Country Switzerland
City Evionnaz
Functional Area Operations
Job Group Engineering
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
Are you an experienced Project Manager looking for a new challenge in a dynamic CDMO Pharmaceutical Industry ?
We are seeking a Project Manager CAPEX (min. 10+ years of experience) to lead capital investment projects ranging from 3M to 10M CHF at our Evionnaz site and contribute to projects at other locations.
As part of our Global Engineering Team, you will work closely with the local engineering teams to drive project execution and strengthen our CAPEX project management capabilities, particularly in EPCM methodologies (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management).
Your Responsibilities
- Lead and execute CAPEX projects (3M–10M CHF), ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and in compliance with GMP, safety, and environmental standards.
- Contribute to larger investment projects (>30M CHF) by managing sub-projects.
- Coordinate and lead multidisciplinary teams, working closely with internal stakeholders and external EPCM partners.
- Ensure robust project governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
- Oversee process design aspects, ensuring correct equipment selection, process integration, and compliance with engineering standards.
- Continuously improve project management methodologies, applying best practices and contributing to our global CAPEX execution strategy.
Your profile
You profile
- More than 10 years of experience in managing CAPEX projects within chemical, pharmaceuticals, biotech, or a regulated industry (3–10M CHF) or experience leading sub-projects for projects >20M CHF.
- Solid expertise in EPCM project execution, with hands-on experience in engineering, procurement, and construction management.
- Direct experience in EPCM is a strong asset, with knowledge of industry standards and working methodologies.
- Strong skills in budgeting, scheduling, and cost control for large-scale projects.
- Knowledge of chemical process engineering, including process calculations, equipment sizing, and development of PFDs/P&IDs.
- Engineering degree, ideally in Process or Chemical Engineering, to support early project development.
- Fluent in French and English (both written and spoken); German is a plus.
What We Offer
- A key role in leading high-impact CAPEX projects in a growing pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
- The opportunity to shape and enhance our global engineering project execution capabilities.
- A collaborative and multinational work environment with career development opportunities.
- A competitive salary and benefits package.
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 Evionnaz
Siegfried Evionnaz is a facility specialized in custom synthesis of active ingredients and intermediates for the pharmaceutical industry. The chemicals plant, built in 1957, employs around 350 people in a wide variety of fields, ranging from production, laboratories and logistics to quality assurance, administration and more.
Main activities
· Development and production in strict compliance with quality standards (GMPs)
· Ensuring perfect compliance with safety, health protection and environmental standards
Unique features
· 6 GMP production units (315 m³) with reactors from 0.5 to 8 m³
· 2 Pilot and Kilolab installations with reactors of up to 1,000 liters
· Flexible, multi-product production lines
· Broad portfolio of technologies: azide chemistry, organometallics, cryogenics, phosgenation and more.
Strategic impact
· Facility highly specialized in niche technologies
· Development capacity: from 1 gram to industrial quantities