Project Engineer

Organisation

The company is part of a group and is responsible for packaging and labelling pharmaceuticals. The company has +/- 250 employees. There are also branches in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States.

The role:

Specification, assurance and improvement of existing and new processes, machines and projects.

• Realisation of projects and process improvements within the set budgets.
• Elaboration of feasibility studies for investments and introduction of new technologies.
• Supporting the development of validation protocols.
• Implementation of validation protocols, in consultation with the quality department.
• Providing technical training and instructions to the production, technical and quality staff.
• Creation of quotation requests, ordering and follow-up of these in the ERP system, checking and approval of invoices.
• Participating in calculation requests and proposing alternative solutions in consultation with the other engineers, project coordinators and the manager.
• Technical and practical coordination and process optimisation of the assigned packaging lines and promoting further development and efficient operation of those lines, in cooperation with the other engineers.
• Development of operational parameters (line speed, performance, changeover times, etc.) and follow-up and adjustment of this process in order to achieve the predefined standards.
• Problem analysis with elaboration of improvement actions, in cooperation with the other engineers.
• Documenting the (new) processes by means of process descriptions, URSs, FAT/SAT, set-up instructions, operating instructions, preventive maintenance instructions, fault analysis schedules, training schedules, validations and others.
• Maintaining contact with suppliers regarding new machines/installations, technical information or interventions, in consultation with the manager.
• Attending trade fairs and training courses with the aim of expanding and optimising technical knowledge of machines and processes.
• Supervising and monitoring hired staff.
• Elaborating, following up and keeping up to date project plans and project budgets and their status, from A to Z
• Actively participate in a continuous improvement process.
• Taking appropriate action (correcting, informing, shutting down machines, etc.) in the event of deviating quality or incorrect functioning of the safety equipment.
• Apply the quality systems regarding Change Requests and CAPAs (Provide support to the quality department in defining CAPAs, translate these CAPAs into actions, implement these actions and follow up).
• Correctly applying and enforcing the safety, hygiene and quality procedures and instructions, with extensive attention to an efficient policy.
• Promoting a good working atmosphere, quality awareness, customer orientation, flexibility, speed, decisiveness and order and cleanliness

Profile

• Bachelor or Master degree obtained in a technical field such as e.g. electromechanics or equivalent through experience.
• Familiar with or interested in GMP guidelines, pharmaceutical guidelines, hygiene, etc.
• Experience with quality systems, procedures, training, etc.
• Very good knowledge of English (written and spoken) Knowledge of Dutch, German or French is an advantage.
• Experience in report writing.
• Conceptual thinking with sound (including technical) knowledge of and experience in project management.
• Strong analytical skills with a solution-oriented attitude.
• Strong in planning and organising, with good cost awareness.
• Good at time management.
• Can work in a result-oriented way with an eye for quality.
• Communicates fluently, both orally and in writing.
• Driven personality with a positive, constructive and "open minded" attitude.
• Can organise work independently and set the right priorities, as well as work in a team.

Offer

• Permanent contract of unlimited duration.
• Working within a strongly growing company.
• Attractive salary package with fringe benefits such as meal vouchers, hospitalisation and group insurance, extra ADV days,