Providing high-quality staffing solutions to complete capital projects on time and on budget: project management, engineering and CQV talent for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device facilities, at every stage from design to start-up.
Staffing needs change as a project moves from design to start-up. We plan ahead with you so specialists arrive as each phase begins and roll off when it ends.
Concept, feasibility, basic and detailed design. Owner-side leadership keeps scope, budget and schedule honest while engineering firms produce the design, and an early CQV lead keeps it inspection-ready.
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Construction, cleanroom build and equipment installation. Project managers, field engineers and project controls keep contractors coordinated and costs in check, while CQV planning gets protocols and turnover packages ready.
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Commissioning, IQ/OQ and system walkdowns. This is where most schedules slip, and where experienced CQV engineers make the difference.
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Process, cleaning and computer system validation, engineering runs and PPQ. Quality and regulatory specialists get the site ready for inspection and commercial supply.
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When the project team rolls off, the site still needs people. We recruit the permanent operating team, or run the whole ramp-up as an RPO program.
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Drug makers have committed hundreds of billions of dollars to new and expanded U.S. manufacturing. Every one of those projects needs owner-side project managers, project controls, engineers and CQV teams, often at the same time, in the same regions. The capital is approved. The constraint is talent.
Precision Talent Group puts GMP-experienced project and engineering professionals on your project when each phase needs them, keeping it on schedule and on budget, then helps you hire the permanent team that runs the site after handover.
Owner-side leaders who keep scope, schedule and budget on track from feasibility through handover.
Process, facilities and automation engineers who design, review and install GMP systems correctly the first time.
Commissioning, qualification and validation specialists who take the facility from mechanical completion to GMP-ready.
Individual experts for a defined phase or scope, such as a CQV lead for commissioning or a scheduler for the build.
Weeks to monthsA coordinated group of engineers, CQV and quality staff mobilized together, with one point of contact for the whole team.
Phase or full projectBring project staff on as contractors, then convert the people you want to keep for the operating site.
Try before you commitPermanent hires for site leadership and operations, or a full RPO program for high-volume ramp-up.
Permanent teamWhether you are building a new plant, adding a line inside an operating facility or moving a product to a new site, we staff to the realities of that project: live-plant constraints, accelerated schedules and inspection deadlines.
Many capital project staffing firms come from construction and trades. We come from life sciences quality and compliance, so the people we place understand what an inspector will ask long before the first batch.
CapEx (capital expenditure) staffing supplies the people a pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device company needs to deliver a capital project: building a new plant, expanding or upgrading a facility, or installing new equipment. It covers project management and controls, engineering, commissioning, qualification and validation (CQV), automation, quality and start-up roles, usually on contract for the life of the project.
Most projects need owner's-side project managers and project controls, process and facilities engineers, CQV and validation engineers, automation and MES engineers, quality assurance, EHS and, at the end, start-up and operational readiness leads. The mix changes by phase; see the project lifecycle above.
Earlier than most teams do. A CQV lead who reviews the design and builds the commissioning and qualification plan during detailed design prevents rework later. Read more in our sister company's guide to CQV staffing.
CQV is commissioning, qualification and validation. Commissioning proves installed systems work as designed. Qualification documents that equipment and facilities are installed and operate correctly for GMP use (IQ, OQ, PQ). Validation proves processes, cleaning and computerized systems consistently deliver the intended result. Each needs a different specialist, and most projects need all three.
Typically three to five years from announcement to operation, according to UNC Kenan-Flagler's 2025 review of U.S. projects. Staffing needs peak at different points across that span: design and controls early, construction and commissioning in the middle, validation, start-up and operational readiness at the end.
Yes. We can mobilize a coordinated team (for example, a CQV lead with commissioning and qualification engineers) with one point of contact, and add or release people as the project moves through each phase.
Yes. As the project nears handover we recruit site leadership, engineering, quality and manufacturing staff on a direct-hire basis, or run the ramp-up as a recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) program.
No. We focus on project management, engineering, CQV, automation and quality professionals. We work alongside your general contractor and engineering firm, who provide the trades.
Yes. Capital project roles are time-bound, phase-driven and sit at the meeting point of engineering, construction and GMP quality. Candidates need project experience, not just industry experience, and staffing has to follow the project schedule.
