Project EngineerNovartis · Puurs

Project Engineer

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-22 Puurs Hybrid Construction
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 7,500 CHF–10,500 CHF/mo

About the Company

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. Find out more at https://www.novartis.com See our community guidelines: https://go.novartis.social/3Nboxki Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Specialties: Cardiovascular, Immunology, Neuroscience, Solid Tumors, Hematology, Chemistry, xRNA, Radioligand, Gene and cell therapy

Responsibilities

  • ● Execute capex projects within preprocessing, compounding and filling of aseptic products in Puurs.
  • ● Initiate the project, develop the business case together with the stakeholders,
  • ● Reach out to suppliers, order equipment, perform design reviews and execute FAT/SAT and commissioning testing to get the new equipment up&running within the agreed timelines
  • ● Manage capex project: budget and schedule across departments
  • ● Become subject matter expert for the preprocessing, compounding and filling processes within the site
  • ● Take initiatives to challenge the status quo in the existing processes and evaluate alternatives and new technologies
  • ● Develop project execution strategy and execute investment projects according to customer needs (costs, schedule, functionality, quality)

Requirements

  • ● Degree in Industrial Engineering (Dipl. Ing. / M. Sc.) or equivalent
  • ● years of engineering experience thereof 2 in investment projects, ideally in Pharmaceutical industry and aseptic production
  • ● Proven project management skills including contract management and project controlling
  • ● Good collaboration and inter-personal skills
  • ● Fluent in English and Dutch
  • ● Leadership experience for the management of external resources
  • ● Understanding of qualification activities within pharmaceutical industry
  • ● 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.