Biotech Manufacturing Technician USP

We are looking for a motivated Biotech Manufacturing Technician USP to join our production team, based at our biotechnological, pharmaceutical, and chemical production site in Bulle, Switzerland.

About the role

As a Biotech Manufacturing Technician USP, you will ensure upstream biotechnological production activities in a 5x8 shift, meeting the required deadlines and quality necessary for smooth operations.

You enjoy working in an environment where you can:

• Be part of a very collaborative and close-knit team.
• Participate in the production of medicines that will improve patients' quality of life.
• Work for one of the few companies worldwide that combine both biotechnological and chemical platforms on a single production site.

Your activities:

• Ensure the production of our biological product according to the established schedule and with the required quality to maintain operational continuity.
• Ensure that the USP area and the operations carried out within it comply with GMP rules.
• Perform IPC tests.
• Fill in and/or verify production documents.
• Participate in implementing the necessary concepts for production activities and ensure their application.
• Participate in creating and modifying production documentation: procedures, recipes.
• Maintain the area and its equipment in a clean state (cleaning).
• Intervene and resolve first-level problems in the production area and report them to the area manager.
• Respect HSE rules, particularly: adherence to procedures, wearing personal protective equipment, systematic use of safety elements, sorting and identifying waste, reporting leaks.
• Ensure good integration of new colleagues and assist them in their training.
• Ensure rigorous traceability of training.
• Participate in the continuous improvement of the production area.

Occasionally:

• Participate in validation batches for the launch of new products.
• Participate in testing activities during process equipment qualifications.

Interested? For this position, you must have the following education, experience, and skills:

• Technical training / HES Biotechnology / CFC laboratory technician in chemistry/biology, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of GMP and requirements related to the pharmaceutical environment.
• Experience and comfort with automation systems (user level).
• Flexibility (shift work/weekends/nights 5x8).
• Follow production procedures and methods. Able to deliver neat and quality work.
• Very good communication skills.
• Strong team spirit.
• Logical and practical mindset.
• Good command of French (spoken and written); English is an asset.
• Experience in the biotechnological, chemical, or pharmaceutical industry is a plus.