Facility Engineer

Role Summary

The Facility Engineer is responsible for the technical management, optimization and continuity of all building-related installations and facility systems within the new construction location of Eurofins Leiden. The role focuses on ensuring a safe, efficient and reliable environment that complies with all relevant legislation, regulations, quality standards (including GMP/GLP) and business requirements.

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Responsibilities

1. Technical management & maintenance

• Managing, monitoring and optimizing building installations such as HVAC, electrical engineering, building management systems (BMS), water supply systems, compressed air, emergency power and laboratory-specific utilities.
• Coordinate and carry out preventive and corrective maintenance within established KPIs.
• Diagnosing technical faults and providing quick and safe solutions.

1. Support for new construction & commissioning

• Actively contribute to the technical completion of the new construction phase, including commissioning, qualification and validation of installations.
• Reviewing technical documentation, design drawings, as-built files and O&M manuals.
• Thinking along and advising on technical improvements during and after delivery.

1. Compliance, quality & safety

• Ensure that all facility systems comply with Eurofins guidelines, quality standards (GMP/GLP), legislation and regulations and safety standards.
• Support with audits, inspections and quality reviews.
• Initiating risk assessments (e.g. FMEA) and co-drafting SOPs for facility processes.

1. Contract & supplier management

• Managing, evaluating and coordinating external suppliers and maintenance parties.
• Monitoring contractual agreements, SLAs and performance of technical service providers.
• Preparing and assessing quotations and technical specifications.

1. Project management & optimization

• Initiating and supervising technical improvement projects aimed at efficiency, sustainability and reliability.
• Contributing to installation expansion and scalability issues for future growth.
• Perform data analysis to prevent failures and optimize assets.

1. Operational support

• First point of contact for technical questions from laboratories and other departments.
• Participate in picket/breakdown services if applicable.
• Manage technical documentation and asset registrations.

Requirements

• Bachelor or MBO+ in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, technical management, installation technology or similar.
• Experience within laboratory environments, pharmaceutical production, biotechnology or high-quality facility environments is a strong advantage.
• Experience with new construction projects, commissioning or technical delivery is desirable.
• Knowledge of GMP/GLP, ISO standards and relevant legislation and regulations.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills, both towards internal stakeholders and external parties.
• Proactive attitude, quality conscious and accurate.
• Can work independently, but also functions well in multidisciplinary teams.

Benefits

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden: plenty of possibilities

This position is on location of Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden at the Bio Science Park in Leiden. We have a close-knit team where collegiality and collaboration come first. We offer a responsible and challenging position within the team with room for your own ideas and input. Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden further offers:

• A good salary;
• Flexible working hours;
• 25 vacation days with the option to purchase 7 additional vacation days (based on a full-time contract);
• Travel allowance of 23 cents net per kilometer. Do you travel by public transport?
• Then your travel costs will be fully reimbursed via NS Business Card;
• Participation in a pension scheme with 50% contribution by Eurofins;
• Every month you build up a choice budget balance of 8.95% of your gross salary. This includes holiday pay and an end-of-year bonus. You can have this amount paid out, but you can also buy extra days off for it, for example. You choose what suits you;
• Discount on additional health insurance;
• Tax benefit via FiscFree when purchasing various products and services through your gross salary, such as a bicycle, sports membership, fitness, mobile telephony, computers & tablets or a weekend away;
• Professional training and opportunities for training and development;
• Training options via the online learning platform Good Habitz.

When you work at Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden, you experience the benefits of Eurofins as a parent company. Our ambitious growth plans offer opportunities for the organization, but also for our employees:

• Plenty of growth opportunities;
• A large client portfolio ensures a lot of diversity in your work.

More about Eurofins Scientific

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company that provides a unique range of analytical testing services to customers across industries, with the aim of making life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food we eat, to the water we drink, to the medicines we rely on, Eurofins works with the world's largest companies to ensure the products they supply are safe, the ingredients are authentic and the labeling is correct. Eurofins considers itself a global leader in testing food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products and in CRO services for agriculture. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in dedicated testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced materials science and clinical trial support.

In just over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France, to more than 62,000 employees spread across a network of more than 1,000 independent companies in more than 62 countries and with more than 900 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of more than 200,000 analytical methods for assessing the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products. In addition, Eurofins provides innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, making it one of the leading, globally growing players in specialized clinical diagnostics.

By 2025, Eurofins will have a total turnover of €7.296 billion and has been one of the best performing shares in Europe for 20 years.

About the Company

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden B.V., part of the globally operating Eurofins Scientific network, is a leading GMP-certified contract laboratory that serves the (bio)pharmaceutical industry. Located in the Leiden Bio Science Park, we offer an extensive range of microbiological, viral, chemical and physical quality control tests for pharmaceutical raw materials, semi-finished products and finished products. In addition to our standard test packages, we develop and validate product-specific methods in close collaboration with our customers, and we also offer small-scale production services.

Our professional team consists of a mix of young and experienced people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Together we strengthen global healthcare and contribute to improving the quality and safety of pharmaceutical products worldwide.