MES Quality Engineer SM-API

Location: Geel, Belgium

Duration:  August 2026

Hours: 40

Imagine your next project supporting a center of excellence for life-changing medicines, ensuring quality and compliance in the production of APIs that improve the health of people worldwide.

As a MES Quality Engineer SM-API, your primary responsibilities will include the review and approval of Master Batch Records and Recipes to ensure timely production of our product portfolio of commercial APIs, while guaranteeing compliance with applicable regulations. This will involve:

• Reviewing and approving Master Batch records for commercial APIs

• Reviewing and approving Recipes, ensuring accuracy and compliance

• Writing and/or reviewing and approving relevant QA procedures

• Providing support for smaller optimization projects and tasks within the QA Commercial Operations team

• Fostering and maintaining strong collaborative relationships with Business and Quality partners

To succeed in this role, you will have a strong understanding of production systems and their operation. You will also bring:

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in sciences (e.g., chemistry, biology, pharmacy, information technology, engineering,…)

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in Chemical and/or Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and/or Quality Assurance

• Proficiency with the PAS-X Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is required

• Familiarity with the Delta-V system and knowledge of API manufacturing are a plus

• A proven track record of working independently while maintaining effective communication with key stakeholders

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a solutions-oriented mindset

• A quality-focused mindset with a keen attention to detail

This role offers a very competitive hourly rate. The contract duration is until August 2026.

Johnson & Johnson is working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are valued and each and every one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are.

About Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Patients inform and inspire our science-based innovations, which continue to change and save lives. Applying rigorous science and compassion, we confidently address some of the most complex diseases of our time and unlock the potential medicines of tomorrow.

Our diverse portfolio spans multiple therapeutic areas — Oncology, Immunology, Neuroscience, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Retina. We are continuously working to develop treatments, aspiring to find cures, pioneering the path from lab to life, and championing patients every step of the way.