Validation & Maintenance Technician

Byondis is an independent Dutch biopharmaceutical company, based in Nijmegen, that focuses on developing innovative medicines against cancer and autoimmune diseases. Our values integrity, authenticity, entrepreneurship, quality and trust are very highly regarded. We are driven by one goal: to develop new treatments to improve the standard of care for patients.

Your Role

As a Validation & Maintenance Technician within the Engineering & Maintenance (E&M) department, you will be responsible for coordinating, supervising and executing maintenance, calibration and (re)qualification activities within an R&D and GMP environment. In case of equipment failures, you will perform first-line troubleshooting and work closely with the equipment users and external service providers to resolve issues efficiently. You will also execute (re)qualification activities in a GMP setting, requiring you to work with and prepare GMP documentation. In addition, you will represent the E&M department in investment and improvement projects.

What do you need to succeed in this role?

You are able to structure your daily work effectively while remaining flexible and responsive to ad hoc situations. You have strong interpersonal skills, enabling you to communication clearly with internal stakeholders and external service providers. With a pragmatic mindset, you ensure maintenance activities are performed on time, efficiently, compliantly and to a high quality standard. You take initiative and proactively contribute to improving internal processes and documentation.

While experience in maintenance, qualification and/or GMP environments is an advantage, we also welcome candidates who strongly identify with the collaborative and communication aspects of this role.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Schedule and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance
• Perform first line troubleshooting on defective equipment
• Execute (re)qualification activities
• Ensure service contracts are in place and up to date
• Maintain GMP compliance during maintenance and qualification activities
• Prepare and maintain GMP documentation (e.g., qualification reports, maintenance records and deviations)
• Support E&M teams (Utilities and Equipment) with technical expertise and root cause analyses

Competencies:

• Strong communication skills in Dutch and English, both written and verbal
• Team player, with a proactive and supportive attitude
• Structured, proactive and capable of working independently
• Result-oriented and creative in problem-solving to meet deadlines
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify logical relationships and evaluate problems from different perspectives
• Accurate and detail-oriented, especially in GMP documentation
• Familiarity with guidelines such as EudraLex and ISPE is an advantage
• Experience with qualification, GMP environments, and/or ITIL principles is a plus

Education

• A MBO+ or HBO degree with a preference in a technical / science related field.

Benefits and well being

Besides a competitive salary, we offer you a dynamic working environment at our state-of-the-art campus in Nijmegen.  We also offer a good pension scheme, 30 days annual holidays, based on a fulltime position, and we organize several company events throughout the year.

Join Byondis and create the future you want, today

• Contract hours: 32 – 40 hours per week (preferably full-time)
• Location: Nijmegen
• Salary: depending on experience

Applicants must be national of a Member State of the European Union or hold a valid work permit for the European Union.

For further information, please contact Human Resources, at tel. +31 (0)24 679 5100 or via recruitment@byondis.com. If you are interested in joining Byondis in this challenging position, we welcome your application via the apply button. Please send in your application before June 21, 2026.

Acquisition by any commercial agencies will not be appreciated.