Senior Operator

• A completed education at MBO level 4;
• Several years of work experience within a complex production environment or process industry;
• Experience with high quality standards and quality systems;
• Strong social and communication skills;
• Good command of the Dutch and English languages, both spoken and written;
• Experience with Office, SAP, Reliance, and other production systems is a plus.

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• 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 a natural leader who gets energy from coaching people, improving processes, and ensuring quality? In this role, you are the connecting link on the shop floor.

• Coaching and guiding operators in their daily activities and actively working on the shop floor when necessary.
• Monitoring GMP, safety, and quality guidelines and addressing colleagues regarding these and involving them in changes.
• Setting the right priorities and acting decisively in a dynamic and busy production environment.
• Being involved in process simulations, EM monitoring, and FVST (Full Vessel Sterilization) activities.
• Stimulating employee development, identifying talent, and guiding personal training programs.
• Providing training, managing training records, and contributing to the improvement of training methodologies.
• Supporting operational and administrative processes, including SAP transactions, M&R notifications, Reliance documentation, and batch record reviews.
• Initiating and guiding improvement projects, optimizing tier processes, and strengthening collaboration between teams.

For our Animal Health locations in Boxmeer, we are looking for a:

Welcome to our team
The Service Unit sub-department is responsible for assembling a wide variety of systems, and the cleaning and sterilization of vessels, glassware, and utensils. These materials are used by the other production departments and various laboratories at our site for the production of antigens and vaccines, as well as for various tests. In doing so, we play an essential role in the operations in Boxmeer and at other locations in Europe.

The Media Production & Service Unit department is fully in development and is growing along with the ambition of the organization. We are a driven team in which collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement are central.

About the position
As a Senior Operator, you are an important link within the daily operations. You are co-responsible for the daily production results and work closely with the Operations Manager, for whom you are the right hand in the daily management of the team.

You are visibly present on the shop floor, maintain an overview, and know exactly what is happening. You identify bottlenecks, see where processes can be smarter or more efficient, and take the initiative to implement improvements. Additionally, you guide fellow operators in small improvement projects and help them to complete these successfully.

We are looking for someone who stands firmly in their shoes, gets energy from collaborating, and enjoys taking others along in change. Furthermore, you bring:

We offer
You will join an open, diverse, and collegial team. The role offers a very broad and diverse field of work with much variation in projects at a growing site with more than 2000 employees, where multiple production facilities, laboratories, installations, and buildings of all life stages come together, from historical systems to state-of-the-art new construction. Furthermore, you can count on:

Do you have questions about this vacancy?
Send your question together with the vacancy number and the title of the vacancy to this email address: RecruitmentNL@MSD.com. You can only apply via the website.

Animal Welfare, Animal Welfare, Aseptic Operations, cGMP Requirements, Clinical Pharmacy, Cross-Team Collaboration, Danish Language, Dutch Language, Equipment Maintenance, Forklift Training, Good Distribution Practice (GDP), HVAC Systems, Improvement Projects, Instrument Handling, Logistics Warehouse Management, Media Management, Media Production, Personal Training, Pharmaceutical Management, Pharmaceutical Processing, Pharmaceutical Production, Power Generation Equipment, Process Technologies, Production Flow Analysis, Professional Coaching {+ 2 more}

Project Temps (Fixed Term)

Not Applicable

10/16/2026