Maintenance Engineer

Job Role: Maintenance Engineer 

About the Role:
The Maintenance Engineer (Projects) is the key link between Maintenance and Engineering within a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment. In this role, you ensure that maintenance requirements are embedded from the earliest design phase of new-build, refurbishment, and modification projects. Your contribution guarantees that installations are operationally ready, reliable, safe, and fully GMP-compliant at handover, supporting the uninterrupted production of innovative, life-changing medicines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent Maintenance in capital and modification projects by participating early in project teams and reviewing URS and design documentation.

• Act as the primary link (SPOC) between Maintenance, Engineering, and project stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and timely execution of actions.

• Advise on design-for-maintainability by defining maintenance requirements and verifying compliance by Engineering and contractors.

• Facilitate FMECA workshops, define mitigation actions, and ensure follow-up by assigned action owners.

• Ensure development, validation, and approval of maintenance programs and assign execution owners.

• Verify and prepare as-built documentation, including P&IDs, schematics, spare parts lists, and CMMS (e.g. SAP PM) data for handover.

• Establish maintenance readiness through checklists, handover recommendations, and organization of training and knowledge transfer to operations.

• Coordinate change requests and decommissioning activities, drive risk assessments, and report maintenance risks, progress, and KPIs to management.

Key Competencies:

• Strong focus on reliability, quality, and GMP compliance.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

• Clear and effective communication skills in English and dutch(plus).

• Proactive mindset with ownership and accountability for results.

Profile:

• HBO level of working and thinking, preferably with a technical background.

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a highly regulated (pharmaceutical/GMP) industry.

• Solid knowledge of GMP systems and requirements.

• Strong expertise in reading and interpreting P&IDs.

• Experience with SAP PM or other CMMS systems is a plus.

Practical Information:

• Location: Leiden, Netherlands

• Start Date: ASAP

• Contract: 1-year contract

• Work Model: On-site initially, hybrid possible after 2–3 months

Interested or know someone who might be?
Send your CV or questions to e.cabral@panda-int.com.