Sr Maintenance Engineer - Troubleshooter

360Pharma; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

360Pharma is seeking a Senior Maintenance Engineer Troubleshooter for our new site in Sassenheim, Netherlands. You will lead troubleshooting on diverse equipment, organize J&J technicians, vendors and peer engineers, and coordinate preventive maintenance to ensure a smooth startup phase.

The role requires an engineering degree and 3–7 years in pharma or a regulated environment, with strong English communication and RCA skills.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering and technical subjects or equivalent.
• 3-7 years in pharmaceutical or similar regulated industry.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English; Dutch preferred.
• Proficiency in root cause analysis (RCA) tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead troubleshooting on equipment and utilities to minimize downtime.
• Coordinate, organize and oversee maintenance tasks with technicians, vendors and peers.
• Manage preventive maintenance planning and align priorities with customer requirements.
• Identify and implement maintenance improvements and process optimizations.
• Ensure compliance with maintenance processes and company policies.

Skills

Hands-on equipment experience

Communication skills

RCA tools

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

CMMS (SAP)

MS Office

Job description

Job Description:

Imagine your next role where you can truly make an impact as a passionate independent Sr. Maintenance Engineer Troubleshooter in a just commissioned facility. Step into a role where your skills will shape the future of Innovative Medicine at our new site in Sassenheim and the success of the maintenance department.

We're on the lookout for a Maintenance Engineer who has solid experience troubleshooting on various types of equipment, but can also coordinate and delegate well, and are able to manage clients/stakeholders. The site is going into actual manufacturing, and we need an engineer to support this, together with colleagues from the main maintenance department (80 FTE) of the large site in Leiden of which you also will be part of. However, your sole focus will be the site in Sassenheim to ensure it gets the support it needs in this first operational phase. For that you will troubleshoot yourself, but very importantly also organize J&J technicians, vendors and peer maintenance engineers to do so. Some support on organizing preventive maintenance by others will also be part of your responsibilities. You will also actively suggest and implement improvements. The new site has (biotech) manufacturing equipment installed as well as utility installations. Your knowledge and experience are very welcome.

Roles and responsibilities.

Responsible for executing, coordinating and having the oversight of the maintenance related work. This will involve:

• May independently lead troubleshooting tasks on equipment and utilities to avoid or minimize downtime.
• Coordinate/implement and keep an oversight of the orrective/preventive maintenance tasks. Prioritizes the maintenance activities based on equipment criticality and MPS schedule, by directly connecting with the customer to agree on priorities based on customer's input.
• Liaise with client/stakeholders to inform on status of maintenance activities, determine priorities and manage expectations.
• Lead independently root cause problem solving by using appropriate RCA technics.
• Keep oversight on the quality of executed work, coach and mentor team members in the maintenance practices, techniques, processes and responsibilities daily.
• Examine technical reports and data regarding corrective/preventive maintenance to identify opportunities to improve outcomes. Lead the implementation of improvements.
• Owns, maintains and shares the technical knowledge of a wide range of assets and procedures and supports team members in closing technical knowledge gaps.
• May work independently, able to give instructions, on occasion is able to lead a team and provide constructive feedback to other team members.
• Identify and leads opportunities of improvements for the maintenance processes.
• Provides clear guidance to employees outside the Maintenance department regarding the Maintenance processes and procedures and ensures those are followed. Provides training when found necessary.
• Setting up general spare part strategies for different categories of maintenance strategies.
• Deliver Maintenance requirements for the project by being the maintenance representative within the project team and coordinating for the maintenance department the maintenance project deliverables for the project.
• Sets priorities and performs related duties with minimal supervision, by manager/supervisor.
• Ensures that the maintenance activities are executed in a timely manner and according to the procedures.
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures. Monitor compliance with Maintenance processes, act in case of deviations.Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor/manager

How to succeed

You will have a degree in Engineering and technical subjects or equivalent with at least 3 - 7 years working experience in pharmaceutical or similar regulated.

You will also bring:

• Hands-on experience with various types of equipment in an industrial, factory environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers on professional level up to departmental management, in English and preferably in Dutch.
• Excellent computer proficiency e.g. MS Office, CMMS (SAP).
• Proficiency in root cause analysis (RCA) tools and methodologies.