Facilities Specialist R&D

• Competitive salary depending on your knowledge and experience.
• 3% year-end bonus and an annual bonus based on individual and company results.
• At least 35.5 vacation days.
• Travel allowance and a solid pension scheme.
• A high-quality company restaurant with fresh and healthy daily options.
• Excellent accessibility: the train station is located directly at our main entrance and there is ample parking availability.
• A contribution to your personal gym membership to support your vitality.
• A beautiful private park on the premises, ideal for a walk, a break, or a moment of relaxation.
• Mental wellbeing support via Lyra Health for you and your family members.
• Access to a separate prayer/meditation room.
• Extensive growth opportunities thanks to the size of the site and the presence of many disciplines and global departments represented in Boxmeer.
• A workplace within an organization that is continuously growing and evolving.

Job Description

Are you looking for a role in which you can combine facility services, operations, and compliance within a professional R&D environment?

• Coordinating and optimizing facility processes, systems, installations, and operational activities within R&D.
• Acting as a point of contact, process coordinator, and subject matter expert for assigned facility topics.
• Translating business, quality, compliance, and regulatory requirements into effective processes and working methods.
• Ensuring the availability, safety, and compliance of buildings, laboratories, utilities, and supporting facilities.
• Coordinating maintenance shutdowns, planned activities, and the alignment between internal and external stakeholders.
• Drafting, managing, and improving SOPs, work instructions, quality documentation, training materials, and user communication.
• Representing Facilities during audits, inspections, deviations, CAPAs, and change controls.
• Providing facility expertise and input for CAPEX projects, including risk analyses, user needs, and operational impact.
• Identifying and timely escalating risks, bottlenecks, and capacity issues.
• Contributing to continuous improvement and a safe, reliable, and future-proof R&D environment.

As a Facilities Operations Specialist, you will be part of the Operations & Facilities team within R&D. You are responsible for the coordination and continuous improvement of facility processes, systems, and installations that are essential for a safe, reliable, and compliant research environment.

In this versatile role, you operate at the intersection of R&D, facility management, compliance, and operations. You act as a central point of contact and subject matter expert for your areas of focus and work closely with users, QA, EHS, Site Engineering, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

You translate business needs, risks, and improvement opportunities into practical solutions and substantiated advice. Additionally, you make an important contribution to facility-related CAPEX projects and take on a coordinating and coaching role within your field. In this way, you contribute directly to a future-proof working environment in which research can take place optimally.

• Completed higher professional education (HBO), preferably in Facility Management, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a similar field.
• Experience coordinating facility, technical, or operational processes within a complex or regulated environment.
• Knowledge of quality, compliance, and EHS processes; experience with audits, CAPAs, deviations, and change controls is a plus.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Structured and proactive working style, with an eye for priorities, risks, and continuous improvement.
• Analytical and practical mindset, with the ability to translate issues into workable solutions.
• Good command of the Dutch and English languages, both spoken and written.
• An entrepreneurial and service-oriented mindset, where ownership, collaboration, and quality are central.

Working at our organization means working together for health in an international work environment with dedicated colleagues. You will be given all the space to develop yourself and show who you are. Furthermore, you can count on attractive employment conditions:

Our Animal Health division is a trusted world leader in veterinary medicine, dedicated to preserving and improving the health, welfare, and performance of animals and the people who care for them. We are a global team of professionals working together to make a positive impact on animal care and the world's food supply, and we have a deep sense of responsibility to our customers, consumers, animals, society, and our planet. Through our commitment to The Science of Healthier Animals®, we offer veterinarians, farmers, pet owners, and governments one of the broadest ranges of veterinary medicines, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as an extensive offering of digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. We invest in dynamic and extensive R&D resources and a modern, global supply chain. We are active in more than 50 countries, while our products are available in approximately 150 markets.

Please send your inquiry, including the vacancy number and the vacancy title, to the following email address: RecruitmentNL@MSD.com Applications can only be submitted via our careersite.

Equipment Maintenance, Facility Management, GMP Environments, Internal Stakeholders, Operational Activities, Stakeholder Management, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Writing

Regular

Not Applicable

11/11/2026