Project Lead

Position: Project Lead – HVAC / Electrical / Plumbing / Structural / Architectural

Location: 100% onsite in Colorado

LONG TERM CONTRACT

Job Description:

Our client is seeking a Project Lead to oversee owner’s rep discipline leads across HVAC, electrical, plumbing, structural, and architectural workstreams for a major API facility capital project. This role will manage day-to-day coordination between internal stakeholders, owner’s rep resources, and the external design house, ensuring technical questions, design inputs, and project priorities are resolved efficiently. This role requires technical leadership in regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing, with emphasis on cleanroom design, utilities, building systems, and multi-discipline coordination. The ideal candidate has API project experience, works well with large design firms, and can lead both project execution and technical discussions.

Day-to-day responsibilities

Lead owner’s rep discipline coordination across HVAC, electrical, plumbing, structural, and architectural scopes

Run coordination meetings with internal teams and the design house to resolve questions and keep design work moving

Provide technical guidance on cleanrooms, utilities, and facility design issues

Gather site requirements and help close gaps where design inputs are still developing

Track deliverables, action items, and schedule alignment using Primavera

Support execution across HVAC, utilities, and related facility infrastructure

Must-have skills

Project leadership experience on large CAPEX projects in pharma, biotech, API, or other regulated manufacturing environments

Technical background in HVAC, electrical, plumbing, structural, architectural, and utilities coordination

Experience managing design-house coordination and internal stakeholder meetings

Familiarity with cleanroom and GMP design requirements, including Annex 1, ISPE guidance, and applicable building / mechanical / electrical codes

API manufacturing project experience

MS Office

Nice to have

Peptide or GLP-1 project experience

Exposure to equipment packages, solid waste systems, or process-adjacent utilities

Experience working with large design-firms

Primavera, AutoCAD