Engineering Excellence Lead

Are you passionate about driving continuous improvement, digitalization and engineering excellence in a highly regulated manufacturing environment? We are looking for an Engineering Excellence Lead to help shape and strengthen our engineering processes, systems, and ways of working across the site. This is a key role where you will combine your technical expertise with a strong focus on documentation, governance, and digital transformation.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of engineering excellence at our site. You'll have the chance to influence how we work, improve critical processes, and drive digital transformation in a highly regulated and innovative environment.

As Engineering Excellence Lead, you will be responsible for developing and improving engineering standards, processes, and systems to ensure compliance, efficiency, and operational excellence. You will work closely with engineering teams and stakeholders across the site to drive improvements and support the adoption of modern digital tools and ways of working.

Location: In this role you will cover both the sites in Weesp and Olst. The candidate is expected to travel regularly between the two sites.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading engineering digitalization initiatives and driving the implementation of new tools and technologies.
• Managing and continuously improving engineering documentation, procedures, and governance processes.
• Ensuring compliance with GMP requirements, engineering standards, and quality systems.
• Supporting engineering project governance and best practices.
• Developing performance metrics, dashboards, and KPIs to drive data-based decision making.
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement across engineering processes.
• Supporting capability development and knowledge sharing within the engineering organization.

We are looking for a technically strong professional who enjoys improving processes, creating structure, and enabling teams to work smarter through technology and digital solutions.

You will likely bring:

• A degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial, or similar).
• Experience from the pharmaceutical industry or another GMP-regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of engineering processes, documentation, and procedures.
• Experience driving digitalization initiatives and implementing new systems or tools.
• Interest and curiosity in new technologies, including AI and digital solutions.
• Experience with continuous improvement and change management.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A structured and analytical way of working.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

If you're a technical professional with a passion for digitalization, documentation excellence, and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

We are conducting recruitment on an ongoing basis and will close the process as soon as the right candidate is found. If you meet the qualifications and are interested in this opportunity, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible following the link above.

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Engineering

DIVISION: EPD Established Pharma

LOCATION: Netherlands > Weesp : WTB

WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable