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Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Project Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Sassenheim, Netherlands

Job Description:

The Staff Project Engineer plays a critical role in managing, leading, and executing complex engineering projects or part of the scope, ensuring alignment with corporate goals, customer requirements, and regulatory standards such as GXP. The engineer combines technical expertise with project management skills to deliver innovative solutions, oversees project lifecycles from feasibility to closure, and support continuous improvement within multidisciplinary teams.

 

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

 

This position can perform two different roles in projects:

 

Lead Engineer:

• Acts as Core Team Member in high complexity projects, representing all engineering disciplines and coordinating the complete engineering scope with other involved engineers.
• Provides technical support for project planning, development, implementation, and modification.
• Develops and reviews technical specifications, reports, proposals, and presentations.
• Exercises independent judgment on significant details of work and makes selections and adaptations of engineering alternatives.
• Performs work which involves complex conventional types of plans, investigations, surveys, structures, or equipment with highly complex features for which there may be no precedents.
• Translates scope into request for quotation packages.
• Performs applicable GXP requirements (e.g. Change Control).
• Checks and approves drawings and calculations for design or construction and verifies that design is in-line with the Dutch, European and Janssen Biologics standards.
• Manages progress and quality with external engineering firms, on site contractors and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinates modifications with stakeholders and participates in Management of Change to ensure proper implementation.

Minimum Qualification

 

• University / Bachelor or equivalent degree in Engineering or Life Sciences.
• 7-9 years of experience in a multidisciplinary environment
• Experience managing complex projects with cross-disciplinary teams.
• Proficiency in MS Office, SAP, and other relevant engineering tools.
• Strong analytical skills to identify gaps, troubleshooting issues, and develop solutions.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

 

Other requirements

• VCA-VOL Qualification (Diploma)
• Workable knowledge on Eudralex Annex 1 application

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Coaching, Collaboration, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Critical Thinking, Customer Centricity, Feasibility Studies, Lean Supply Chain Management, Organizational Project Management, Problem Solving, Project Engineering, Quality Assurance (QA), Regulatory Compliance, Relationship Building, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Scientific Research, Supply Planning, Technologically Savvy

  

 

The anticipated pay range for this position, in the primary posting location, is:

€64 000,00 - €103 040,00

 

 

The anticipated pay ranges for additional locations are:

 

Netherlands – The anticipated base pay range for this position is 82900 - 125400

 

 

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

 

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.