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Our offerings span logistics, BioServices and biostorage, cryopreservation, and consulting, ensuring the highest standards of quality and reliability for sensitive materials. With our expansive platform of management solutions and decades of temperature-controlled supply chain expertise, Cryoport Systems helps Enable the Outcome™ by supporting certainty and precision in the supply chain, whether advancing groundbreaking therapies, supporting families on their reproductive journeys, or enhancing animal health programs.\nPOSITION SUMMARY\nThe Facilities Project Engineer, Product Development is responsible for planning, designing, implementing, and optimizing facility-related systems and processes to support efficient and compliant operations within supply chain centers and pharmaceutical-grade environments. This role focuses on improving the design, functionality, and operational performance of equipment, utilities, and infrastructure, ensuring alignment with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and industry standards.\nThis role will review and lead the implementation of new construction or facility improvement projects, including contributing to site selection, reconfiguration, retrofitting, and expansion of equipment, machinery, buildings, and support systems. The Facilities Project Engineer, Product Development will analyze material, labor, and operational costs; develop and enforce procedures and engineering standards; evaluate and compare vendor or contractor bids; and support the overall reliability, safety, and functionality of the plant.\nThis position plays a strategic role in ensuring the facility meets operational, regulatory, and environmental requirements while supporting cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and EHS teams.\nPRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES (include but are not limited to):\nCollaborate cross-functionally with departments including Logistics, Bioservices, Quality, Project Management, Consulting, Integricell, Tec4Med, Finance/Accounting, EXCOM and Operations to develop and execute strategic plans for establishing new Global Supply Chain Centers. These centers support advanced logistics functions as well as specialized bioservices capabilities such as kitting, storage, cryopreservation and controlled-environment handling.\nLead or support the selection process for external service providers—including architects, designers, engineering consultants, and contractors—ensuring alignment with project requirements, timelines, regulatory standards, and cost expectations.\nDefine and document comprehensive facility and equipment requirements to support GMPcompliant operations. Develop detailed implementation plans and validation documentation in alignment with engineering and quality standards. Documentation responsibilities include, but are not limited to:\nScope of Work (SOW): Clear definitions of work to be performed, deliverables, and service expectations for project contributors.\nCapacity Planning: Assessment of asset and infrastructure needs based on projected throughput, storage, staffing, and service levels.\nFacility Layouts and Infrastructure Design: Development and review of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) drawings, as well as warehouse configurations, material flow maps, and layouts for critical functions such as shipping, receiving, emergency response, and requalification zones.\nStandardization: Identification and specification of preferred equipment and systems to ensure consistency, scalability, and ease of maintenance across global facilities.\nPreventive Maintenance Programs: Creation of maintenance protocols and schedules to ensure optimal equipment reliability and regulatory compliance.\nOperational Documentation: Drafting of detailed work instructions, SOPs, facility design and training materials to support safe and effective operation of facility systems and processes.\nAct as a key stakeholder and subject matter expert in facility readiness initiatives, ensuring that all aspects of facility design and setup meet operational needs, safety standards, and regulatory requirements, particularly within GMP-regulated environments.\nTeam Operations\nProactively support the definition and quantification of project deliverables, tracking progress against key milestones to anticipate and resolve potential roadblocks before they impact timelines or resources.\nEngage early and consistently with the Product Development group (PD) to evaluate product design requirements, ensuring alignment with operational, regulatory, and scalability considerations for seamless integration into facility operations.\nPartner with cross-functional Project Management teams to coordinate and optimize resource allocation, ensuring alignment with strategic timelines and successful execution toward time-tomarket goals.\nContribute to the development of annual departmental budgets, and lead post-project evaluations to assess process effectiveness. Conduct cost variance analysis, compare actual versus projected metrics, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement and operational efficiency.\nPerform facility feasibility assessments, risk analyses, and infrastructure evaluations focused on utilities, environmental controls, and process workflows to mitigate risks during implementation and scale-up of new services or operational expansions.\nCollaborate with the Project Management team to design and maintain a process engineering dashboard using project management tools (e.g., MS Project), ensuring clear visibility of project status, deliverables, and dependencies.\nLead cross-functional risk assessments to identify potential challenges early and ensure the successful implementation of mitigation and contingency plans across engineering, operations, and quality teams.\nEscalate critical risks and threats to project execution in a timely manner to functional management and senior leadership for strategic intervention.\nMaintain accurate and compliant project documentation in accordance with internal finance, accounting, and quality system policies, ensuring transparency and traceability.\nCapture and integrate lessons learned from completed projects into future planning cycles, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.\nCollaborate with leadership on site selection and lease negotiations as well as negotiations with any partners needed for site development efforts.\nProject Management\nSupport the full lifecycle of facility projects - including selection, planning, execution, and delivery - ensuring alignment with processing requirements, engineering standards, project goals, timelines, and budgetary constraints, while meeting broader business objectives.\nLead capital improvement initiatives such as facility expansions, infrastructure upgrades, renovations, and utility enhancements, ensuring execution is aligned with operational and regulatory needs.