Process Engineer - Pharma

Are you an experienced Process Engineer with a strong background in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry? Do you enjoy translating complex process, quality and regulatory requirements into efficient, safe and compliant technical solutions? For our Process team, we are looking for a Process Engineer – Pharma to strengthen our team in Belgium (Tienen and Beringen). As a Process Engineer at Polytek, you are responsible for designing, optimising and safeguarding industrial processes for pharmaceutical and biotech clients. You ensure that process solutions are efficient, safe, compliant and cost-effective. You act as the process point of contact on complex and multidisciplinary projects, translating client, regulatory and quality requirements into robust process designs. At the same time, you use your experience to guide junior engineers and help the team deliver to high technical and quality standards. The role combines hands-on process engineering with multidisciplinary coordination, technical leadership and client interaction. What you will do: - Analyse stakeholder and client requirements and translate them into technical process solutions. - Participate in internal and external project kick-off meetings and ensure all necessary technical information is available to the project team. - Design and optimise industrial pharmaceutical processes with a strong focus on efficiency, safety, quality and regulatory compliance. - Translate project requirements and applicable pharmaceutical regulations and standards into practical process designs. - Safeguard cGMP principles throughout the process design. - Take into account requirements related to cleanroom classification, containment, cleaning and pharmaceutical utilities, including WFI, purified water and clean steam. - Support the qualification and validation strategy (IQ/OQ/PQ) in collaboration with QA. - Prepare and review process calculations in line with the relevant project phase and applicable international and pharmaceutical industry standards. - Communicate with suppliers and equipment vendors and review relevant technical and qualification documentation. - Create, review and finalise technical deliverables according to the project's delivery requirements. - Coordinate with other technical disciplines and ensure that process solutions are properly integrated into the overall project. - Provide technical input to BIM Modelers and review and follow up on their work. - Coach and mentor Process Engineers, reviewing their technical output and supporting their development. - Act as a technical point of contact for key pharmaceutical clients. - Identify opportunities with existing and new clients and provide technical input for proposals and tenders.