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Bachem

Develops and manufactures peptides and oligonucleotides

Cluster Specialist

Manufacturing & Production OperationsUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeBubendorf, SwitzerlandNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed training as a chemical operator or comparable technical training.
  • At least five years of professional experience in a chemical production operation, ideally as a shift leader or long-serving deputy shift leader.
  • Strong organizational skills and a structured, independent working style.
  • High safety awareness and experience handling hazardous substances and chemical production processes.
  • Ability to assess risks and derive appropriate safety measures.
  • Good knowledge of production plants and technical understanding of plant engineering and process operations.
  • Sound GMP understanding and experience complying with regulatory and quality requirements.
  • Experience with process control systems, preferably PCS 7, and electronic or paperless production documentation.
  • Strong communication skills and experience collaborating laterally with different functions.
  • Very good spoken and written German, and good knowledge of common MS Office and IT applications.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate tasks across shifts in collaboration with shift leaders and support the Production Leader with operational shift planning.
  • Support production shifts with recurring maintenance and inspection tasks in the CMMS.
  • Contribute to creating, testing, and optimizing production documents, MES-MBPRs, and PLS recipes (PCS 7).
  • Support process risk analyses, HAZOPs, and other safety- and quality-related assessments.
  • Create, carry out, and document plant cleaning, including the associated MES-ESP and PLS recipes.
  • Contribute to root-cause analysis and the handling of deviations.
  • Ensure SOPs and work instructions remain current and support training production employees.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) and represent Production on technical, operational, and process-related matters.
  • Support operations engineers and chemists in optimizing plants and processes and in planning activities.
  • Prepare plants for maintenance, repairs, and overhauls, including creating LOTO plans and coordinating production personnel during plant shutdowns.

About the Company

Bachem

Develops and manufactures peptides and oligonucleotides

Bachem provides development and manufacturing of peptides and oligonucleotides for research, clinical development, and commercial products. Its offerings include custom synthesis and scale-up production, analytical testing, and related services across the drug development spectrum. Customers work with Bachem by specifying desired sequences and specifications, after which Bachem designs, synthesizes, and quality-controls the peptides or oligonucleotides and delivers them in appropriate scales and formats. The company differentiates itself through more than five decades of experience, a global footprint with sites in Europe, the US, and Asia, and an integrated set of services spanning discovery support to commercial manufacturing. Its goal is to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies advance peptide- and oligonucleotide-based therapies by providing reliable, scalable, and well-supported manufacturing and development capabilities.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Bubendorf, Switzerland
Founded
1971

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