Project Engineer

Job Description Summary

#LI-Hybrid
Location: Baarle Nassau, Netherlands
Relocation Support: This role is based in Baarle Nassau, Netherlands. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Are you motivated by solving complex engineering challenges that directly impact patient safety and manufacturing excellence? As a Project Engineer at Novartis, you’ll play a key role in delivering critical site and global engineering projects, shaping reliable and safe equipment performance in a GMP environment. Working closely with cross functional and global teams, you’ll turn technical insights into practical solutions, drive continuous improvement across assets and help ensure our operations run flawlessly - every day, for every patient.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead site engineering projects with cross-functional teams, ensuring safe, timely, and GMP‑compliant delivery

• Drive complex root cause investigations

• Lead mean time between failures (MTBF)–driven projects

• Manage engineering change assessments and lead formal change control processes

• Plan, coordinate, and monitor engineering projects from initiation until finish

• Partner on capital investments, equipment validation, and process engineering

• Develop partnership with Global Novartis Engineering teams ensuring consistence and standardization of Engineering process

• Second line escalation in case of equipment failures

• Reducing safety risks through simplification and error proofing machines

• Driving continuous improvement from an asset perspective

Essential Requirements

• Degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or mechatronics, with a proven background in engineering environments

• At least three years of professional experience in pharmaceutical GMP manufacturing or comparable highly regulated industries

• Demonstrated experience leading engineering projects from planning through execution

• Ability to handle multiple projects at once with high degree of accuracy, initiative, and independence

• Strong structured problem‑solving skills, with a hands‑on and safety‑driven approach

• Fluent English communication skills, both written and spoken

Desirable Requirements

• Dutch language knowledge

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

Business Continuity, Decision Making, Engineering Operations Management, Engineering Process, Engineering Process Management, Engineering Technical Expertise, gmp knowledge, HSE Knowledge, Learning Agility, Manufacturing Process (Production), Mechatronics, Operational Excellence, Problem Solving, Project Management, Project Stakeholder Management, Resilience, Resilience and Risk Management, Resource Planning and Forecasting, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management