Chemist R&D

Your role En tant que Dr. en chimie organique, vous êtes en charge de résoudre des problèmes de production de principes actifs pharmaceutiques établis.
Dans votre tâche, vous serez amené à travailler en relation étroite avec le groupe production en tenant compte des impératifs de production, sécurité, qualité et environnement.
Vous planifiez et coordonnez les activités de technicien. Vous savez prendre des décisions rapides dans un environnement stressant. Vous êtes force de proposition lors de séance de crise. Vous éditez des rapports pour garder trace des investigations (Production et R&D). Vous pouvez aussi être amené à optimiser des procédés déjà implémenté à l'usine.

Your profile

Vous possédez un doctorat en chimie organique et possédez un esprit analytique et scientifique. Vous avez plusieurs années d'expérience dans une fonction similaire en industrie Vous avez idéalement une connaissance de la production et du scale up. Vous aimez mener des investigations en équipe et chercher dans les détails les informations (analyse de data de production ou analytique, tour du terrain en production, …) Vous êtes capable de fournir un travail rigoureux, de précision et bien structuré. Vous êtes organisés, flexible et faites preuves d'initiative. Vos excellentes qualités de communication vous permettent de travailler en collaboration avec différents services (production, QC, DA, QA,…). Vous maitrisez le français ainsi que l'anglais. L'allemand est un plus. Vous êtes ouverts aux nouvelles technologies (PAT, …).

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

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