Karel Ver Elst

Head of Technical Services at ISS Facility Services

Antwerp Metropolitan Area

About

experienced Operations Director with great passion for customers and people within different types of industry. maintenance management, Asset management facility management, Calibration management, GMP knowledge

Experience

  • ISS Facility Services België en Luxemburg (12 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Technical Services
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Segment Director
      Apr 2021 - Mar 2026 · 5 yrs

    • Key Account Manager
      Jan 2016 - Apr 2021 · 5 yrs 4 mos

  • Business Unit Director at Bluebridge Services
    Jan 2025 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Customer Business Manager at Johnson Controls
    Jul 2010 - May 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Facilities Management for a large pharmaceutical plant in Belgium: buildings and utilities, security, cleaning, laundry, catering, waste, WWTP etc

  • Manager General Maintenance and Calibration at MSD
    Nov 2009 - Jul 2010 · 9 mos

    Responsible for maintenance of process equipment and utilities, calibration of production and lab equipment, facilities and security.

  • Schering-Plough (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Manager General Maintenance and Calibration
      Apr 2007 - Nov 2009 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Responsible for maintenance of process equipment and utilities, calibration of production and lab equipment, facilities and security.

    • Team Leader Calibration
      Mar 2006 - Apr 2007 · 1 yr 2 mos

      manage a calibration organisation; control the calibration activities of a complete pharmaceutical plant. The challenges are to stay in compliance with GMP and to keep all equipment in calibrated state without disturbing the production.