BioEngineering Trainee

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.

This position combines in-depth training and skills development with exposure to various aspects of Lonza’s Global Engineering Unit. The Trainee is responsible for supporting the execution of the GE strategy and the implementation of standardization / harmonization initiatives as well as general support to the group of Asset Design and Management within Global Engineering Functions (GEF).

This includes establishing and maintaining strong structures, such as organization, team meeting, decision-making, communication, and documentation flows, in accordance with project management principles, to ensure adherence to project management processes and improve the team efficiency. The assignment of responsibilities and projects depends on current business needs and on the Trainee’s skills and interests

Key responsibilities:

• Support ongoing GE standardization programs (implementation & tracking)
• Support resource planning and management for a globally acting organization
• Contribute to the organization of Communities of Good Practice (agendas, meetings minutes, action follow-ups, etc.) for Process/Operation knowledge and best practices sharing, with focus on Biologics and CGT business units across the entire Lonza network
• Participate in and support coordination of project-related documents, reports, and presentations
• Support the GEF Asset Design and Management Lead Team Members for ad hoc requests
• Cooperate closely with peers from the network or other stakeholders in several areas of Process and Project Engineering in a collaborative setting.
• Continuously drive better business practices and increased value through measurement and improvement of key performance indicators

Key requirements:

• Engineer degree ( M. Sc. / B. Sc.) or equivalent Field of Study Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, Life Sciences, Materials Science, project management or related discipline
• Technical knowledge in chemical and / or pharmaceutical engineering is a plus
• Interdisciplinary knowledge
• Experience in share point or web site management

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.