Senior Aseptic Cleanroom Training & Excellence Specialist

Senior Aseptic Cleanroom Training & Excellence Specialist

Netherlands, Geleen

Senior Aseptic Cleanroom Training & Excellence Specialist

Location
:
Geleen, Netherlands

The actual location of this job is in Geleen, The Netherlands
. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.

Join our team in Geleen and play a key role in maintaining the highest standards of aseptic behavior and contamination control within a sterile manufacturing environment. As a Senior Aseptic Cleanroom Training & Excellence Specialist
, you will provide hands-on training, coaching and mentoring to employees across manufacturing and support functions, helping to strengthen aseptic practices and contribute to the quality and safety of medicines manufactured at Lonza.

This is a fully site-based role. Working together in person supports close, real-time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

What you will get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture.
• An inclusive and ethical workplace.
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
• Opportunities to develop specialist expertise in aseptic manufacturing, contamination control and GMP training.
• A variety of benefits dependent on role and location.

The full-time annual base pay for this position in The Netherlands is expected to range between EUR 60.750,- and EUR 85.050,-. Initial salary placement within this range will be determined based on role-related factors such as experience, qualifications, and expected contribution.

What you will do:

• Administer and continuously improve the aseptic behavior certification program for employees working in the sterile manufacturing environment, including manufacturing, cleaning and facilities teams.
• Conduct regular Gemba walks and hands-on observations in classified manufacturing areas to reinforce correct gowning, aseptic techniques and behaviors.
• Act as a hands-on trainer and coach for aseptic behavior, providing practical guidance on contamination control and maintaining low bioburden during line clearance, cleaning, manufacturing runs and routine or non-routine interventions.
• Monitor Aseptic Process Simulation (APS) media fills, commercial manufacturing activities and smoke studies, identifying opportunities to improve training methodologies, aseptic practices and training materials.
• Develop and deliver GMP training modules focused on aseptic behavior, contamination control and maintaining a compliant classified manufacturing environment.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Quality teams to develop targeted action plans for employees requiring additional support with aseptic technique, including where garment monitoring identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Support investigations into microbial contamination and related corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs), with a focus on human factors, employee behaviors and opportunities to strengthen the aseptic manufacturing environment.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience delivering training, coaching or qualification programs within a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical, biotechnology or other life sciences environment.
• Significant experience working in a sterile or aseptic manufacturing environment, with a strong understanding of contamination control and aseptic techniques.
• Strong working knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), aseptic processing principles and contamination control expectations for classified manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work hands-on in manufacturing areas and confidently engage, coach and mentor employees across different functions and levels.
• Strong observation, communication and interpersonal skills, with the…