Clean & Black Utilities Engineer

Clean & Black Utilities Engineer 📍 Brussels Area, BelgiumAbout NalysNalys is a fast-growing consulting company specialized in high-tech engineering and life sciences. For over 15 years, we’ve partnered with leading organizations to deliver innovative solutions and expert support across a wide range of technical domains. At Nalys, we combine deep expertise with a human-centric approach — empowering our consultants to thrive and our clients to succeed.Joining Nalys means becoming part of a collaborative, agile, and forward-thinking team that values excellence, innovation, and continuous growth.The Role & ResponsibilitiesAs a Clean & Black Utilities Engineer, you will play a key role in the design and implementation of utility systems for a new sterile production facility. You will act as a subject-matter expert on the owner’s side, ensuring that clean and black utility systems meet capacity, quality, and compliance requirements throughout the design phase.Your responsibilities will include:Establishing capacity, redundancy, and distribution concepts for clean utilities (WFI, PW, Clean Steam, Process Air, Nitrogen) and black utilities (boilers, chillers, compressors)Performing demand modeling and applying diversity factors across users (formulation, washers, autoclaves, filling, HVAC)Defining generation and storage philosophies, including loop temperatures, velocities, and sanitization strategies (thermal/chemical)Sizing equipment and contributing to energy and emissions strategies, including heat rejection and noise controlSpecifying instrumentation and monitoring systems (BMS/EMS), quality specifications, and sampling/trending pointsApplying SIP/CIP knowledge for piping and dead-leg managementDelivering core design documents: utility load lists, PFDs/P&IDs, URS packages, loop layouts, and risk assessmentsCollaborating closely with QA, Validation, HSE, and Operations to ensure GMP Annex 1 readiness and containment strategies.Skills & QualificationsYou hold a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Process EngineeringYou have proven experience in designing clean and industrial utilities within sterile pharmaceutical environmentsYou are familiar with hygienic closed-loop design and GMP complianceYou have strong knowledge of utility generation, distribution, and monitoring systemsYou are detail-oriented and capable of producing accurate load profiles and robust redundancy strategiesYou are fluent in both English and French (written and spoken)You thrive in cross-functional environments and are comfortable working with engineering partners and internal stakeholders.The Recruitment ProcessBy applying for this position, you’ll go through the following steps:Initial Screening with Olivia Braszko, Talent Acquisition SpecialistTechnical Interview with Alexandre Ivankovich, Technical DirectorFinal Interview with Jimmy Rousseaux, Business Unit Director.If you're passionate about engineering excellence and want to contribute to the future of pharmaceutical manufacturing, we’d love to hear from you!