Operations Engineer

About the job

Acino was founded in 1836 and is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Zurich, focusing on selected markets in the Middle East, Africa, the CIS region, and Latin America. With over 3,000 employees in 90 countries, we deliver high-quality medicines to make healthcare affordable in these emerging markets, utilising our high-quality pharmaceutical manufacturing capacities and network to supply leading companies through contract manufacturing and out-licensing.

Acino is part of Arcera , a diversified life sciences holding company established in 2024 by ADQ in Abu Dhabi. Arcera aims to drive innovation in line with the Emirate's Vision 2030 and beyond.

With a forward-looking international business strategy, we are steadily expanding our market position. Therefore, to strengthen our team in Liesberg, we are looking for an appointment for a

Operations Engineer 100% (m/f/d)

As an Operations Engineer, you support the Solida production (including packaging) in technical and process engineering matters. You drive the optimisation and further development of production processes and equipment and ensure efficient and GMP-compliant operations.

Responsibilities:

• Technical support and assistance for Solida production as well as identification and implementation of process and equipment optimisations.
• Ensuring the technical availability of production and infrastructure equipment for the timely manufacture of medicines in the required quality.
• Processing technical change requests (Change Controls) and managing technical deviations as owner, including root cause analysis and definition of CAPAs.
• Planning and managing small to medium investment projects (CAPEX) while adhering to costs, deadlines, and GMP requirements.
• Creating and maintaining technical SOPs and work instructions as well as further developing engineering processes.
• Preparing for and participating in audits and inspections, and representing the responsible engineering topics professionally, especially Change Controls, Deviations, and Engineering Processes.
• Close collaboration with production, quality, maintenance, other engineering functions, and external service providers.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant GMP, safety, and environmental requirements and supporting qualification activities.

Requirements:

• Completed engineering degree (FH/ETH/University) or further training as a technician HF in mechanical engineering, process engineering, pharmaceutical, chemical or production technology, or comparable qualification.
• Several years of professional experience in a comparable role, ideally in pharmaceutical production.
• Experience in technical support and optimisation of production equipment as well as in managing technical projects.
• Knowledge of the GMP environment, especially in Change Control, Deviations, and CAPA.
• Experience in creating SOPs and ideally in preparing and accompanying audits.
• Independent, structured, and solution-oriented working style with strong technical understanding.
• Team and communication skills.
• Good German and English skills, both spoken and written.

We offer a very attractive working environment within a highly motivated team under excellent working conditions. The following benefits await you:

• A workplace at a crisis-proof pharmaceutical company.
• An international working environment in a steadily growing company.
• Interesting and very varied tasks that provide a broad foundation for your further career in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Attractive salary.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Attractive additional benefits.

This is an opportunity to work in a very dynamic organisation where decisions are made quickly and where you can actively shape our future. If you are interested in this role, we look forward to hearing from you.

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