Opérateur de maintenance

Business Introduction

We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply. We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

Position Summary

You will join the maintenance team on site in Belgium to keep production equipment reliable and available. You will perform preventive, corrective and diagnostic maintenance, and support technical improvements. You will work closely with production, quality and engineering colleagues to reduce downtime and improve equipment performance. We value curiosity, rigour and a hands‑on learning mindset. This role offers clear technical development, real responsibility, and a chance to contribute to our mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Carry out preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance on production and technical equipment.
• Diagnose faults, analyse root causes and deliver lasting corrective actions.
• Support and implement small technical improvement and optimisation projects.
• Record maintenance activities accurately and in line with procedures and quality requirements.
• Follow and promote safety rules, good manufacturing practices and site quality standards.
• Collaborate with production, quality and engineering teams to minimise equipment downtime.

Why You?

This role is on‑site at our Belgium facility. It starts on daytime hours and will evolve to rotating shifts (6:00–14:00 and 14:00–22:00). We welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you need adjustments during recruitment or at work, tell us so we can organise the support you need.

Basic Qualification

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• CESS in electromechanics or electronics, or A2 diploma with equivalent experience.
• Practical maintenance experience in an industrial environment.
• Ability to diagnose and work on electrical, mechanical and pneumatic systems.
• Good command of French and technical understanding of English.
• Basic computer skills for documentation and work systems (for example SAP, Outlook, Excel).
• Availability to work the stated shifts and a strong team orientation.

Preferred Qualification

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Experience in a regulated industry such as pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Knowledge of good manufacturing practices and quality requirements.
• Experience with equipment alarm and monitoring systems.
• Ability to read and update technical diagrams (electrical schematics, P&ID).
• Experience working at height and using light lifting equipment.
• Proactive attitude, strong documentation discipline and eagerness to learn new technologies.

Skills

Asset Life Cycle Management, Data Integrity, Digital Fluency, GxP Regulations, Lean Management, Manufacturing Technologies, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Problem Solving, Risk Awareness, Standards Compliance

Competitive monthly gross salary starting at EUR 3,840

The monthly gross minimum base salary for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. This takes into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role