Senior Manager (m/f/d) - Global Automation and MES

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Senior Manager (m/f/d) - Global Automation and MES is responsible for providing technical leadership and direct support in the execution and delivery of Automation and Instrumentation aspects of large Capital projects within Lonza Visp, Switzerland, including adherence to schedule and budgets, engineering design of new facilities and collaboration with cross functional teams consisting of Internal Lonza customers such as Manufacturing, MSAT, and Quality Assurance to properly identify design needs.

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing technical leadership and direct support in the execution and delivery of large Capital projects within Lonza.

• Leadership and coordination of cross functional teams consisting of Internal Lonza customers such as Manufacturing, MSAT, and Quality Assurance to properly identify design needs.

• General management and oversight to the software documentation effort as well as assist with development of project schedule and then assure that software development, hardware purchase and install, and validation efforts adhere to plan.

• Direct and manage activities of technical staff on URS/FRS generation, software configuration and coding, DCS hardware specification as well as specification and selection of instrumentation and control panel design.

• Construction, commissioning, startup activities

Key requirements:

• Degree in Engineering/Computer Science or similar with at least 8+ years of relevant experience

• High expertise in MES (Syncade and DeltaV) and CAPEX Automation projects

• Deep knowledge of Biotech and Pharma industry automation projects

• High motivation, highly independent workstyle, driven personality, decisiveness

• Challenging the status quo and looking for opportunities to make improvements

• Execution and project delivery expertise

• Leadership experience for cross functional matrix teams (5+ people)

• Fluent English – German is a plus.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.