Project Engineering Lead

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a strategic, collaborative, and results-driven Project Engineering Manager to join our team in the United States. In this Director level role, you will lead engineering coordination and technical integration across large-scale capital projects, ensuring design and execution excellence aligned with business and regulatory requirements.

About the role

As a Project Engineering Manager, you will serve as the owner's technical authority and lead engineering coordination across a major capital project environment. You will be responsible for ensuring that engineering design, integration, and delivery align with business objectives, regulatory standards, cost targets, schedules, and lifecycle expectations.

You will act as a critical integrator across design, construction, procurement, CQV (Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation), operations, digital systems, and quality functions, ensuring the right design is delivered from concept through execution.

Who you'll work with

• Internal subject matter experts (SMEs), project managers, and directors.
• Cross-functional stakeholders across operations, quality, and engineering.
• External partners including A/E firms, EPCM contractors, vendors, and consultants.
• CQV teams and regulatory-facing stakeholders as needed.

What you'll do

• Lead engineering design coordination across full project lifecycle execution.
• Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, and engineering resource plans.
• Coordinate SME input across mechanical and utility systems.
• Provide technical oversight on engineering designs, calculations, and specifications.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration for change management and project decisions.
• Oversee construction and installation to ensure alignment with design intent.
• Support CQV activities including FAT, SAT, and validation processes.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, FDA, EHS, and regulatory standards.
• Maintain engineering documentation quality including P&IDs and specifications.
• Support audits, inspections, and continuous audit readiness.

Interested? For this position you'll need the following education, experience and skills:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Engineering or related technical discipline).

• Minimum of 10 years' experience leading engineering efforts on capital projects and managing cross-functional teams and external partners

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Strong understanding of engineering design, construction, project delivery, and large-scale capital projects.
• Experience in regulated environments with knowledge of cGMP, FDA, EHS, CQV, and regulatory inspections.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, collaboration, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Familiarity with change management processes and a strong commitment to proactive problem-solving, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement.

This position's reasonably anticipated salary range is $184,000-$241,500 per year. The actual salary offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.

Are you ready to 'go beyond' to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us?
At UCB, we don't just complete tasks, we create value. We aren't afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We 'go beyond' to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that's on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

At UCB, we've embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless explicitly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.