EHS Design and Compliance Engineer (m/f/d)

 Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five 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.

 The actual location of this job is in Visp, Switzerland. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.  

The EHS Design and Compliance Engineer ensures that Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) requirements are implemented at all stages of an investment project, in line with Lonza's policies, procedures, and legal regulations. This role focuses on evaluating safety impacts throughout the project lifecycle- from feasibility studies to detailed design - while ensuring Lonza's EHS procedures are applied, particularly within the GE Growth project and Visp CAPEX initiatives.

As a member of the EHS team, the role actively fosters a strong EHS culture within CAPEX and investment projects. The EHS Design and Compliance Engineer reports operationally to the EHS Design Manager.

We are looking for someone specializing in EHS with a focus on either Fire Safety or Environment.

Fire Safety main accountabilities:

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with fire protection requirements in accordance with VKF Guideline 12 Fire Prevention and Organizational Fire Protection on the assigned construction sites

• Ensuring coordination between all internal and external fire protection departments (authorities, emergency services, specialist planners, engineering, etc.)

• Ensuring internal fire protection measures within the framework of construction site continuity

• Advising project teams, clients, fire protection and specialist planners as part of planning, execution, acceptance and initial commissioning

• Support in ensuring the completeness of all conformity and declarations of conformity for ongoing and completed projects

• Carries out BS audits independently and defines measures for the operators

Environment main accountabilities:

• Assess the environmental impact of new plants in terms of exhaust air, wastewater, waste, noise and resource consumption in collaboration with the project engineers.

• Defines measures to reduce the environmental impact to a minimum.

• Summarizes the results in an environmental impact report for the authorities as part of the construction permit submission.

• Participates in risk analyses (environmental topics)

Key Responsibilities:

• Masters in Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemistry, Process Engineering, Safety Engineer or equivalent

• Working closely with a team of EHS project managers and EHS SMEs and
  Specialists – acting as coordinator and single point of contact (SPOC)

• Responsible for supporting to meet the overall EHS Safety budget

• Proven process understanding of design safety and legal safety demands in the pharmaceutical environment or similar

• Very strong communication skills in German and English, both verbal and written

• Strong presentation skills for developing and delivering training to elevate knowledge, skills and behaviors at multiple levels of the organization

• Dealing with high level of ambiguity using coaching skills

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.