The Director, Project Engineering is responsible for overseeing the development of the engineering design and execution of construction design administration to support Fujifilm’s $3.4B expansion in Holly Springs, North Carolina. This role provides leadership for all engineering focused initiatives and activities, and monitors project milestones and achievements to ensure successful completion of project scope within the defined or adjusted parameters. Additionally, this role collaborates extensively with internal and external stakeholders ensuring that lessons learned are provided promptly and that the right people are assigned the right tasks providing challenge and enhancement to their skills.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we’ll open North America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof.

We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we’re proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive—what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let’s transform healthcare together!

Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh’s thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

What You’ll Do

• Provides and is accountable for the complex engineering design and processes required to construct and validate Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Holly Springs investment projects
• Provides leadership for all engineering focused initiatives and activities
• Empowers and leads a large, multi-disciplined engineering team with energy and focus through each unique phase of the project
• Drives and monitors project milestones and achievements to ensure successful completion of project scope, from early basis of design (BOD), through construction administration, to engineering support through commissioning and validation phases, within the defined or adjusted parameters
• Works closely with selected EPCM partner to maintain FDBN’s “One Team” approach
• Prioritizes and fosters a strong cost and schedule adherence mindset within the engineering scope in order to maintain FDBN’s commitment of “Unprecedented Delivery”
• Collaborates extensively with cross-functional teams, clients, vendors, and partners
• Determines team and project goals
• Coaches and mentors direct reports and team members to foster professional development and growth
• Other duties, as assigned

Knowledge and Skills

• Collaboration across the Site, and within FDB globally, is a key required skill as the Project Engineering team has significant interface into a number of varying organizations.
• Ability to lead a 20+ personnel engineering team within a heavily matrixed organization
• Broad technical engineering expertise within in a regulated environment.
• Ability to drive core team culture priorities (i.e., safety, cost consciousness, leadership principals) into the way of working
• Experience executing within a dynamic and fast paced environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Basic Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering field
• 15+ years of engineering experience within a regulated environment
• 8+ years of people management experience with engineering/technical focus
• Demonstrated leadership abilities within a matrixed global organization
• Experience executing within a dynamic and fast paced environment

Preferred Requirements 

• Master’s degree in relevant field
• Specific experience within facility commissioning and cGMP validation scopes

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Will work in environment which may necessitate respiratory protection X No Yes
May work in Mechanical/Production spaces that may require hearing protection and enrollment in a hearing conservation program. No X Yes
Will work in environment operating a motor vehicle or Powered Industrial Truck. X No Yes
Ability to discern audible cues. No X Yes
Ability to inspect or perform a task with 20/20 corrected vision, visual acuity, including distinguishing color. No X Yes

Ability to ascend or descend ladders, scaffolding, ramps, etc. No X Yes
Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time. X No Yes frequency/minutes (If yes, may specify frequency/duration: up to 15, 30, 120, 240 minutes)
Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time. X No Yes frequency/minutes (If yes, may specify frequency/duration: up to 15, 30, 120, 240 minutes)
Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include writs, hands and/or fingers. X No Yes
Ability to operate machinery and/or power tools. X No Yes
Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to X pounds. X No Yes If yes, 10 lbs. 33 lbs.
Ability to bend, push or pull, reach to retrieve materials from 18” to 60” in height, and use twisting motions. X No Yes

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department (FDBN_PNC@fujifilm.com).