Mechanical Technical Specialist Neuchatel, Switzerland Operations

Be a part of a revolutionary change

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to improve the lives of a billion smokers worldwide.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom dream up and deliver, better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

The Operations function, thanks to its global scale and drive for innovation, is playing a meaningful role in PMI’s business transformation. Our mission is to produce and deliver products to our markets and into the hands of our consumers in a sustainable way. Operations is at the center of a powerful triangle of deep consumer connection, product innovation and executional excellence!

Our people are passionate, determined and innovative. From procurement, to manufacturing and throughout our supply chain, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to leave your mark in this transformational journey to deliver better, smoke-free alternatives to millions of adult smokers around the world!

Your ‘day to day’:

Maintain and improve technical conditions of production equipment in order to achieve production and quality requirements, by respecting the health, safety, quality and production standards.

• Preventive and Planned Maintenance:

Perform mechanical maintenance (preventive / planned / subassembly repairs) in compliance with relevant procedures, in order to ensure production equipment availability. Support Production in executing brand and format changes.

• Installation and equipment modification:

Participate in installation and production equipment modification with the respect of change management procedure, in order to ensure equipment availability on time.

• Technical documentation:

Maintain technical documentation updated in order to ensure the information accuracy; prepare and update, whenever is necessary, standards setting and trouble shooting list of machines/processes and inform all the people involved.

• Communication

Cooperate with team members, production and support departments. Completes the necessary forms and introduces data in time, into the information systems to ensure product traceability and equipment intervention. Monitor shift results through the analysis of production and quality data.

• Troubleshooting and Production Support:

Anticipate/Identify problems that arise, during production process and take appropriate measures to ensure the continuity of the production process and improve the efficiency of equipment

• Spare parts

Ensure maintenance instruments/tools in good conditions and usage. Standardize and align machine settings with the kits and the spare parts defined in order to reduce their consumption. Using SAP Materials Management module to identify spare part availability in the store.

• Health, Safety and Environment

Promote and apply all rules concerning PMI Quality, environment, health and safety. Report all situations requiring actions in order to minimize or eliminate risks exposure to personnel, company assets and societal impacts and be in line with or ahead of any applicable Law requirements and Company standards.

• Performance Evaluation & Professional Development

Ensure integral conformity with relevant legislation, internal policies and procedures and achieve the objectives established during the annual performance evaluation process. Responsible for the completion of the established training plan

We’re looking for someone with:

• Technical School (Secondary Technical School or Technical University)
• 1+ years of experience in industrial environment
• Ability to learn on the fly, action Oriented, customer focused, Organizational Agility, Problem Solving
• Proficient in French, both oral and written
• Able to perform mechanical maintenance activities for production and the auxiliary equipment
• Experience in coordinating/participating in technical development projects in order to improve safety conditions and more effective use of equipment spare parts and to improve equipment efficiency

What we offer
Our success depends on the men and women who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to improve the lives of a billion smokers.