Equipment Lifecycle Engineer

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing is part of Eurofins Scientific and is the largest Dutch contract laboratory for the pharmaceutical industry. The organization specializes in analytical tests for (bio)pharmaceutical raw materials, intermediates and products, serving a large number of national and international clients within the (bio)pharmaceutical industry.

This position is open within the Business Unit NBLSC (National Business Line Service Centre), part of Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing. Within NBLSC, you will join a professional, close-knit team with a mix of young and experienced colleagues from different backgrounds and experiences, working together to strengthen global healthcare and help advance pharmaceutical product quality and patient safety worldwide.

Job Description

The position of Equipment Lifecycle Engineer resides within the Validation, Maintenance and Calibration (VCM) department. The team is responsible for ensuring equipment is qualified throughout its lifecycle to the necessary requirements. The department works with teams that function on the local site, Benelux regional and global levels.

The Equipment Lifecycle Engineer is responsible for planning, scheduling and performing actions on GxP systems to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines and client requirements throughout the lifecycle of the system. Systems may be comprised of multiple components including software, hardware, utilities and firmware. The role is also responsible for ensuring systems uphold the principles of the raw data lifecycle as part of ensuring Data Integrity.

Your main focus as Equipment Lifecycle Engineer is to:

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on laboratory equipment;
• Perform calibration work on utilities and laboratory equipment;
• Perform validation and qualification of laboratory equipment;
• Perform periodic evaluations and assessments on data integrity.

As part of the VCM team, you are also partially responsible for:

• Identifying, reporting and adequately handling malfunctions of utilities, laboratory equipment and facilities;
• Adequately handling alarms reported via monitoring systems;
• Training and advising colleagues in the use, maintenance, calibration and validation of utilities and laboratory equipment in accordance with the relevant procedures;
• Participating in inspections and audits;
• Managing new equipment, including supplier selection and drafting URS, and providing documentation related to this equipment;
• Initiating and helping solve non-conformances, out-of-specifications, changes and complaints, where applicable in collaboration with the QA team;
• Creating good system workflows in collaboration with operations departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Life Sciences, Analytical Chemistry, or a related field.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a QA/GMP-regulated environment.
• Previous laboratory experience is a plus.
• At least basic understanding of Dutch and fluent in English.
• Affinity with general IT systems and proficiency in MS Office.

What Eurofins offers

This position is based within the Business Unit NBLSC at the Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden site on the Leiden Bio Science Park. You will work in a responsible and challenging position within a close-knit team where collegiality and collaboration come first, with room for your own ideas and input.

• Flexible working hours;
• 25 days of vacation with the option to purchase 7 additional days, based on a full-time contract;
• Travel allowance of 23 cents net per kilometer, or full reimbursement of public transport expenses via NS Business Card;
• Participation in a pension scheme with 50% contribution by Eurofins;
• A monthly choice budget balance of 8.5% of gross salary, including holiday pay and a year-end bonus, which can be paid out or used for benefits such as extra days off;
• Discount on additional health insurance;
• Tax benefit via FiscFree when purchasing various products and services via gross salary, such as a bicycle, sports contribution, fitness, mobile telephony, computers and tablets or a weekend away;
• Professional training and opportunities for training and development;
• Training options via the online learning platform Good Habitz;
• The flexibility and personal touch of working in a medium-sized and dynamic company, while benefiting from Eurofins as a parent company;
• Diverse developmental opportunities within the organization;
• A large client portfolio that ensures diversity in your work.