Senior Project Engineer

Senior Project Engineer

Position Summary

• Work Schedule : Monday - Friday, standard business hours

• 100% on-site

Join Catalent's flagship softgel development and manufacturing facility in North America, located in St. Petersburg, FL, with a capacity of 18 billion capsules per year. This role offers competitive pay, day-one benefits, and career growth in a state-of-the-art, turn-key facility.

The Senior Project Engineer is responsible for providing technical expertise and management of projects primarily involving the upgrade, installation, troubleshooting, and optimization of process and FAC/UtL equipment and small-scale construction projects. This includes projects supporting new product introduction (NPI), equipment reliability & total productive maintenance (TPM), cost containment, efficiency improvements, and regulatory compliance. The position is responsible to interface with internal stakeholders, suppliers, contractors, and external customers.

The Role

• Initiate and manage capital projects ($5K-$1M+), including forecasting and milestone expenditure reporting.

• Prepare, manage, and communicate project plans for major projects.

• Provide engineering technical guidance, generate and document functional requirements and design specifications.

• Lead procurement, design approval, construction, installation, and commissioning of new or modified equipment or areas.

• Provide technical recommendations for process development, troubleshooting, and maintenance of equipment.

• Lead ergonomic and safety assessments, maintain CMMS asset information, and generate equipment SOPs.

• Support site Quality (cGMP) and EHS compliance, lead impact assessments, investigations, and CAPAs.

• Drive cost-saving and lean initiatives, stay current with new technologies, and mentor or supervise team members.

• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or other discipline relevant to the project engineering function required.

• 8+ years' project engineering experience in a regulated manufacturing industry required, preferably working with pharmaceutical drug products. An advanced technical degree may be substituted for years of experience.

• Demonstrated success with large ($250k+) capital project management in area of technical expertise.

• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 20 pounds, no lifting greater than 44 pounds without assistance.

• Specific vision requirements include reading of written documents and use of computer monitor screen frequently.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Tuition reimbursement to support educational goals

• 152 hours of PTO plus 8 paid holidays & Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one

• WellHub program to promote physical wellness & Access to Perkspot discounts from over 900 merchants

• Inclusive culture with active Employee Resource Groups & Community engagement and green initiatives

• Strong potential for career growth within a mission-driven organization

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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