Established in 1921 in Switzerland, Sintetica is now in its first century of activity and growth. Leader in its field in Switzerland, Sintetica is a pharmaceutical company delivering injectable anaesthetics and analgesics to patients worldwide through innovative solutions with excellence in development, production, and marketing. People are our most valuable asset and our values put the patient and the quality of our products at the heart of our business. That is why we believe in the Great Place to Work culture that promotes collaboration, creativity and informed risk-taking in an exciting and comfortable work environment. Sintetica has two production sites, in Mendrisio and in Couvet. To strengthen our Industrial Automation and Innovation Team within our production department in Couvet (Canton of Neuchatel, Switzerland), we are looking for a talented
Industrial Automation Engineer
Couvet site (Canton of Neuchâtel, CH)
Mission and Position summary
The Team of Automation and Industrial Innovation is fully engaged in bringing Sintetica to a complete digitalisation of all industrial processes, with focus on the production lines and on the management of Quality Control laboratories and R&D departments. The Production team is pursuing the objective of continuous improvement and implementation of new automated production lines to support company growth and pursue process and product innovations.
The Automation Engineer (he/she), reporting locally to the Director of Production functionally and hierarchically to the Industrial and Innovation Corporate Manager, will ensure improvement, implementation and maintenance of production machines and vision systems in collaboration with the Maintenance and Engineering Teams on site and with the Automation, under the guidance of the Innovation Team in Mendrisio, at the Head Quarter.
Key tasks and responsibilities
Automation
- Troubleshooting and debugging of production machines (primary and secondary packaging)
- Suggest and improve efficiency of the production machines/production lines (e.g. add waste count, add new function, additional control, etc.).
- Analysis and improvement of machine cycle times.
- Training of technical staff
- Drafting of procedures
- Work with suppliers (from definition of the offer to the commissioning of equipments)
Vision system
- Programming and troubleshooting of SEA Vision systems (OCV/serialization).
- Improve optical controls (e.g., repositioning/adding new cameras).
Industrial innovation
- Direct involvement in on-site industrial innovation strategic projects. In particular,
- Renovation/construction of new highly automated production lines and digitalization of production lines and laboratories (MES, LIMS).
Education and Skills required
- Master's degree, preferably in Automation, Electronics, Mechanics or Computer Science
- Minimum experience of 3-5 successful years on a similar function in the industry: experience in the pharmaceutical industry [appreciated.]
- Mastery of SEA Vision Systems (OCV/serialization)
- Mastery of production machines with PLC (primary and secondary packaging)
- Knowledge of Supervisory Systems (SCADA)
- Knowledge/designing of electrical wiring diagrams.
- Good relationship and communication skills to collaborate with and among teams.
- Ability to negotiate with suppliers/customers.
- Multidisciplinary technical know-how (high-tech, computer programming, mechanics, electronics, electrical engineering, enslavement, robotics...).
- Project management with a sense of organization and rigor.
- Ability to tackle and solve problems.
- Good knowledge of technical English. Knowledge of French very appreciated, Italian is a plus.
In addition:
- Curious, proactive, open, flexible.
- Digitally oriented and innovation thinking.
- Autonomous, with strong collaborative spirit.
- A sense of responsibility is also an essential asset that will enable the missions entrusted to be carried out.
We offer :
Fulltime permanent employment in a young, dynamic work environment and positive culture. Couvet village is located in the beautiful nature of the Val-de-Travers, in the Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Sintetica promotes Diversity and Gender Equality.