Job Details
Consultant, Technical Director - Construction, Pharmaceutical
Summary
Our client, a Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Company, has engaged GForce Life Sciences to provide a Technical Director of Construction. This position will report to an Associate Director of Facilities Project Management or higher, the TTCX Technical Director (TD) shall oversee quality control reviews of all drawings and specifications provided by Architects, Engineers, and other Design Professionals.
Job Duties:
- Responsible for overseeing the owner s quality control reviews by the clients Engineering, Design and Construction Department of drawings and specifications prepared by Architects, Engineers and other Design Professionals and submittals prepared by contractors for clients growing portfolio of projects of new build construction
- Performs quality control and technical reviews of Design Document milestone deliverables including drawings and specifications, as well as construction submittals.
- Demonstrates excellence in understanding, evaluating and analyzing all areas of architectural documentation and construction detailing including exterior envelope, R&D lab design, vivaria, life safety, accessibility, other code compliance, interior detailing, materials, finishes, coordination of the trade disciplines and is considered to be a fully capable professional in these fields. Provides technical leadership for these areas for the quality control reviews by clients teams.
- Coordinates with Project Managers, Engineers and stakeholders as well as external architectural and engineering firms and Construction Managers in raising standards for quality assurance and ensuring that documents produced are coordinated and detailed correctly.
- Coordinates scopes of work with procurement strategy and budget requirements
- Analyzes sequence of trades, CMs means and methods and logistics plans for constructability
- Thorough understanding of engineering systems including mechanical electrical plumbing fire protection and laboratory process systems
- Thorough understanding of architectural building systems and products/vendor options for foundation systems, core and shell, thermal and moisture protection, building envelope, roofing, & interior construction
- Thoroughly aware of drawing package organization, standard of care, coordination between design disciplines, level of required detail and harmonization with specifications
- Develops the technical capabilities of Project Managers, Engineering Group, Architects and subject matters leads in other disciplines by implementing a plan for raising their technical capabilities as well as sharing knowledge across the business.
- Creates Quality Assurance checklists for each phase of development of design documents (e.g. SD, DD, CD).
Mandatory Requirements
- Bachelor's of Architecture or Masters of Architecture
- Registered in the United States as an architect
- Years of Experience: 20+
- Extensive experience with Pharmaceutical R&D facilities
- Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Preferred Software: Bluebeam Studio, AutoCAD, Revit, SharePoint
Nice to Have
Recent experience working for a Pharmaceutical company
Licensed RA or PE
Term & Start
12 Month Contract with the possibility of becoming full time
ASAP
Full time salaried Consultant
4-5 days a week on site
- Benefits included (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k)