Project Manager II Details

FUJIFILM - Holly Springs, NC

Employment Type : Full-Time

Overview: Join Us! We are growing our locations and are investing more than $2 billion into establishing a new large-scale manufacturing site for biopharmaceuticals in the United States to accelerate the growth of our Bio CDMO (Contract and Development Manufacturing Organization) business. This will be the largest end-to-end cell culture CDMO provider in North America. The new site will offer end-to-end solutions to our customers looking to manufacture biopharmaceuticals in the US. In addition to drug substance manufacturing, it will also provide automated fill-finish and assembly, packaging, and labeling services. The new state-of-the-art facility is located in Holly Springs, North Carolina.
Summary: The Project Manager II Position will play a critical role in the delivery of the Drug Product and Finished Goods building for Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Holly Springs location. This exciting position will involve global collaboration with our sister site in Denmark, partnership with our EPCM contractor, and ensuring alignment on project goals, budgets, and timelines. As Project Manager, you will be the liaison between engineering, construction and operations teams facilitating effective execution of facility design and construction. In addition, the position will support the start-up and commissioning of Drug Product and Finished Goods Equipment. As the project phase concludes, the position will map to an engineering operations position supporting the operating unit of Drug Products and Finished Good Manufacturing. External US:

Detailed Responsibilities:

  • In coordination with the project delivery team, and with the support of the Discipline Engineering team, drive completion of DPFG detail design to facilitate construction needs and Focus will be on building elements (CSA + MEP).
  • Manage cost and schedule execution of selected work packages (exact packages to be defined in coordination with the candidate)
  • Take on critical projects at the request of, and reporting to, the Senior Leadership Team
  • Actively participate and collaborate within the Factory X initiative to help capture and drive valuable input into the DPFG cloning strategy
  • Support Project Controls with cost, schedule and risk evaluations, and mitigation development
  • Adopt the “one team approach” acting as a partner with our EPCM firm to remove hurdles
  • Review and advise regarding field changes
  • Participate in daily construction status/planning meetings during project phase
  • Actively engage in the construction planning process


Preferred Requirements:

  • BA/BS in engineering and 5+ years’ experience successfully executing complex projects
  • Pharma/cGMP practical experience; preferably in an aseptic filling environment
  • Emphasis for this hire is on attitude (Positive Can-Do attitude) and strong collaboration
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  • Acts with detail-driven ownership and follow through
  • Working knowledge of principles of critical path scheduling


The Company requires that the successful candidate hired for this position be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, absent being granted an accommodation due to medical, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief or other legally required exemption.

FDBN works with technical data, technology and materials that are subject to U.S. export laws and regulations. This position will require access to technical data, technology and source code that is controlled under U.S. export laws and regulations, including but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations at 22 C.F.R. Parts 120 – 130 and Export Administration Regulations in 15 C.F.R. Part 730 – 774, as may be amended. To conform to these laws and regulations, applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., protected individuals as defined by 8 USC 1324(b)(a)(3) (i.e., asylees and refugees) or otherwise eligible for an export authorization from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce. Offers of employment will be contingent on the Company’s ability to secure an export authorization.

FDBN is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify or any other protected class. If an accommodation to the application process is needed, please email lena.lee@fujifilm.com.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

Posted on : 2 years ago