Job Description

General information

Publication date

08/05/2026

Job title

Project Engineer Utilities Validation - Life Science - M/F/X

Contract

Permanent contract

Job description

About the role

The Utilities team is responsible for executing projects from design to final delivery (basic and detailed design, procurement, construction, start-up, and validation). The utilities supplied to the production process mainly consist of clean utilities (direct impact compressed air, clean steam, water for injection, nitrogen) and black utilities (steam, city water, cooling water, nitrogen, vacuum, etc.).

As a Project Engineer Utilities Validation, you acts as a point of contact for validation within the Utilities team. You will prepare and review all validation documents and provide support to several Project Engineers across multiple projects. In addition, you actively works on validation optimization and ensures that evolving regulations are implemented.

Systems such as MIR, CAPA, and CRF are familiar to you, as you will regularly work with them and ensure that no overdue actions remain assigned to the Utilities team.

Key responsibilities

Act as the main point of contact for validation within the Utilities team.
Support project engineers with all validation-related documentation.
Define a clear validation strategy from the start of each project.
Prepare a detailed validation planning aligned with the overall project or operational planning.
Contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
Build expertise to act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME).
Ensure accurate and compliant documentation.
Take ownership of small-scale projects and follow them up independently.

Business Industry

Life sciences

Profile

About you

Excellent command of Dutch and English.
Strong communication and administrative skills.
Well-organized and accurate working style.
Knowledge of GMP principles.
Technical knowledge of utilities systems is a plus.

Position location

Job location

Europe, Belgium, Flanders, Antwerp

Location

Noordkustlaan 16B 1702 Dilbeek

Candidate criteria

Level of experience

1 to 3 years

About Akkodis

Akkodis is a global digital engineering company and Smart Industry leader. We enable clients to advance in their digital transformation with Talent, Academy, Consulting, and Solutions services. Our 50,000 experts combine best-in-class technologies, R&D, and deep sector know-how for purposeful innovation. We are passionate about Engineering a Smarter Future Together.

With a shared passion for technology and talent, 50,000 engineers and digital experts deliver deep cross-sector expertise in 30 countries across North America, EMEA and APAC. Akkodis offers broad industry experience, and strong know-how in key technology sectors such as mobility, software & technology services, robotics, testing, simulations, data security, AI & data analytics. The combined IT and engineering expertise brings a unique end-to-end solution offering, with four service lines – Consulting, Solutions, Talents and Academy – to support clients in rethinking their product development and business processes, improve productivity, minimize time to market and shape a smarter and more sustainable tomorrow.

Akkodis is part of the Adecco Group. The Adecco Group is a leader in delivering expertise in talent and technology, enabling organizations to succeed and people to thrive.

www.akkodis.com

Industry

IT & Software

Company Size

10,000+ employees

Headquarters

Unknown

Year Founded