Maintenance Excellence Expert 80-100%

Lonza Group; Stein; Vor Ort; CHF 110.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Lonza Group in Stein, AG, Switzerland is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to shape and continuously improve maintenance strategies across technical assets and production systems in a state-of-the-art sterile drug product facility.

This site-based role emphasizes reliability, data quality, and asset availability, with collaboration across planners, service providers, and cross-functional teams on a greenfield project.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience in maintenance engineering, maintenance planning, or reliability management.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of SAP PM.
• Excellent communication skills in German (fluent) and English (professional level).
• Technical education in Engineering or related field with understanding of equipment maintenance and reliability.
• Experience with COMOS, GMP, and pharmaceutical industry is advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Develop and continuously enhance maintenance strategies for technical assets and production systems to maximize reliability and availability.
• Establish and optimize maintenance plans for new and existing assets, including spare parts, master data, and documentation.
• Drive data analysis, KPI monitoring, and continuous improvement to improve plant operability and performance.
• Collaborate with planners, service providers, technicians, operators, engineers, and quality teams to schedule activities and allocate resources.
• Provide training, troubleshooting support, and maintain high-quality asset data to improve equipment availability.

Kenntnisse

Maintenance engineering

Maintenance planning

Reliability management

SAP PM

German & English proficiency

Ausbildung

Engineering degree

Tools

COMOS

GMP

Jobbeschreibung

The actual location of this job is in Stein, AG, Switzerland. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.

In this role, you will shape and continuously improve maintenance strategies across technical assets and production systems (e.g. HVAC, utilities, facilities, automation systems, and fill & finish equipment), driving reliability, data quality, and asset availability in a cutting-edge sterile drug product facility. As part of an exciting greenfield project, you will collaborate with planners, service providers, and cross‑functional teams to solve complex challenges, optimize performance through data‑driven insights and KPIs, and help build the future of manufacturing in a fast‑paced, highly diverse environment. Check out Your Career in Drug Product Services at Lonza !

This is a fully site‑based role. Working together in person supports close, real‑time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

What you will get:

An agile career and a dynamic work culture.

An inclusive and ethical workplace.

Compensation programs that recognize high performance.

In addition to a competitive salary, you can expect numerous lifestyle, family, and leisure benefits.

• Develop and continuously enhance maintenance strategies for technical assets and production systems to maximize equipment reliability, compliance, and operational availability.
• Establish and optimize maintenance plans for new and existing assets, including spare parts strategies, master data management, documentation, and alignment of maintenance activities with long‑term reliability objectives.
• Drive maintenance excellence through data analysis, KPI monitoring, work order management, and continuous improvement initiatives that improve plant operability, reliability, and performance.
• Partner closely with cross‑functional stakeholders (e.g. planners, service providers, technicians, operators, engineers, and quality teams) to ensure maintenance activities are scheduled effectively, resources are available, and strategy‑driven plans are executed on time.
• Act as a reliability‑focused maintenance expert by providing system training, troubleshooting support, and technical guidance while maintaining high‑quality asset data and identifying opportunities to improve equipment availability across the site.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience in maintenance engineering, maintenance planning, or reliability management, with the ability to develop effective maintenance strategies and translate asset requirements into sustainable maintenance plans.
• Strong hands‑on knowledge of SAP PM, including maintenance planning, work order management, asset data management, and the evaluation of technical and cost‑related information to support decision‑making.
• Excellent communication skills in German (fluent) and English (professional level), enabling effective collaboration with technicians, contractors, and international stakeholders.
• Technical education in Engineering or a related field preferred, combined with a solid understanding of equipment maintenance, reliability improvement, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Thrives in a dynamic and fast‑changing environment, bringing a proactive, solution‑oriented mindset, a high degree of ownership, and the flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities; experience with COMOS, GMP, and/or the pharmaceutical industry is considered a strong advantage.

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.

Reference: R79710

You will feel at home at Lonza if you:

• Take ownership, step forward, and enjoy meaningful responsibility
• Love solving problems and thrive in a complex, fast‑moving environment
• Are curious, always looking to learn and improve
• Work collaboratively, contributing to something bigger than yourself
• Are motivated to make a difference through work that impacts customers and their patients

Why Lonza:

We are a place of unique opportunity, where your ideas, expertise and ambition can make a real difference. Here, will have the freedom to grow, the support to succeed and the chance to contribute to work that matters.

We are the makers of the medicines of tomorrow.