Laboratory Technician - HPLC - Quality Control for Biopharmaceuticals 80-100%

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.

Are you ready to take on the role of Laboratory Technician in our analytical Quality Control laboratory, located in the breathtaking Visp? Join our groundbreaking laboratory that boasts brand-new technology and instruments, and collaborate with a vibrant and international team. Your primary responsibilities will revolve around conducting routine analysis of biopharmaceuticals using HPLC. This role offers a lot of variety with many different projects and a wide variety of HPLC techniques (e.g. RP, SEC, AEX) and many different HPLC detectors (e.g. UV, fluorescence, light scattering, refrective index).

What you’ll get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture

• An inclusive and ethical workplace

• Compensation programs that recognize high performance

• Along with competitive salaries, you’ll find a wide range of lifestyle, family and leisure benefits available. Depending on your location, these benefits could include family allowances, childcare support, discounts for local businesses and attractions, travel allowances and subsidized meals.

What you’ll do

• Join our Quality Control team and perform analytical methods in line with SOPs, GMP and safety rules, specifically focusing on HPLC analyses

• You adhere to quality guidelines and perform both practical laboratory work and essential administrative tasks, including detailing results and crafting work instructions.

• At the same time, you support laboratory maintenance (equipment responsibility) and ensure that the laboratory is clean and tidy

• The varied responsibilities also include close cooperation with shift workers

What we’re looking for

• Apprenticeship as laboratory technician, CTA, BSc in Chemistry /Biochemistry or similar education

• Hands-on experience with HPLC is a must

• Work experience in a GMP environment in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry is a plus

• You are conscientious, structured and responsible and you are able to adjust in a flexible manner to shifting priorities in a dynamic environment

• Fluency in either English OR German is required (preferably with basic language skills in the respective other language and the willingness to learn/improve the other language in case you are not yet fluent in both)