Automation Technician 80-100%

Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, ensuring a smooth transition to our welcoming community in Visp.

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. 

Join our dedicated team at Lonza in Visp and become part of a group of hardworking professionals at the forefront of life sciences. As an Electrical Instrumentation & Control Technician (m/f/d), you will play a key role in delivering groundbreaking solutions in Visp, Switzerland. This role offers the chance to work in a world-class environment where your contributions will have a lasting impact on the future of medicine.

What you’ll get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture

• An inclusive and ethical workplace

• Compensation programs that recognize high performance

• Along with competitive salaries, you’ll find a wide range of lifestyle, family and leisure benefits available.

Key responsibilities:

• Planning and performing maintenance and calibration activities for electrical, measurement, and control systems (EMR equipment)
• Executing preventive and corrective maintenance according to internal schedules, SOPs, and regulatory requirements
• Troubleshooting and resolving equipment malfunctions, including sensors, transmitters, control loops, and automation interfaces
• Documenting all maintenance and calibration work in the appropriate systems (e.g., CMMS, calibration software)
• Ensuring compliance with GMP, GAMP, safety regulations, and internal quality standards
• Supporting production operations by ensuring high availability and reliability of EMR equipment
• Collaborating with engineering, automation, and production teams to improve equipment performance and reliability
• Participating in equipment qualification and validation activities, including FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ
• Identifying improvement opportunities in maintenance processes, calibration intervals, and equipment lifecycle management
• Ensuring spare parts availability and maintaining inventory for EMR-related components
• Supporting audits and inspections by providing documentation and technical explanations when required

Key requirements:

• Equivalent experience in Electrical or System Engineering or a related field, including University Degree or equivalent experience, or vocational education (EFZ, FH, HF, BSc.)

• Proven experience in the operation and maintenance of pharmaceutical plants or the biotech industry

• Proficiency in SAP, COMOS (Plant Engineering Software), DeltaV (Process Control System), and MES Syncade (Manufacturing Execution System) is highly desirable

• Proficient in English and/or German to competently communicate in our diverse, collaborative environment

• Familiarity with GMP standards and protocols to ensure compliance in a regulated manufacturing setting

• A self-reliant, trustworthy, and effective working approach that ensures successful completion of tasks and projects

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.