Plant Engineer

Arxada is a globally leading company for innovative solutions to protect our world. Our groundbreaking technologies, comprehensive regulatory expertise, as well as our competence in production and process development support our customers in protecting nutrition, health, and infrastructure efficiently – through chemistry and biotechnology that promote sustainability.

We offer a broad portfolio of ingredients and services for various end markets, including Health & Nutrition, Household and Personal Care, Professional Hygiene, Coatings & Paints, as well as Wood Protection.

With customers in over 100 countries, the company achieved sales of 2 billion CHF in 2024. Arxada's headquarters are located in Basel (Switzerland). Worldwide, the company employs 3,200 people at 24 production sites and 14 R&D centers, all committed to the success of our customers.

To strengthen our engineering team at the Visp, Switzerland location

we are looking for a dedicated personality as Plant Engineer.

In this role, you are in the thick of things: You ensure that our production plants run reliably, continuously improve, and are always technically up to date. You actively shape the further development of our manufacturing lines, identify optimization potentials, and implement exciting investment and improvement projects from idea to execution.

You work closely with interdisciplinary engineering, production, and technical teams and take on a key role between operations, innovation, and growth. With your expertise, you directly contribute to securing the performance of our plants in the long term – supporting Arxada's claim to develop technological solutions that go beyond the ordinary.

If you like taking responsibility, love complex plants, and seek real impact in a dynamic industrial environment, you are exactly right with us.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

Qualifications and experience:

• Completed training as a mechanic or locksmith EFZ with several years of professional experience or technician HF (mechanical engineering or process engineering).
• Solid experience in the field of operational engineering.
• Very good German and good English skills.
• Strong communication skills and enjoyment of teamwork.
• Independent, structured working style combined with solution-oriented thinking and high resilience.

Arxada offers first-class solutions in two clearly defined areas:

Microbial Control Solutions (MCS) focuses on threats from microorganisms to humans and the environment. This area includes five independent business units: Professional Hygiene, Household and Personal Care, Wood Protection, Coatings & Paints, and Material Protection.

Nutrition, Care & Environmental (NCE) provides materials for the production of composites in electronics, aerospace, and other industries. In addition, the portfolio includes vitamins and nutrient components, high-performance chemical intermediates, as well as raw materials for a variety of demanding applications.

Arxada is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered equally regardless of skin color, religion, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.