Commissioning and Qualification Engineering Lead

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Geel, Antwerp, Belgium

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Commissioning and Qualification Engineering Lead in Geel, Belgium, to oversee compliance and qualification initiatives for process equipment and automation systems in their Chemical Development Pilot Plants and Commercial API Plants. This role involves leading a compliance team, managing external service providers for validation, transitioning to a Risk-Based Approach for qualification, setting qualification strategies for capital projects, acting as a spokesperson during regulatory inspections, and staying updated on qualification standards. The position requires a Master's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field, people leadership experience, and a deep understanding of FDA/EMA requirements and industry standards like ISPE C&Q, GAMP5, and ASTM E2500.

What you'd actually do

  1. Being the primary accountable person for all C&Q related life cycle activities for our process equipment (new and existing process installations) and automation systems
  2. Leadership of the GET compliance team
  3. Set up the strategic direction and manage our external service providers for equipment and Computer System Validation (CSV)
  4. Being overall accountable for the transition of our qualification approach from V-model to Risk Based Approach; based on the JNJ global procedures; both for legacy systems and new process installations; including the development and reporting on metrics for the transition plan.
  5. Set the qualification strategy in Capital projects (yearly portfolio 100 million euro CAPEX investments)

Skills

Required

  • Master's degree or equivalent experience
  • People leader
  • Deep understanding of both FDA and EMA requirements towards equipment qualification
  • Industry standards like ISPE C&Q guidelines, GAMP5 and ASTM E2500 standard
  • Proficient in Dutch (or willing to learn Dutch) and English

Nice to have

  • Chemical Science; Technology or Engineering Field
  • safety and quality is of a paramount importance
  • communication and social skills
  • Agile Decision Making
  • Budget Management
  • Collaborating
  • Consulting
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Customer Centricity
  • Developing Others
  • Lean Supply Chain Management
  • Organizational Project Management
  • Project Engineering
  • Quality Assurance (QA)
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • and Math (STEM) Application
  • Scientific Research
  • Strategic Supply Chain Management
  • Tactical Planning
  • Technical Credibility

What the JD emphasized

  • primary accountable person
  • Leadership
  • strategic direction
  • overall accountable
  • qualification strategy
  • spokesperson
  • FDA and EMA requirements
  • ISPE C&Q guidelines
  • GAMP5
  • ASTM E2500 standard