Senior Chemistry Laboratory Technician / HES Chemical Engineer

About the job

CIMO Compagnie industrielle de Monthey SA is a Swiss company founded in 1997, composed of 450 employees across 80 specialised trades. Embedding its strategy in a commitment to sustainable development and innovation, CIMO is active notably in the following fields: energy production and distribution, waste treatment, technical maintenance, engineering, automation, hygiene and safety, environment, laboratory, occupational medicine.

We are looking for a Senior Chemistry Laboratory Technician / HES Chemical Engineer for our CIMO Laboratory service

Your mission:
In a demanding and diverse technical and analytical environment, you will contribute to high value-added activities, particularly concerning micropollutants, industrial compounds and complex matrices (air, water, soil, waste).
You will apply your expertise to analytical development, technological evolution and the instrumental fleet.

• Be the technical reference for industrial and micropollutant analyses, mainly in air, water and soil matrices.
• Develop, validate and optimise analytical methods, notably by GC, LC, GC-MS, LC-MS and associated techniques.
• Ensure the quality, reliability and relevance of methods and analytical results, respecting laboratory requirements and applicable standards (ISO 17025, ISO 9001, GLP).
• Contribute to the management of the analytical fleet (Asset Management) and investments (CAPEX), according to needs and activity evolution.
• Contribute to the organisation and coordination of analytical activities according to priorities, available resources and client needs within the service.
• Participate in the evolution of analytical capacities and laboratory processes to support the objectives and strategic directions of the service and CIMO’s mission.

• Contribute to the implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of micropollutant and industrial sample analyses (air, water, soil), using notably gas or liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC, LC, GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS).
• Help organise analyses according to priorities, workload and available resources, in collaboration with other team members.
• Provide technical support to laboratory technicians: methodological advice, problem solving and daily assistance.
• Ensure and participate in the maintenance of analytical equipment as well as technical monitoring of instruments.
• Propose, develop, validate and optimise analytical methods according to service needs and client expectations.
• Contribute to the management of the analytical fleet (Asset Management) and investment projects (CAPEX), from defining needs to commissioning and equipment monitoring.
• Contribute to technical documentation as well as the drafting of analysis and activity reports.
• Ensure a role as technical reference, ensuring quality, reliability and compliance of methods and results with laboratory requirements and ISO/IEC 17025 standard.
• Actively participate in managing non-conformities and internal or external quality audits.
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives of the laboratory, both technically and organisationally.

• Minimum: Federal Certificate of Competence (CFC) as a chemistry laboratory technician (or equivalent in Switzerland or abroad)
• Advantage: HES Chemical Engineer and/or higher education in analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry or analytical sciences.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in an analytical laboratory, ideally in environmental and industrial analytical chemistry.
• Confirmed mastery of GC, LC, GC-MS, LC-MS, GC-MS/MS and UPLC-MS/MS techniques.
• Experience in developing, validating and adapting analytical methods.
• Very good knowledge of micropollutants and their analysis in air, water and soil matrices.
• Experience in maintenance and technical monitoring of analytical equipment.
• Good knowledge of quality requirements and standards ISO 9001, ISO 17025 and GLP.
• Experience in writing procedures and participating in quality audits.
• Ability to analyse complex situations and propose appropriate technical solutions.
• Experience in providing technical support to colleagues and/or projects, without necessarily having held a hierarchical position.
• Proficiency in IT tools and laboratory technical software (Limpsophy); SAP is an advantage.
• Experience in investment projects for analytical equipment (CAPEX) and/or managing an instrumental fleet is an asset.
• Organisational skills, responsiveness and adaptability to changing priorities.
• Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively with the team.
• Service-oriented, cross-support to colleagues and good internal communication.
• Initiative and continuous improvement mindset, with an economical and pragmatic approach to methods.
• Ease in technical communication with clients for request follow-up and result transmission.

• A strong corporate culture based on collaboration, trust and respect.
• A cutting-edge technological environment within an SME rooted in the regional economic fabric.
• Real professional development opportunities, with continuing education as a strategic pillar.
• Attractive conditions, including advantageous social benefits and flexibility favouring work-life balance.