Maintenance Excellence Expert 80-100% — Lonza

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The actual location of this job is in Stein, AG, Switzerland. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.

In this role, you will shape and continuously improve maintenance strategies across technical assets and production systems (e.g. HVAC, utilities, facilities, automation systems, and fill & finish equipment), driving reliability, data quality, and asset availability in a cutting-edge sterile drug product facility. As part of an exciting greenfield project, you will collaborate with planners, service providers, and cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges, optimize performance through data-driven insights and KPIs, and help build the future of manufacturing in a fast-paced, highly diverse environment. Check out Your Career in Drug Product Services at Lonza!

This is a fully site‑based role. Working together in person supports close, real‑time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

What you will get

● An agile career and a dynamic work culture. ● An inclusive and ethical workplace. ● Compensation programs that recognize high performance. In addition to a competitive salary, you can expect numerous lifestyle, family, and leisure benefits. The full list of our global benefits can be found here: https://www.lonza.com/careers/benefits Our local benefits: 3cf206339e0e4e41a77e8c806138c2b5

What you will do

• Develop and continuously enhance maintenance strategies for technical assets and production systems to maximize equipment reliability, compliance, and operational availability.
• Establish and optimize maintenance plans for new and existing assets, including spare parts strategies, master data management, documentation, and alignment of maintenance activities with long-term reliability objectives.
• Drive maintenance excellence through data analysis, KPI monitoring, work order management, and continuous improvement initiatives that improve plant operability, reliability, and performance.
• Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. planners, service providers, technicians, operators, engineers, and quality teams) to ensure maintenance activities are scheduled effectively, resources are available, and strategy-driven plans are executed on time.
• Act as a reliability-focused maintenance expert by providing system training, troubleshooting support, and technical guidance while maintaining high-quality asset data and identifying opportunities to improve equipment availability across the site.

What we are looking for

• Proven experience in maintenance engineering, maintenance planning, or reliability management, with the ability to develop effective maintenance strategies and translate asset requirements into sustainable maintenance plans.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of SAP PM, including maintenance planning, work order management, asset data management, and the evaluation of technical and cost-related information to support decision-making.
• Excellent communication skills in German (fluent) and English (professional level), enabling effective collaboration with technicians, contractors, and international stakeholders.
• Technical education in Engineering or a related field preferred, combined with a solid understanding of equipment maintenance, reliability improvement, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Thrives in a dynamic and fast-changing environment, bringing a proactive, solution-oriented mindset, a high degree of ownership, and the flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities; experience with COMOS, GMP, and/or the pharmaceutical industry is considered a strong advantage.

About Lonza At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of. Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board. Ready to shape the future of life sciences? Apply now.

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