Equipment Life Cycle Specialist

Location: Netherlands

SIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!

THE COMPANY

Our client is a professional Pharmaceutical organization, based in Zuid-Holland Netherlands.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Do you have demonstrable experience and affinity with analysis methodology in combination with laboratory instruments? Do you have the ambition to develop yourself as a (Senior) Technical Specialist in an international biotechnology company?

RESPONSIBILITIES

As an Equipment Life Cycle Specialist you are responsible for:
- Plans, schedules, coordinates, tracks and prioritizes all facets of buying, installing and validating (new) lab equipment, also directs, supports and oversees testing efforts, executes protocols for installation, operational and performance qualification testing, reviews data, generates documentation and reports.
- Interacts with contract manufacturers.
- Performs, coordinates and assists in various quality functional areas and maintains expertise. Conducts investigations, collects data, analyses trends and prepares reports for assigned quality processes. Has thorough understanding of process criteria and regulations and business impact of decisions and actions, ensures and maintains a state of inspection readiness.
- Provides quality support for technology transfer and improvement of existing laboratory processes.
- Provides (standard) definitions, develops and establishes quality and data integrity expectations and ensure compliance to those expectations.
- Improves the quality of systems processes and standards on the site (leverage on existing and implement new technologies).
- Translates user requirements into technical specifications and systems following the set DI standards.
- Makes proposals, writes and assists in CAPA plans and Change Controls, owns, monitors and gives follow up on the implementation and closure of the documentation steps.

REQUIREMENTS

- Master's Degree in Life Sciences, analytical chemistry, bio chemistry, or comparable.
- Minimal 3 years experience with Project Lead type role.
- Affinity with laboratory.
- Experience with equipment buying / validation.
- Experience with norms (GMP/ISO).
- Project management skills and interpersonal skills, engaged in contact with personnel at all levels within and outside the organisation.
- Written and oral communication skills in English, Dutch is desirable.
- Planning skills, ability to prioritise multiple commitments.
- Take the leadership role to coordinate the initiatives and to ensure deliverables are met amongst the different site departments without hierarchical context.
- Analytical thinking and (technical) problem solving. Lean / Six Sigma experience is desirable.
- Pro Active, works independently, takes actions in the absence of specific instruction and can write protocols / reports, business correspondence and procedures.

OTHER

Pharma background is a plus.

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Mitchell Jonk.