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. 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.
Tasks
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Benefits
- 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.
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