Country United States
City Grafton, Wisconsin
Functional Area Operations
Job Group Engineering
Employment Type Permanent Contract
Working time Full-time
The Siegfried Group is a global life science company with a network of 13 sites across Europe, the USA, and Asia. Siegfried offers contract development and manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, intermediates, and drug products. Siegfried employs over 3,700 people and generated sales of 1.3 billion USD in 2023. Siegfried Holding AG is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: SFZN).
Siegfried's Acceleration Hub is the latest addition to the Siegfried network. Located in Grafton (WI), we provide comprehensive support to customers in from early phase pre-clinical and clinical development, through scale up and validation up to and including commercial manufacturing of Drug Substances.
Within this context, we are currently looking to fill the newly created position of Project Engineer to support our Head of Maintenance and Engineering in all necessary CAPEX projects to allow the doubling of our production capacity in the next two years.
Your role
- Lead capital improvement projects from inception through construction, commissioning, and start-up, ensuring compliance with engineering and cGMP standards.
- Develop and manage Capital Appropriation Requests (CARs) to secure project funding, adhering to corporate guidelines and procedures.
- Oversee project scope, budget, documentation, and scheduling, coordinating with internal teams and external contractors for equipment upgrades and modifications.
- Provide technical support to production and maintenance teams, troubleshooting and resolving equipment and process-related challenges.
- Conduct equipment qualification and validation activities, including protocol development and SOP creation for new and existing equipment.
- Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the capital request process, working closely with the Engineering Manager on annual and long-term capital plans.
- Represent the Engineering department in safety and hazard analysis reviews, and maintain compliance with SHE, SOP, and cGMP standards.
Your profile
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering
- 3–10 years of engineering project management experience, ideally in pharmaceutical manufacturing, fine chemicals or other related engineering disciplines in process’s and application engineering
- Strong project management skills, with expertise in handling complex, multi-phase projects
- Familiarity with cGMP standards, process system documentation, and validation practices.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD or similar drawing management software; experience with Work Order Maintenance systems (e.g., Blue Mountain) and SAP is a plus.
- Knowledge of OSHA regulations and Process Safety Management (PSM) is preferred.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail; able to manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented approach.
Siegfried USA will explore and provide reasonable accommodations to assist any qualified individual with a disability in performing the essential functions of his/her job. Please speak with HR should you require an accommodation or have any questions.
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 Grafton
The Siegfried Acceleration Hub in Grafton specializes in early-phase development and manufacturing services, including services for projects with highly potent APIs.
Competencies
· Early-phase development and manufacturing
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