Project Manager / Reliability Engineer (d/f/m)

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Job Description

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Handling all projects in accordance with SOPs, state-of-the-art practices, and

• applicable standards

• Leading team meetings regarding the projects

• Coordinating with all other departments regarding the projects

• Developing timelines and budget plans within the area of responsibility and monitoring compliance with the support of a project controller

• Developing technical solutions for projects

• Selecting and designing process equipment

• Project management and budgeting for CAPEX projects

• Reporting on the budget in accordance with global guidelines

• Handling of variances, CAPAs, and change controls within the scope of responsibilities

• Participation in and support of departmental and central audits

• Preparation of the URS for investment projects (Coordination with users, Coordination with QA regarding Scope and depth of qualification Maintenance)

• Successful and timely participation in the training program

• Ensure that maintainability and reliability concepts are considered as part of a project, including performance KPIs target definitions

• Classify each asset according to its criticality (HML) and impact (QSB)

• Based on the classification of the asset, define the best maintenance strategy utilizing Failure Mode, Simplified Failure Mode, REM/OTF, or other applicable techniques

• Establish the initial spare parts holdings for new equipment.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• German (required), fluent English

• Several years of experience in project management within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment

• Degree in engineering In-depth knowledge of project management methods and tools

• Strong organizational skills and assertiveness

• Excellent communication skills and a team-oriented approach High level of commitment and initiative

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team within a constantly changing environment Strong conceptual thinking skills

• Consistency in implementing decisions Analytical and integrative thinking Ability to stay within budget / meet deadlines Compliance with and support for HSE requirements

You’ll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave

• Holiday allowance

• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)

• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits

• Parental leave

• Other offerings, such as bike leasing

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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Skills Desired

Api (Application Programming Interface), Api (Application Programming Interface), Automation, Back-End Development, Business Continuity, Change Control, Chemistry, Design Development, Electronic Components, General Hse Knowledge  , Including Gdp, Java (Programming Language), Knowledge Of Capa, Knowledge Of Gmp, Kubernetes, Managing Performance Improvement, Manufacturing Production, Mathematical Optimization, Project Commissioning, Project Engineering, Project Execution, Reactjs, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Scheduler {+ 2 more}