Operations Engineer, 100% (permanent) 1

The CABB Group is one of the leading companies in the manufacture and development (CDMO) of customised active ingredients in the field of Crop Science. CABB also produces highly specialised ingredients for customers in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. The company operates five production sites in Pratteln (Switzerland), Gersthofen and Knapsack (Germany), Kokkola (Finland) and Jining (China). In the 2025 financial year, the group generated sales of 494 million euros with around 1,000 employees.

For our Mono Plants (SCL) department in Pratteln/CH we are looking for a

Operations Engineer 100% (permanent)

Your tasks

• Responsibility for ensuring a safe, functional and production-compliant condition of the technical equipment
• Supporting the maintenance manager in implementing a sustainable maintenance programme and developing strategies and plans
• Leading maintenance projects and CAPEX projects for functional replacement and plant shutdowns, coordinating and controlling the implementation of maintenance measures
• Assessing and developing proposals for the introduction of new technologies and
  creating vulnerability and criticality analyses, initiating and carrying out optimisations
• Responsibility for the maintenance and operational CAPEX budget in consultation with the maintenance manager / department head
• Maintaining supportive collaboration with operations assistants on specific process engineering issues
• Contributing to the creation and revision of risk analyses

Your profile

• Completed studies in chemistry, process, mechanical or production engineering (FH/TU/Uni)
• Good knowledge of legal and operational requirements in occupational safety, plant safety, environmental protection and quality
• Application of methods such as HAZOP and MoC
• Experience in planning and implementing technical changes as well as collaboration with maintenance and engineering
• Entrepreneurial and analytical thinking as well as the ability to critically and constructively question processes
• Structured and careful working method
• High initiative, decisiveness and pronounced hands-on mentality
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments
• Good German and English skills, spoken and written

Your opportunities / Your application

We offer you a varied and interesting role with attractive employment conditions in the chemical industry. If you enjoy working independently and proactively in a dynamic environment and want to contribute your knowledge to a successful company, we look forward to getting to know you.