\nCoordinate with cross-functional teams - including PD Engineering, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, IntegriCell and Bioservices - to secure the necessary expertise and resources for successful planning and execution of Product Development (PD) facility projects.\nServe as a key communication hub between stakeholders by providing timely updates on current and upcoming projects, resource requirements, key milestones, and delivery timelines.\nAssist in the creation, tracking, and management of project budgets and scopes. Monitor variances, ensure accurate submission of timecards and work estimates, and maintain transparency across internal and external teams.\nOversee contractor invoice reconciliation, validating that billed services match approved work scope, direction, deliverables, and budget expectations.\nManage and maintain a comprehensive project pipeline. Provide routine reporting on project status, risks, resource allocation, and financial metrics to support strategic planning, revenue forecasting, and operational budgeting.\nOrganize and facilitate external project meetings with clients and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle, including kickoff meetings, discovery sessions, planning reviews, progress updates, and closeout discussions.\nLead the project closeout process, ensuring proper documentation, validation, and the identification of lessons learned and opportunities for continuous improvement to optimize future facility design and operational integration.\nCollaborate closely with internal teams, clients, contractors, vendors, and consultants to ensure accurate scoping, timely execution, and high-quality delivery of all facility-related projects.\nSystems & Documentation\nAssist in defining standardized facility systems\nOversee facilities-related systems (e.g., CMMS, BMS, EMS, etc.) – design, selection, installation, maintenance, etc.\nEnsure accurate drawings, documentation (URS, FRS), SOPs, and asset histories are maintained.\nTrack financial project documentation for continuous traceability.\nSolution and Asset Development\nPlay a key role in developing, training, implementing, and maintaining Facilities Engineering SOPs, Standards of Execution (SOEs), Work Instructions, templates, and checklists to support organizational excellence. Ensure consistent execution of infrastructure and utility projects, enabling the organization to scale effectively while maintaining high standards of quality, compliance, and repeatability across similar facility builds and modifications.\nSupport the creation of technical consulting materials that communicate facilities-related capabilities, implementation timelines, and infrastructure value propositions to internal and external stakeholders (e.g., sales enablement tools, training assets, and presentations).\nDrive the implementation of facility solutions that enhance operational efficiency, scalability, and readiness for new service offerings. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure facility designs and expansions align with company goals and strategic direction.\nRemain current with industry advancements, regulatory trends, and emerging technologies in facility design and operation to inform future infrastructure planning and continuous improvement.\nApply user-centered design principles and feedback from internal users to improve facility layouts, utilities access, and system integration, optimizing workflows and service delivery.\nEnsure a standardized and effective facility design review process is in place and consistently utilized across all projects, incorporating cross-functional input to drive alignment, quality, and repeatable outcomes.\nKey Performance Indicators\nCapture, consolidate and report of PD team KPIs including but not limited to project performance metrics (timeline, resources, budget), PD portfolio metrics (all project resource utilization analysis, project revenues, timelines, etc.).\nAssist with preparing KPIs for facility engineering / PD resource meetings - sufficient information on project health, resource status, budget health, as well as retrospective analysis of completed projects to serve as learnings for the team and developing baseline project plans\nCOMPETENCIES & PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES\nPassion and alignment with Cryoport’s mission, vision, values & operating principles.\nPassion for working in a values-based company in alignment with a learning organization.\nA change agent and strong collaborator who is not afraid of challenging status quo.\nAn individual who brings strong core values, quality, ethics, and integrity.\nA collaborative team player who embraces and champions the culture.\nStrong work ethic and ability to deliver results and meet commitments in a dynamic environment.\nExceptional and dynamic communications skills with the ability to inspire and influence...","description_format":"text","description_chars":17874,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cell & Gene Therapy","Cold Chain","Pharmaceutical Distribution"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T12:30:31Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":44,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.807,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":58,"expected_fill_days":51,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-11-08T05:47:12Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":140000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/cryoport-facilities-project-engineer-product-development","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/cryoport-facilities-project-engineer-product-development.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-08T06:13:32Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13540,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-09T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":5658},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=5658"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcryoport-facilities-project-engineer-product-development"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcryoport-facilities-project-engineer-product-development"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcryoport-facilities-project-engineer-product-development"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/cryoport-facilities-project-engineer-product-development\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcryoport-facilities-project-engineer-product-development"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":820004}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"cryoport.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":820004},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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