Senior Engineering & Maintenance Expert - Consulting Mission

Recrutis; Wallis; Vor Ort; CHF 170.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Recrutis is supporting a leading biopharmaceutical manufacturing site in Switzerland, seeking a Senior Engineering & Maintenance Expert based in Visp. You will lead engineering and maintenance on capital investment projects from feasibility to commissioning, shaping the plant you will later run.

This 100% on-site, five-days-per-week consulting role requires a BSc in Mechanical, Electrical or Automation engineering and professional fluency in English and German.

Qualifikationen

• BSc in Mechanical, Electrical or Automation engineering.
• Proven track record as plant engineering/maintenance lead in GMP biopharma.
• Hands-on experience with design, construction, commissioning and qualification of capital projects.
• Knowledge of maintenance strategy in preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Experience with clean and black utilities for biopharma facilities.
• English and German at professional working level.
• Willingness to work 100% on site in Visp, 5 days per week.

Aufgaben

• Lead Engineering & Maintenance on capital investment projects for new biopharma facilities.
• Interface between the investment-engineering organisation and operations, delivering input for utilities.
• Provide input for engineering and qualification tools for construction, commissioning and qualification.
• Implement maintenance strategy, standards and concepts in the new facilities with cost-efficient preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Collaborate with Operations Heads on defining and setting up operations organisation and headcount ramp-up.
• Drive facility design with innovation and operational improvements from experience.
• Support GMP and safety risk assessments with technical input.

Kenntnisse

Plant engineering leadership

Maintenance leadership

Capital investment projects

Interface with Global Engineering

GMP biopharma experience

Team leadership

Ausbildung

BSc in Mechanical Engineering

BSc in Electrical Engineering

BSc in Automation

Jobbeschreibung

Recrutis is supporting one of its clients, a leading biopharmaceutical manufacturing site in Switzerland, in the search for a Senior Engineering & Maintenance Expert, based in Visp.

Why this role

• Engineering & Maintenance lead on capital investment projects for the construction and commissioning of new biopharma facilities.
• The role is positioned as future Head of Plant Engineering for those facilities: you shape the plant you will later run.
• Influence is exercised at the earliest phases — feasibility studies, conceptual and basic design — where equipment standardisation, pipe classes, qualification approach and maintenance strategy are still open decisions.
• Interface position between the investment-engineering organisation (Global Engineering, contractors) and operations, with authority over what operations require from the design.
• Membership of the Plant Engineering Leadership Team for the new facilities.

Key information

• Location: Visp, Valais, Switzerland — 100% on site, 5 days per week.
• Contract: consulting mission.
• Education: BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Automation.
• Languages: English and German, both required at professional working level (knockout).
• Environment: GMP biopharma manufacturing, greenfield and capital investment projects.

Scope

• Act as Engineering & Maintenance expert lead in capital investment projects for the construction and commissioning of new biopharma facilities, supporting feasibility studies and conceptual and basic design phases.
• Act as the interface between the investment-engineering organisation (Global Engineering, contractors) and operations, with main responsibility for delivering all input required for utilities.
• Deliver all input required for the use of engineering and qualification tools for construction, commissioning and qualification of the new facilities.
• Implement the maintenance strategy, standards and concepts in the new facilities in alignment with the wider site, with a focus on cost-efficient preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Collaborate with the Operations Heads on defining and setting up the operations organisation and the associated headcount ramp-up plans.
• Drive the ambition level of the facility design by bringing innovation and operational improvements into the design, and by sharing operational and process experience with the design team.
• Support the preparation of GMP and safety risk assessments and contribute technical expertise to those analyses.
• Support the future production and project teams on all questions of plant engineering, maintenance and utilities.

Profile — Required criteria (knockout)

• BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Automation.
• Proven track record as plant engineering and/or maintenance lead in a GMP biopharma or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience of capital investment projects through design, construction, commissioning and qualification.
• Practical command of maintenance strategy and concepts, including preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Working knowledge of clean and black utilities for biopharma facilities.
• English and German at professional working level, both used daily.
• Availability to work 100% on site in Visp, 5 days per week.

Strong assets — Differentiators

• Experience of greenfield or major brownfield biopharma facility start-up, from design to operational readiness.
• Experience of equipment standardisation and pipe class definition programmes.
• Leadership of cross-functional teams within a plant engineering leadership structure.
• Experience of GMP and safety risk assessments in a manufacturing environment.

Keywords: Plant Engineering, Maintenance Strategy, Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, Utilities, Commissioning, Qualification, CAPEX, Biopharma, GMP, Mechanical Engineering, Automation, Lean Six Sigma, Visp, Valais, Switzerland