General Information

Country Switzerland

City Zofingen

Functional Area Operations

Job Group Production

Employment Type Permanent Contract

Working time Full-time

At its locations around the world, Siegfried offers employees exciting career opportunities in international settings. We cultivate multidisciplinary cooperation and encourage our staff to actively shape and influence their careers. This approach, coupled with our dynamic working environment, make Siegfried an attractive employer.

Your role

Siegfried besitzt ein breites Spektrum an Entwicklungs- und Mehrzweck-Produktionsanlagen für Arzneimittel-Wirkstoffe (API). In einem 3-Schichtbetrieb (Mo-Fr) sind Sie in den Pilotanlagen der chemischen Entwicklung verantwortlich für die

  •          Herstellung von anspruchsvollen pharmazeutischen Zwischenprodukten und Wirkstoffen
  •          Entwicklung und Aufstufung (Scale up, Small Scale) in den Pilotanlagen
  •          Aufstufung neu entwickelter chemischer Prozesse im Minipilot (10 l - 30 l)
  •          Selbständige Bedienung von SPS und pneumatisch gesteuerten Anlagen
  •          Selbständige Durchführung von mehrstufigen Synthesen
  •          Bedienung aller Nebenanlagen im chemisch-pharmazeutischen Bereich
  •          Dokumentation aller Tätigkeiten in GMP-gerechter und korrekter Form
  •          Einhaltung aller GMP und sicherheitsrelevanten Vorgaben


Your profile

  •          Abschluss als Chemie- und Pharmatechnologe, Chemikant, Dipl. Chemietechnologe, Chemielaborant oder Erfahrung in diesen Bereichen
  •          Berufserfahrung in der Bedienung von (Mehrzweck-) Anlagen und Steuerungssystemen in der chemischen oder pharmazeutischen Produktion
  •          Kenntnisse in den Grundoperationen der chemischen Produktion (Ansetzen, Dosieren, Kristallisation, Filtration, Destillation und Separation etc.)
  •          Bereitschaft, in einem 3-Schichtsystem (Mo-Fr) zu arbeiten
  •          Hohes Sicherheits- und Qualitätsbewusstsein sowie die Bereitschaft zur Flexibilität und zur Weiterbildung am Arbeitsplatz
  •          Erfahrung im GMP-regulierten Arbeitsumfeld
  •          Breite Erfahrung im Bedienen von SPS Anlagen
  •          MS Office Kenntnisse
  •          Stilsichere Deutschkenntnisse
  •          Teamfähigkeit

Working at Siegfried

Siegfried's work environment is dynamic and international. With a highly professional and motivated team, the company operates in a future-oriented business field. Siegfried possesses a unique culture that leverages cultural differences to create a competitive advantage. Siegfried places highest priority on providing a flexible, diverse and discrimination-free working environment in which employees can develop personally and professionally, advance innovation and deliver superior performance. We strive to provide a work environment where employees can take on challenging jobs and associated responsibilities that best serve their personal and technical development and can benefit from the success of our company. The company regulations in respect of compensation and career development opportunities apply to all Siegfried sites. Additional conditions of employment are governed by location-specific circumstances, legislation and customs.

Who we are

In the Midst of People’s Lives – Across the Globe The Siegfried Group is one of the world’s leading Custom Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) developing and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), intermediates and finished dosage forms. As our core competence, we successfully integrate chemical and pharmaceutical capabilities into a single business model. The Siegfried name stands for highest quality, efficiency, flexibility and safety. Present in Europe, Asia and North America, we serve a broad global customer base from major international pharmaceutical companies down to small biologic-pharmaceutical organizations. For them we develop and produce product innovations on a large scale to finished products. We integrate our offer seamlessly into the customers’ value chain. Our comprehensive services range from early-stage Research & Development services such as synthesis, scale-up, formulation development, stability studies and method development all the way through to manufacturing services, ranging from preclinical R&D material for clinical trial purposes to commercial production. We are able to produce about 200 of the approximately 1500 registered drug substances used in medicine. Moreover, we produce 20 percent of global demand for caffeine. Consequently, nearly 1 billion individuals come into contact with Siegfried products.

What we do in Zofingen

Zofingen is the hub of the Siegfried Group. The production facility at our Zofingen headquarters supplies our customers around the globe with exemplary Swiss quality. The Siegfried company is a popular employer in the Zofingen region, where we meet our social responsibility by training apprentices.

Main activities

  • Development and commercial manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and corresponding intermediates
  • Fully compliant with cGMP and SHE (Safety, Health and Environmental) standards

Special features

  • Manufacture of high potency active ingredients in development and production
  • Micronization in development and production

Strategic importance

  • Contract manufacturing of new active ingredients