Jeffrey Holley

About Jeffrey Holley

I am an Engineering Project Manager and capital program leader specializing in chemical, petroleum, and specialty process manufacturing within EPCm consulting environments, with a professional foundation rooted in pharmaceutical manufacturing and regulated GMP operations.I bring extensive experience in process and product development, OSD manufacturing and packaging, sterile injectables, and medical device assembly and packaging — which established a strong technical and compliance-driven foundation in change control, validation, quality systems, and operational risk management. This background continues to inform how I manage capital projects, control risk, and align stakeholders in complex operating environments.Over the past two years, I have expanded my leadership into EPCm consulting, where I manage capital programs from front-end engineering through execution, serving as both project delivery owner and primary client interface. I lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and partner closely with operations, maintenance, EH & S, and corporate engineering groups to deliver brownfield modifications, capacity expansions, utility and packaging relocations, equipment replacements, and process reliability upgrades across chemical, petroleum, and specialty manufacturing facilities.I am highly organized, disciplined, and execution-focused — recognized for bringing clarity to complex scopes, maintaining rigorous cost and schedule control, and building trusted client relationships. My ability to communicate technical detail clearly and effectively allows me to translate complex challenges into practical, buildable, and compliant capital solutions.My expertise spans:• Capital program planning & FEL execution• Scope development, governance & change management• Cost control, estimating & value engineering• Brownfield execution, shutdown planning & constructability• Process, mechanical, structural, electrical & I&C coordination• Client account leadership & opportunity development• Risk management, schedule control & resource alignmentMy focus is on delivering high-impact capital programs across chemical, petroleum, and specialty process manufacturing environments — and continuing to grow into senior leadership roles guiding multi-site capital portfolios.

Experience

1. Project Manager

   Jedson Engineering

   Sep 2024 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

   I am an Engineering Project Manager and capital program leader specializing in chemical, petroleum, and specialty process manufacturing within EPCm consulting environments.My career foundation is rooted in pharmaceutical manufacturing and GMP-driven operations, which built a deep fluency in regulated processes, change control, risk mitigation, and operational alignment. Over the past two years, I have expanded this foundation into leading complex capital programs across heavy industrial and specialty chemical environments — managing scopes from front-end engineering through execution, and serving as a primary client interface for multi-disciplinary engineering teams.In my current role, I function as both project delivery owner and client account leader, managing scope development, schedules, budgets, cost control, risk, and stakeholder alignment while ensuring constructability, compliance, and execution certainty. I am trusted to guide FEL-2/FEL-3 programs, brownfield modifications, capacity expansions, equipment replacements, packaging and utility system relocations, and shutdown-driven projects within operating plants.My expertise spans:• Capital program planning & FEL execution• Scope governance, cost control & change management• Brownfield execution & constructability strategy• Process, mechanical, structural, electrical & I&C coordination• Client account leadership & opportunity development• Risk management, scheduling & resource alignment• Regulatory, safety & operational integrationI am recognized for delivering clarity to complex scopes, discipline to capital execution, and confidence to client relationships. I build trust through transparency, technical fluency, and results — turning conceptual ideas into executable, cost-controlled capital solutions.My focus is on leading high-impact capital programs within chemical, petroleum, specialty process, and advanced manufacturing environments — and continuing to grow into senior leadership.

Education

• University of Phoenix

  Associate of Arts (A.A.), General Studies

  2006 — 2009

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Master of Engineering - MEng, Engineering Management

• University of Cincinnati

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering

  2010 — 2015