The Role
The Production Support Engineer will ensure the functionality of GMP production equipment through maintenance, troubleshooting, inspections, and collaboration with manufacturing and quality teams, while supporting continuous improvement and compliance.
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#LI-OnsiteLocation: Baarle Nassau, Netherlands
Join our team to ensure the integrity and reliability of GMP production equipment. As a Production Support Engineer, you’ll perform and document preventive, corrective, and troubleshooting maintenance to keep operations safe and efficient, while partnering with teams to solve technical challenges and drive continuous improvement.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Execute preventive, corrective, and troubleshooting maintenance for GMP production equipment.
- Perform inspections and calibrations per defined protocols and intervals.
- Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to resolve technical challenges.
- Prepare and support planned maintenance stops and interventions.
- Control and manage spare parts inventory in alignment with reliability engineering.
- Contribute to continuous improvement through equipment modifications and process enhancements.
- Support validation activities and maintain compliance with GMP guidelines.
- Develop and review technical documents and provide operator training when needed.
Essential Requirements
- MBO/HBO degree with 4-6 working experience and with proven track record within maintenance and facility engineering.
- Preferably 3+ years of working experience within (pharmaceutical) GMP and/or isotope manufacturing.
- Fluent in English.
- Hands-on experience with preventive and corrective maintenance in a production environment.
- Ability to interpret technical documentation and calibration protocols.
- Strong problem-solving skills and collaborative mindset.
- Proficiency in documentation and adherence to safety standards.
Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Skills Desired
Api (Application Programming Interface), Api (Application Programming Interface), Automation, Back-End Development, Business Continuity, Change Control, Chemistry, Design Development, Electronic Components, General Hse Knowledge , Including Gdp, Java (Programming Language), Knowledge Of Capa, Knowledge Of Gmp, Kubernetes, Managing Performance Improvement, Manufacturing Production, Mathematical Optimization, Project Commissioning, Project Engineering, Project Execution, Reactjs, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Scheduler {+ 2 more}Top Skills
APIs
Automation
Back-End Development
Chemistry
Java
Kubernetes
React
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The Company
What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.







