High Purity Mechanical Equipment Quality Manager - Medior / Senior

Barré SA; Sint-Katelijne-Waver; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Barré (Wavre) is seeking a Quality Engineer or Quality Manager to lead the QA/QC system for manufacturing clean piping networks and high-purity equipment for biopharma and related industries.

You will manage the QMS, support safety systems, and supervise a small team on-site, coordinating QA/QC across projects and customer sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with relevant QA experience.
• Experience in high-purity manufacturing QA/QC.
• Knowledge of Clean Piping or mechanical equipment.
• ISO9001 expertise; basic VCA knowledge.
• Ability to lead and communicate with a team.
• Fluent in French and English; Dutch a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage the QMS and QA/QC activities.
• Support safety management systems.
• Lead a team of 3–10 people.
• Coordinate project quality management (QA-QC).
• Oversee supplier audits, instruments, training.
• Lead deviation management and root-cause analysis.
• Control quality of incoming goods and finished products.
• Review documentation for manufactured products.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

QA/QC knowledge

Office software

Communication

Organizational skills

Languages: French & English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality

Job description

Why join Barré?

• Clean Piping (high-quality, high-purity clean piping networks).
• Air Processing (filtration and air treatment solutions; hoods, pass boxes, biosafety cabinets, laminar flow, RABs; for the most regulated vaccine production areas)
• Design and manufacture of custom-made stainless-steel machines, equipment and special parts for our customers' production sites.

Barré (Wavre) is looking for a Quality engineer or Quality manager to lead our quality system for manufacturing of clean piping networks, high-quality machines and equipment for the biopharmaceutical industry (vaccine production) and for other high-purity production sites (cosmetics, nuclear medicine, animal medicine, data centers, semiconductors, among others).

Why join Barré?

• Clean Piping (high-quality, high-purity clean piping networks).
• Air Processing (filtration and air treatment solutions; hoods, pass boxes, biosafety cabinets, laminar flow, RABs; for the most regulated vaccine production areas)
• Design and manufacture of custom-made stainless-steel machines, equipment and special parts for our customers' production sites.

Barré is in full development and growth, nominated for the Trends Gazelles of Walloon Brabant 2025. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about Quality, mechanics and the management of the QA/QC systems for our company.

The project

• As a Quality Manager, you will collaborate for various of the company's main tasks (ISO9001, operational procedures, QC production, QC installation, commissioning). This is, for our different types of activities.
• Your role is key to Barré S.A.'s strategic growth plan.
• The activities are located on the company's site, between the production workshop and the offices, and supervision of the activities on customer’s production sites.

Your mission

• Management of the QMS
• Support to Safety management system
• Management of 3 to 10 people
• Coordination of activities for project quality management (QA-QC)
• Suppliers, audits, instruments, tools, training … follow-up and management
• Action plan management
• Deviation management, root cause analysis
• Manage quality control for incoming goods and finished products
• Quality control of documentation for manufactured products

Your profile

• Civil, Electromechanical, Mechanical, Industrial, Quality Engineer, or equivalent (Bachelor's degree with relevant experience in Quality department)
• Experience in mechanical manufacturing QA/QC for high-purity sectors (Biopharma, Biotech, Cosmetic, Nuclear Medicine, etc.), or similar
• Clean Piping knowledge/familiarity or in mechanical equipment (from past experiences in pharmaceutical, nuclear, cosmetic industries)
• Basic knowledge of mechanical-technical environments
• ISO9001-expertise, and VCA-system basic knowledge in option
• Ability to integrate/work/manage a team/communicate
• Mastery of office automation tools
• Knowledge of languages: French and English; Dutch is a plus
• Differentiating factors:
  • Structure and organization, self-disciplined
  • Good level of energy and commitment
  • Leadership
  • Desire to learn and improve the current management system

Our recruitment process

• Resume Review

We look at your background, your skills, but above all, what you are eager to learn.

• First Call

A quick chat to get to know each other, understand your motivation, and answer your questions.

• Team Interview

Usually two interviews with several people from the company to gather different perspectives and see if there's a good fit.

• Fast decision-making

f we're a good fit, we won't waste any time. You'll receive an offer and join the adventure.