Internship Safety and Risk Management

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

Starting preferably in October 24 you will join one of Lonza’s new growth projects within the Bioconjugates business unit at our site in Visp. You will support the operational readiness for a new manufacturing asset by supporting all topics around safety and risk management: a perfect chance to gain insights into typical project and stakeholder management in pharmaceutical industry. During your stay, you will learn how measures to ensure process safety, occupational hygiene and ATEX are implemented for a state of the art biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility. As a member of the operations team, you will join a team of bioprocess engineers on their journey to design and set-up a new large scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant.

The position should be filled for a period between 6 and 12 months.
 

Key responsibilities:

Supporting the operations management team in planning the safety workstream

Active involvement in stakeholder discussions to identify risks in the field of process safety, occupational hygiene (HAPI handling) and ATEX (explosion risks)

Responsible for tracking and implementation of measures identified in HAZOPs

Review and update of relevant documentation, perform HAZOPs

Support bioprocess engineers in their daily business
 

Key requirements:

Good verbal and written communication skills, fluency in English (all relevant meetings will be held in English))

Project management skills would be an advantage

Self-motivated, proactive thinking and strong organizational skills

Interest to explore and support the organization of a CDMO

Enrolled student (B.Sc, M.Sc, PhD) in relevant engineering (Chemical Engineering, Safety Engineering, Mechanical Engineering etc.) or sciences (Chemistry, Occupational Hygiene, Biology)

Strong interest in Process Safety, Occupational Hygiene and ATEX

Familiar with P&IDs

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.

Reference: R62117