Onsite Quality Manufacturing Engineer (12-Month, GMP)

Real; Groningen; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a hands-on Quality Manufacturing Engineer to support Groningen shopfloor operations. You will act as the quality representative on the production floor, partnering with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure compliance, investigate quality events, and drive continuous improvement.

This role involves managing deviations, non-conformities, CAPAs and change controls within a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Quality experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in regulated industries (Pharma/Medical Device/GMP) is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Deviations, CAPAs, Change Control, GMP.
• Professional English communication.
• Ability to read and understand Dutch manufacturing documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day quality oversight to manufacturing operations.
• Investigate and manage deviations and non-conformities.
• Support planned deviations from established manufacturing processes.
• Coordinate and manage internal quality escalations.
• Review and approve production process changes per GMP requirements.
• Lead root cause investigations and CAPA activities.
• Analyse manufacturing reject and deviation trends for continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, regulatory requirements and site procedures.
• Communicate quality risks, trends and improvements to management and cross-functional teams.
• Support SOPs and manufacturing documentation revision and optimisation.
• Drive initiatives to improve product quality and reduce process variation.

Skills

Quality oversight

CAPA management

GMP knowledge

Root cause analysis

Shopfloor collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a hands-on Quality Manufacturing Engineer to support Groningen shopfloor operations. You will act as the quality representative on the production floor, partnering with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure compliance, investigate quality events, and drive continuous improvement.

This role involves managing deviations, non-conformities, CAPAs and change controls within a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.