Maintenance Engineer Troubleshooter

Panda International; Leiden; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Panda International is seeking an experienced maintenance engineer for a new pharma/biotech production site in the Leiden area. You will troubleshoot equipment, organize technicians and coordinate maintenance across the site, acting as the maintenance contact for production leads.

You combine hands-on work with team leadership, guiding colleagues, improving maintenance processes, and ensuring compliance with procedures. English communication is essential; Dutch is preferred.

Qualifications

• Master's in engineering or a technical degree with 5–7 years in pharma/medtech.
• Hands-on experience with bioreactors, TFF or similar industrial equipment.
• Ability to lead a team and work independently.
• Fluent English; Dutch preferred.
• Experience with CMMS (SAP) and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Perform first-line troubleshooting on equipment and utilities to limit downtime.
• Coordinate corrective maintenance and set priorities with production leads.
• Provide status updates to production leads and manage expectations.
• Oversee maintenance work to ensure it is on time, per procedures and quality.
• Lead root cause analysis using RCA techniques.
• Support planning of preventive maintenance.
• Study technical reports to identify improvement opportunities.
• Suggest and implement improvements to maintenance processes.
• Coach and mentor team members in maintenance practices.
• Guide colleagues outside maintenance on processes and ensure compliance.
• Own, maintain and share knowledge of assets and procedures.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Team leadership

Communication

English proficiency

Education

Master's in Engineering

Bachelor's degree with pharma/medtech experience

Tools

SAP CMMS

MS Office

Job description

Our client is a pharma/biotech manufacturer. A new production site in the Leiden area is moving into actual manufacturing, and they need an engineer who can keep it running. The site has biotech manufacturing equipment and utility installations, and this is its first operational phase. You will be part of a larger maintenance department, but your focus is this site only.

You troubleshoot yourself, and you also organise technicians, vendors and maintenance colleagues to do it with you. You are the maintenance contact for production and you speak to their team leads daily.

What you'll do

• Perform first-line troubleshooting on equipment and utilities to avoid or limit downtime
• Coordinate and carry out corrective maintenance, and set priorities based on equipment criticality and the production schedule
• Agree those priorities directly with production leads, give them status updates and manage expectations
• Keep oversight of maintenance work: it is done on time, to procedure, and at the right quality
• Lead root cause analysis with the right RCA techniques
• Support the planning of preventive maintenance that others carry out
• Study technical reports and maintenance documents to find where results can improve
• Suggest and implement improvements to maintenance processes
• Coach and mentor team members in maintenance practices, techniques and responsibilities
• Guide colleagues outside maintenance on maintenance processes, and make sure they are followed
• Own, maintain and share technical knowledge of a wide range of assets and procedures
• Keep to company policies, monitor compliance with maintenance processes and act on deviations

What you bring

• Master's in engineering or a technical subject, or a bachelor's with at least 5-7 years in the pharmaceutical or medtech industry
• Hands-on experience with different types of industrial equipment (for example bioreactors, TFF)
• Experience working independently, giving instructions and leading a team when needed
• Strong spoken and written communication up to departmental management level, in English and preferably Dutch
• Good computer skills, including CMMS (SAP) and MS Office

What makes it interesting

• A new site where you shape how maintenance is set up in the first operational phase
• A mix of doing the work yourself and coordinating others
• Direct contact with production and a lot of room to improve processes

Contract: contract position, on payroll

Location: Leiden area, South Holland