Technical Leader – Maintenance – équipements de laboratoire

QUALITY ASSISTANCE S.A.; Henegouwen; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Pharma Academy

Work‑life balance

Employee wellbeing

Résumé du poste

Quality Assistance S.A. is seeking a Technical Leader Maintenance to head the Lab Equipment Technical Support team in Belgium.

You will drive availability, reliability and compliance of laboratory equipment supporting analytical activities, reporting to the Qualifications Department Manager. You will manage five Equipment Support Technicians, oversee maintenance strategies, and coordinate interventions with external providers to ensure optimal performance and documentation across the lab

Qualifications

• Significant experience in laboratory equipment maintenance and technical support.

Responsabilités

• Ensure day-to-day operational efficiency of the team.
• Lead recruitment activities and onboarding for new team members.
• Develop team capability through coaching, performance reviews and training plans.
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance to maintain equipment availability and performance.
• Coordinate interventions related to equipment breakdowns, installations and relocations.
• Provide technical expertise when resolving complex equipment issues.
• Monitor activities performed by external suppliers and service providers.
• Approve intervention reports and associated technical documentation.
• Support acquisition, installation and commissioning of new lab equipment including URS, DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ, FAT and SAT.
• Contribute to equipment qualification and validation processes.
• Define and optimise preventive maintenance plans and frequencies.

Connaissances

Leadership

Team management

Metrology

Documentation

GMP

Communication

Organisation

Decision making

Formation

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Science or Electromechanics

Description du poste

Ready to make a difference? Here's what awaits you. As Technical Leader Maintenance, you will lead the Lab Equipment Technical Support team and play a key role in ensuring the availability, reliability and compliance of the laboratory equipment that supports Quality Assistance's analytical activities.

Through your maintenance expertise and leadership, you will ensure laboratory equipment remains reliable, compliant and available, enabling scientific teams to deliver high-quality analytical results.

Reporting to the Qualifications Department Manager, you will provide both operational and people leadership to a team of five Equipment Support Technicians.

Your Key Responsibilities

Here's what you'll take ownership of:

• Ensure the day-to-day operational efficiency of the team
• Lead recruitment activities and onboarding for new team members
• Develop team capability through coaching, performance reviews and training plans

• Plan maintenance activities according to operational priorities;
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance to maintain equipment availability and performance;
• Coordinate interventions related to equipment breakdowns, installations, relocations and recommissioning;
• Provide technical expertise when resolving complex equipment issues;
• Monitor activities performed by external suppliers and service providers;
• Act as the primary contact for laboratories regarding equipment-related matters;
• Approve intervention reports and associated technical documentation ;
• Support the acquisition, installation and commissioning of new laboratory equipment, including URS, DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ, FAT and SAT activities;
• Contribute to equipment qualification and validation processes;
• Ensure compliance with internal procedures and applicable regulatory requirements;
• Prepare, update and approve quality documentation, including SOPs, maintenance procedures, qualification procedures, Change Controls and Deviations;
• Define and optimise preventive maintenance plans and intervention frequencies to improve equipment reliability, performance and availability;

Skills you’ll need to bring

To Succeed In This Role, You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Science or Electromechanics;
• Significant experience in laboratory equipment maintenance and technical support;
• Strong knowledge of metrology, equipment qualification and technical impact assessment;
• Good understanding of equipment qualification and validation processes;
• Expertise in GMP requirements and associated quality systems;
• Proficiency in technical and quality documentation;
• Leadership capability within a technical environment
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills and decision-making ability;
• Resilience and adaptability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift frequently and unexpected challenges require calm judgement and sound decision-making
• Minimum B1 level in English, both written and spoken

Our commitment to you

This role combines people leadership with hands‑on technical expertise in a setting where your contribution has a visible impact on laboratory operations every day.

You Will Benefit From

• A position with significant autonomy and influence on equipment performance across analytical laboratories
• The opportunity to lead a specialised team of experienced technicians
• Exposure to a wide range of advanced laboratory technologies
• Continuous learning opportunities through our Pharma Academy
• Participation in equipment lifecycle projects, from acquisition to qualification and optimisation
• A collaborative culture built on Excellence, Respect and Commitment
• A working environment that supports work-life balance and employee wellbeing

Who we are (and why it matters)

At Quality Assistance, we help accelerate access to life‑changing therapies through analytical excellence and trusted partnerships. Behind every analysis performed in our laboratories are equipment systems that must remain reliable, available and compliant.

Your contribution goes far beyond equipment management. By ensuring the performance and reliability of critical laboratory assets, you enable scientific teams to work under the best possible conditions and directly support the quality of results that contribute to the development of new medicines.

Driven by continuous investment in technology and talent development, we are shaping the future of medicine: faster, smarter, together.

Company Description

Team up with us!

Quality Assistance provides the pharmaceutical industry with all the analytical services required by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations for the development and marketing of innovative human medicinal products.

We will make you a key player in our team as we seek to develop the medicines of the future and to speed up people’s access to innovative drugs.