Project Manager - Laboratories / Offices / Warehouse / Site Infrastructure
Bayer
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Project Manager - Laboratories / Offices / Warehouse / Site Infrastructure
Project Manager — Laboratories / Offices / Warehouse / Site Infrastructure
PURPOSE
The Project Manager — Laboratories / Offices / Warehouse / Site Infrastructure is accountable for the planning and delivery of support-facilities and site-development scope within a greenfield API and DP manufacturing campus.
Reporting to the API / DP Greenfield CapEx Project Lead, the role leads the assigned scope from design development through procurement coordination, construction, commissioning, qualification where applicable, and operational handover. The role integrates laboratory, workplace, logistics, security, and site requirements to provide facilities ready to support manufacturing and campus operations.
This position will ultimately be based in New Albany, OH. Initially, however, significant travel to the design firms will be required until the design and construction teams transition onsite, anticipated for mid- to late summer 2027. Some remote work will also be necessary until an onsite office is established, potentially as early as March 2027.
We would prefer candidates to be currently residing in the Eastern and Midwestern sections of the United States. Relocation is available.
YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Scope
- Quality-control and other assigned laboratories, sample-management areas, laboratory support spaces, and equipment interfaces;
- Offices, meeting rooms, employee amenities, training areas, and operational-support spaces;
- Warehouse facilities for receiving, storage, staging, sampling interfaces, shipping, and controlled-temperature storage where required;
- Warehouse equipment, racking, material-handling systems, loading docks, and associated digital-system interfaces;
- Site preparation, grading, roads, drainage, parking, pedestrian routes, fencing, gates, and security infrastructure;
- Building HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, access control, and other assigned building services;
- External infrastructure connections and interfaces with campus utilities, communications, and manufacturing logistics;
- Laboratory and warehouse readiness, building occupancy, site completion, and operational handover.
User Requirements, and Design
- Establish the area execution strategy, scope baseline, building and site boundaries, delivery packages, and acceptance requirements;
- Consolidate requirements from Quality, laboratory users, Supply Chain, Facilities, EHS, Security, Digital, and the future operating organization;
- Lead coordination of architectural, structural, civil, building-services, laboratory, and warehouse-system designs;
- Ensure layouts support personnel and material flows, storage segregation, equipment access, maintainability, and future expansion;
- Coordinate laboratory equipment requirements, service connections, environmental conditions, and installation sequencing;
- Define warehouse capacity, storage conditions, receiving and shipping flows, and material-handling interfaces with Supply Chain;
- Maintain clear interfaces with manufacturing buildings, central utilities, and campus-wide digital systems.
Cost, Schedule, and Procurement
- Own delivery against the approved area budget and schedule, including forecast inputs, progress assessment, and corrective actions;
- Coordinate procurement packages, supplier requirements, and equipment delivery priorities with Project Services;
- Lead technical specifications, technical bid evaluations, vendor reviews, and equipment acceptance activities;
- Assess changes for cost, schedule, operational impact, and readiness implications;
- Align building completion, equipment installation, occupancy, and qualification milestones with campus start-up requirements.
Site and Construction Integration
- Direct assigned construction activities through delivery partners and coordinate building and civil work fronts;
- Manage site-development sequencing, temporary access, laydown areas, traffic routes, and construction logistics within the assigned scope;
- Coordinate grading, drainage, roads, underground-service interfaces, and external connections with other project areas;
- Ensure permanent access, fire-service access, security, and logistics routes are available when required;
- Coordinate permitting and occupancy requirements with responsible specialists and authorities;
- Monitor installation quality and resolve field issues affecting buildings, laboratories, warehouses, and site works.
Commissioning and Operational Readiness
- Lead building-system turnover and commissioning, including HVAC, life-safety systems, controls, and security interfaces;
- Coordinate laboratory equipment installation, testing, qualification, and readiness with Quality and laboratory leadership;
- Coordinate warehouse equipment, controlled-storage systems, temperature-mapping activities where required, and digital-system readiness with responsible functions;
- Ensure operating documentation, asset records, training, maintenance requirements, and warranties are complete;
- Close or formally transfer punch-list items, defects, residual risks, and outstanding supplier obligations;
- Support phased occupancy and transition from construction use to permanent campus operations.
WHO YOU ARE
Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a