life Science, Engineering, or related discipline (OR a combination of equivalent work experience in CQV engineering, cGMP facility start‑up, project management and/or comparable military experience).

Full‑time on‑site client presence.

Willingness to travel up to 100% or as required.

Key Competencies

Customer Focused:

Able to identify, prioritize, and elevate client needs, recognizing constraints. Seeks to learn more about clients and build meaningful relationships for excellent service.

Problem Solving:

Able to identify key components of problems, generate and evaluate possible solutions or mitigation plans, and choose the most appropriate option.

Teamwork and Collaboration:

Active participant in team environment, working together towards a common vision or goal. Encourages cooperation and collaboration among teams.

Initiative:

Able to complete deliverables or work unassisted. Takes responsibility for own time and productivity. Actively seeks new things to learn.

Flexibility and Adaptability:

Respond positively to change, communicate to teams, adapt quickly, handle multiple tasks, overcome setbacks, welcome feedback.

Integrity:

Demonstrates commitment to values, accountability, ethical standards, building trust.

Accountability:

Holds self and others accountable for measurable, timely results.

Leading and Developing Others:

Communicates effectively, mentors and develops others, proactively identifies performance trends and development opportunities.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis. We will not sponsor applicants for current or future work visas for this position. This position may require significant travel to support project and business needs. We cannot employ anyone with an invalid driver’s license.

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