Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Systems Engineer

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb Netherlands
Bristol Myers Squibb has been active in the Dutch market for over 50 years, employing people across a range of activities and business units in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The Netherlands is also home to our first European Cell Therapy facility, located at the Leiden Bio Science Park, the largest life sciences cluster of The Netherlands. This new state of the art facility is focused on commercial manufacturing with capabilities for multi-product Cell Therapy manufacturing. You can become part of this exciting journey. Check out this video if you want to know more about it!

The Netherlands has everything it takes to become the medicines hub of Europe, the so‑called Boston by the North Sea. As we continue to expand our footprint by building this new site, we are looking to grow our team.

Would you like to become an important chain in our worldwide network to bring this new personalized treatment to patients suffering from blood cancer? Join us and be a game changer!

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Position Summary
The Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Systems Engineer provides input to the design and development for electronic Process Systems including DeltaV, OSI Pi, electronic batch records (MES), and process monitoring systems. The Engineer works with Digital Plant, IT, Manufacturing Operations, and process subject matter experts to deliver process Changes. The position requires excellent project management skills and coordination with stakeholders, as well as leadership, enthusiasm, intellectual curiosity, scientific rigor, and a desire to help drive novel programs.

The incumbent must be goal-oriented, flexible, and a subject matter expert in process systems. The Engineer reports within the Manufacturing Sciences and Technology (MSAT) department.

Duties/Responsibilities

Apply manufacturing process expertise and process system technical knowledge during change management.

Update User Requirements for process systems. Ensure consistent execution of system modifications and changes. Ensure adherence with governing documents related to change management.

Works collaboratively with Manufacturing, Digital Plant, IT, Validation, Quality, and MSAT to ensure change initiatives are driven to closure and migrated to the production area in a timely manner.

Owns the lifecycle of process system changes.

Works with site functional teams, including manufacturing, engineering, warehouse, and quality assurance to gather user requirements for change development.

Understanding of DeltaV and MES library objects. Use that understanding to direct changes to associated systems.

Develop documentation to support the qualification of the DeltaV and MES recipes, including test scripts and User Requirements.

Execute testing of the changes in the development environment to ensure functionality.

Support Chain of Identity program and ensure it is maintained within the process systems.

Deliver reports or metrics from reporting software.

Able to use creative problem solving.

Provide technical support for manufacturing operations, investigations and change controls as a process system subject matter expert.

Drive strong collaboration within the plant and across the network.

Build trust and effective relationships with peers and stakeholders.

Perform other tasks as assigned.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Strong project management skills are needed. Minimum of 4 year experience with project coordination and cross-functional team leadership preferred.

Minimum of 1 year of experience supporting Syncade MES, DeltaV, or other process automation software desirable.

Education/Experience/ Licenses/Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field from an accredited college or university required (science or engineering is preferred).

2 or more years of relevant work required, preferably in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or cell therapy manufacturing industry.

Knowledge of Syncade MES, DeltaV, or other process automation systems is highly desired.

Experience in cell therapy, biologics, or vaccine manufacturing support, tech transfer, and validation is required.

Why You Should Apply
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