Summary
About the Role
#LI-Hybrid
Location: Puurs, Belgium
Internal Job title: Project Manager
Relocation Support: This role is based in Puurs, Belgium. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coach a team of internal and external project engineers within your scope
- Ensure availability of skilled, high-performing talent and actively develop the team’s capabilities
- Onboard and train project engineers to ensure successful project execution
- Promote and implement best practices in project management and project control
- Develop and maintain long-term masterplans for your domain
- Create high-level business cases to support strategic investment decisions
- Oversee financial, planning, and risk control for capital investment projects
- Evaluate feasibility of proposed technological or equipment improvements
- Prepare monthly engineering reports highlighting key performance indicators (Capex, HSE, and quality)
Essential Requirements:
- Proven experience in managing capital investment projects in a technical or manufacturing environment
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide and develop engineering teams
- Solid understanding of project control principles including budgeting, planning, and risk management
- Ability to evaluate technical feasibility of equipment and process improvements
- Familiarity with automated packaging and material handling technologies
- Fluent in Dutch and English
Desirable Requirements:
- Experience in pharmaceutical or GMP-regulated environments
- Skilled in developing strategic business cases and long-term masterplans
- Advanced knowledge of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GxP) / Quality Assurance (QA) standards
What You Can Expect from Us
You’ll join an open and stimulating company culture where collaboration, growth, and well being are at the heart of everything we do. We offer you the opportunity to develop yourself and expand your knowledge across various domains.
At our Puurs site, we place great importance on both the physical and mental well-being of our employees. That’s why we provide a supportive work environment that includes: a bike leasing program, an on-site fitness facility freely accessible to employees, and the presence of a mental coach on site.
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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