Job Description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Project Leadership & Strategy

• Develop and implement commissioning strategies and commissioning master plans for project execution.
• Develop qualification and validation strategies, including the Validation Master Plan (VMP).
• Lead CQV planning and execution activities across process, utility, facility, and automation systems.
• Provide CQV leadership and technical guidance to project stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Commissioning & Qualification Execution

• Develop commissioning plans for all systems.
• Prepare and review qualification and verification protocols and associated documentation.
• Establish system boundaries and interdependency matrices to support efficient project execution.
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), Site Acceptance Tests (SATs), system walkdowns, and turnover activities.
• Review and approve system turnover packages from construction.
• Support field execution of commissioning, qualification, and verification activities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Process, Automation, Construction, Quality, and Operations teams to ensure coordinated project delivery.
• Coordinate system handover sequences between construction and commissioning teams.
• Work with Quality teams to ensure compliance with applicable quality and regulatory standards.
• Support operational readiness activities and ensure smooth handover to manufacturing operations.

Team Management

• Build and lead a CQV team responsible for planning, protocol development, testing, and field execution.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance to CQV personnel.
• Manage external contractors and service providers supporting CQV execution where applicable.

Project Controls & Compliance

• Support project scheduling, resource planning, and cost estimation activities.
• Implement systems to monitor CQV progress, performance metrics, and project KPIs.
• Ensure Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) requirements are incorporated into all CQV activities.
• Support procurement and contracting strategies related to equipment, skids, modular systems, and off-site fabrication.

Startup & Operational Readiness

• Partner with site operations teams to support operator training and readiness programs.
• Facilitate efficient handover of systems to operations.
• Support facility startup, qualification completion, and production readiness activities.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Sciences, or a related technical discipline.

Experience

• Minimum 15 years of CQV experience supporting large-scale pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or life sciences capital projects.
• Proven experience leading CQV execution on major greenfield pharmaceutical manufacturing projects.
• Demonstrated experience serving as part of a senior project leadership team.
• Strong experience managing commissioning, qualification, and startup activities for GMP-regulated facilities.
• Experience working on large pharmaceutical capital projects in Singapore is highly desirable.

Technical Expertise

• Strong knowledge of GMP requirements and industry standards including FDA, EMA, ISPE, ASTM, and GAMP guidance.
• Extensive experience with process equipment, clean utilities, facilities, automation systems, and manufacturing operations.
• Strong understanding of validation lifecycle management and CQV best practices.

Skills & Competencies

• Outstanding leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Strong project management, planning, and execution skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in complex project environments.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability.

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel internationally as required for project execution, supplier visits, FATs, and startup activities.
• Ability to relocate to Singapore for the duration of the project assignment.
• Experience supporting facility startup and operational handover in a regulated manufacturing environment is highly preferred.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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