Senior Technical Transfer Engineer.

For one of our clients, a leading pharmaceutical company, we are looking for a Senior Technical Transfer Engineer 

General Information:

• Start date: 01.04.2025
• End date: 31.12.2025
• Extension: possible (to be discussed)
• Workload: 100%
• Workplace: Lucerne, Switzerland
• Home office: the position will be primarily home-based (for the candidates based in Switzerland).

About the job:

The External Manufacturing (ExM) Technical Operations team is seeking a motivated professional for a Technical Transfer role. This position involves executing technology transfers, supporting commercial production at External Partners (EPs), troubleshooting manufacturing issues, and optimizing processes and capacity.


Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Work with External Partners to achieve business goals and to establish a common culture that benefits our company, External Partners, and patients.
• Responsible for technical activities for the commercial manufacturing process at the External Partner, which includes authorship of change control, management of process improvement projects, statistical analysis of process performance, and investigation of atypical events.
• Responsible for technical transfer activities, as applicable, through authorship and/or review of required GMP documentation (Master Batch Records, change control, protocols, reports, qualifications, etc.) and regulatory filings.
• Provide on-site coverage at External Partner in support of Commercial and / or Technology Transfer Person-In-Plant Activities.
• Translate understanding of GMP requirements and current regulations and develop standardized work to meet these requirements by partnering with Operations, Quality, and External Partners.
• Ensure that External Partners are inspection ready for all routine inspections and / or inspections related to new product introductions or transfers, in concert with Operations, Quality, and Regulatory.
• Responsible for participation in creating, sharing, and adopting best practices and business process strategies.

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, or Chemistry/Biology, or other related science or engineering field.
• Minimum of 4 years post-bachelor's degree experience in a GMP functional area or support of a GMP functional area, such as Operations, Technical Operations, Technology, Engineering, and/or Maintenance.
• Travel will be a requirement of this position at approximately 25% (to China and Italy). 
• Strong communication in English and teamwork skills.

Preferred requirements:

• Proven expertise in biologics drug substance upstream and downstream operations, analytical testing, process development and tech transfer.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage projects/work to schedule/deadlines.
• Statistics experience (including Proactive Process Analysis and Continuous Process Verification).
• Experience in deviation management and/or change control and/or equipment support, and/or project management.

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