Project Management Support – Rochester Shutdown (Secondment - 5 Months)

WHY PATIENTS NEED YOU

At Pfizer, our mission is to cultivate a best-in-class culture of continuous improvement and project management, empowering colleagues and streamlining processes. Whether managing projects or collaborating with others, your role in this team is crucial in simplifying and accelerating our work. Join us in this mission to inspire excellence and create a lasting impact on patients worldwide.

WHAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE
The Project Management Support – Rochester Shutdown is a 5 month secondment position that provides project coordination, scheduling, documentation, and execution support for planned shutdowns, production outages, major maintenance events, and related site projects at the Rochester manufacturing site.

Working under the direction of the Shutdown Project Manager or Site Leader, the colleague will help coordinate shutdown activities across Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Quality, Environmental Health and Safety, Facilities, Supply Chain, Digital, and external contractors. The role supports integrated shutdown planning, monitors milestones and deliverables, identifies risks and schedule conflicts, and helps ensure activities are completed safely, compliantly, and within approved scope and timelines.

HOW YOU WILL ACHIEVE IT

Shutdown Planning and Coordination

• Support the development, maintenance, and execution of integrated shutdown schedules and project plans.
• Coordinate planning inputs from Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Quality, Environmental Health and Safety, Facilities, Supply Chain, Digital, and contractor teams.
• Assist with identifying activity dependencies, schedule conflicts, resource constraints, critical-path activities, and readiness requirements.
• Maintain shutdown milestones, action logs, decision logs, risk registers, and other project-management documentation.
• Support pre-shutdown readiness reviews, planning meetings, daily execution meetings, and post-shutdown lessons-learned activities.
• Track required shutdown deliverables and follow up with accountable stakeholders regarding outstanding actions.

Project Management Support

• Support schedules, work plans, resource plans, status reports, meeting materials, and closeout documentation.
• Monitor project performance against approved scope, schedule, milestones, and deliverables.
• Identify emerging risks, issues, or delays and escalate them to the Shutdown Project Manager.
• Support preparation of project dashboards.
• Document project decisions, assigned actions, due dates, and changes to approved plans.
• Help maintain accurate and accessible project records in accordance with applicable site procedures.

Shutdown Execution Support

• Provide onsite coordination support before, during, and after shutdown execution.
• Monitor progress against the integrated shutdown schedule and communicate schedule changes, delays, and emerging risks.
• Support daily shutdown coordination meetings and preparation of project status information.
• Assist with issue tracking and escalation when activities may affect safety, quality, compliance, schedule, cost, scope, or operational readiness.
• Coordinate with workstream owners to verify completion of required activities and documentation.
• Support startup-readiness and return-to-service activities following shutdown execution.

Contractor and Vendor Coordination

• Support coordination of contractors, consultants, suppliers, and vendors assigned to shutdown-related activities.
• Assist with contractor schedules, access requirements, orientation needs, work-area coordination, and documentation.
• Track contractor deliverables and communicate concerns regarding schedule, quality, safety, or performance to the responsible project leader.
• Support procurement and vendor coordination activities, as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Must-Have

• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 3+ years of experience; OR a master's degree with more than 1+ year of experience; OR an associate's degree with 6+ years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Relevant experience may include project coordination, project management, engineering, maintenance, manufacturing operations, facilities, construction, production outages, plant shutdowns, or work in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience coordinating multiple activities, deliverables, stakeholders, or workstreams.
• Experience maintaining project schedules, action logs, status reports, risk logs, or project documentation.
• Demonstrated organizational, planning, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently within established procedures and escalate issues requiring leadership direction.
• Ability to prioritize competing requirements and complete assignments within established deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and project scheduling or tracking tools.
• Written and verbal communication skills appropriate for coordinating with colleagues, contractors, and site stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and matrixed environment.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience supporting shutdowns, turnarounds, production outages, maintenance events, or capital projects.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical-device, chemical, or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices.

 
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods during shutdown planning and execution.
• Ability to work onsite in manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, office, and project work areas.
• Ability to review detailed projectinformation, schedules, reports, and technical documentation.
• Ability to perform project tracking, schedule analysis, and basic data analysis.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment based on the work area.
• The Rochester site is a penicillin manufacturing facility. Candidates must meet applicable site health and safety requirements associated with working in the facility.

OTHER JOB DETAILS

• Last Date to Apply for Job: October 19, 2026
• Additional Location Information: NA
• Eligible for Relocation Package – NO
• Secondment 5 months
• If you are currently in a driving position with a fleet vehicle and this secondment does not require driving as an essential function of the position for 12 months or longer, you will be required to turn in your fleet vehicle for the duration of the non-driving secondment.  Please refer to the Fleet Policy and Procedures document for more information.
• There will be no change to your current work location.
• Note: This secondment offers a valuable opportunity for professional growth. It will need to be funded by the secondee’s home market.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

 

 

Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.

U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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