CQV Project Planner/Scheduler (Process Equipment)
The opportunity
As a CQV Project Planner/Scheduler, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
In this role you will:
Build project schedules encompassing the full project scope, milestones and timelines, using critical path methodology, with specific attention to commissioning, qualification and validation (CQV) phases for process equipment.
Ensure clear responsibility and ownership for all project outcomes is defined via Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) methodology, including equipment FAT, SAT, IQ/OQ/PQ activities.
Align schedules with the project execution plan, contracting, procurement and project control strategy documents, ensuring CQV deliverables are fully integrated.
Establish a clear method for baselining schedules and managing periodic updates, capturing key qualification milestones such as protocol approvals, execution, and final reports.
Manage the fully integrated project schedule and structure it to allow review at a range of levels and details, ensuring visibility of construction, commissioning, and equipment qualification interdependencies.
Negotiate and mediate timelines and project interdependencies between construction, engineering, CQV, QA, and vendor teams to ensure compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements.
Provide regular updates on schedule progress, highlighting risks and mitigation strategies specific to equipment qualification and validation activities.
Review external schedules to ensure they are compiled using scheduling best practices and that CQV activities are appropriately represented and resourced.
We would love to hear from you if you:
5+ years of planning and scheduling experience in pharmaceutical construction projects, including integration of commissioning and equipment qualification (FAT/SAT, IQ/OQ/PQ).
Hands-on expertise with Primavera P6; able to develop, maintain, and analyze complex project schedules.
Experience with Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) and strong ability to communicate findings to key stakeholders.
Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Knowledge of GMP/regulatory requirements and how they impact project scheduling.
Detail-oriented, quality-focused, and comfortable managing competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
Willingness to be based in Tianjin for the duration of the project.
All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
About Planning and Scheduling
Integrated and reliable construction planning, scheduling and project controls expertise are specialized management skills that support the effective use of funds, and provides a project execution roadmap of meaningful progress and realistic forecasts against a baseline. Our expert teams offer critical insights to our clients, to ensure predictability of outcome, timely and informed decision-making, and that the correct processes, tools and reporting are implemented effectively. We have a range of exciting opportunities around the world for professionals in these areas, to further develop their skillset and expertise, and to elevate their career to the next level.
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