Senior Specialist Manufacturing Automation

Senior Specialist Manufacturing Automation – Job Description

Location: Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Organon’s manufacturing site produces and packages impactful medicines for a healthier life, employing more than 900 people and shipping over 160million packages annually.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation projects from conception to delivery, managing planning, execution and monitoring to meet objectives.
• Ensure accurate validation of process management activities, guaranteeing compliance with current pharmaceutical standards and regulations.
• Implement and optimize process and manufacturing automation technologies that enhance automation within production environments.
• Configure and program automated systems to improve process control and efficiency.
• Manage the full validation and implementation cycle of automation projects according to industry standards.
• Oversee the management and integrity of software backups of automated systems.
• Provide technical support to production areas and the maintenance department, enhancing operational performance and resolving technical issues.
• Collaborate with the external support team to optimise process automation, transfer knowledge of new or changed systems/platforms, deliver level‑3 support and provide outside‑office‑hours flexibility.

Required Education, Experience and Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering.
• 8years (minimum 6) of relevant experience in a pharmaceutical, food or chemical environment.
• Excellent problem‑solving and creative thinking capabilities.
• Strong project leadership and functional team‑management skills.
• Effective communicator, able to inform and engage peers and stakeholders.
• Quick learner, adaptable and self‑aware, capable of decision‑making in dynamic environments.
• Fluent in Dutch and English, written and oral.

Technical Skills Required

• Siemens TIA Portal, Step7 and PCS7.
• Office365.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills

• Engineering‑related degree or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical standards and regulations (strongly preferred).
• Experience with AVEVA WonderWare.
• Experience with AVEVA PI Data Historian.

What do we offer you?

• A challenging role with a high level of autonomy in a pleasant working environment.
• Career development opportunities within an international organization.
• Competitive salary supplemented by attractive fringe benefits such as hospitalization insurance, a pension plan, meal vouchers, 41 vacation days and a competitive bonus system.

Equal Opportunity Statement

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from candidates with a diverse background. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our applicants.