Senior Process Engineer - Chromatography

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Process Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Process Engineer – Chromatography position in Leiden, NL!

What you will be doing: As a Sr Process Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of our operations, maintaining and improving production processes while leading supportive processes to ensure continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with management and operations to drive decisions regarding process engineering and methods, striving to produce comprehensive processes, operational efficiencies, and alignment with production goals. Your effective communication skills will be key as you interact with both internal and external customers.

You will be responsible for:

• You will take ownership of Operations unit objectives, including the introduction of new production processes and systems, while ensuring the smooth, validated, and compliant operation of existing chromatography-based processes.
• You’ll supervise and continuously assess process performance, ensuring it operates within regulatory limits and delivers expected output and yield. You’ll work multi-functionally to develop improvement strategies that reduce downtime and operational losses.
• You’ll lead data collection, analysis, and reporting efforts to support continuous improvement, ensure accurate documentation, and maintain inspection readiness. You’ll also engage in Continuous Process Verification (CPV) activities by providing insights and performing investigations.
• You’ll serve as the domain expert for chromatography operations, driving process improvements, conducting Product Impact Assessments and Change Controls, supporting audits, and leading Gemba walks to identify and implement sustainable improvements in safety, quality, and performance.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• A relevant University degree or combined with extensive experience within Bio process engineering required alongside full professional proficiency in English (Dutch is a plus)
• Proven experience and in-depth knowledge of chromatography is required.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office, routine proficiency in data analysis, and specialist proficiency in business applications.
• A positive demeanour, proactivity, decisiveness, and organizational skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong analytical thinking, with the ability to handle complexity, ask questions, use data, identify gaps and root causes of issues, and think creatively to develop solutions.
• Stress-resilience, maintaining calm under all circumstances, flexibility, and the ability to handle changing priorities.

This is your opportunity to bring your expertise to a dynamic environment where innovation in biologics makes a real impact on global health - join us and help shape what’s next.#RPOAMS