Process Engineer

Process Engineer

? Leiden, Netherlands | Full-time | Start ASAP | Long-term contract (potential to become permanent)

Company Overview

This leading healthcare innovator is driving advancements in both Innovative Medicine and MedTech, delivering solutions that transform patient care worldwide. The Leiden site plays a vital role in ensuring operational excellence, developing new production processes, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Role Overview

As a Process Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of operations—maintaining, optimizing, and implementing production processes to support high-quality product delivery. You’ll work cross-functionally with management and operations teams, ensuring efficient processes, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing systems.

This role provides the opportunity to influence key technical decisions, implement new technologies, and lead process improvements that directly impact safety, quality, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Support introduction, validation, and implementation of new production processes and systems

• Ensure smooth operation of existing processes within validated and regulatory limits

• Collect, analyze, and report data to drive continuous improvement initiatives

• Lead and participate in troubleshooting process and equipment issues

• Develop strategies with cross-functional teams to minimize downtime and enhance efficiency

• Contribute to risk assessments, change control, and product impact evaluations

• Write and maintain technical documentation, protocols, and SOPs

• Drive sustainable process improvements through Gemba walks and CPV activities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Biotechnology, or related field (or equivalent)

• 6–8 years of relevant experience in process engineering within biotech/pharma/medical devices

• Strong technical expertise in manufacturing processes and continuous improvement methods

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to drive root cause analysis

• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration

• Fluent in English (both written and spoken)

Desirable

• Experience working in GMP-regulated environments

• Proven ability to implement new technologies and optimize production lines

• Familiarity with risk management and regulatory expectations in healthcare manufacturing

? Interested? Send your CV to f.chauca@panda-int.com