Junior Laboratory Technician

Are you looking to kickstart your career in quality control while contributing to life-changing medicine? Based in Visp, this fully site-based role puts you at the heart of our QC Spectroscopy team, running essential analytical testing and instrument calibrations in a dynamic lab environment.

Fully site‑based roles

This is a fully site‑based role. Working together in person supports close, real‑time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

What you will get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture.

• An inclusive and ethical workplace.

What you will do:

• Perform analytical testing using IR, UV, and NMR spectroscopy to ensure high-quality product release.

• Support key projects and take ownership of assigned laboratory instruments to ensure operational readiness.

• Review and approve instrument calibrations and analytical test results.

• Perform validation, method transfer experiments, and support analytical method development.

• Conduct investigations into Out of Specification (OOS) results and System Suitability Test (SST) failures under supervision.

• Identify Out of Expectation (OOE) and Out of Trend (OOT) analytical data to maintain high quality standards.

• Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary project teams while building skills toward independent lab management.

What we are looking for:

• Relevant vocational apprenticeship (e.g., Biology or Chemistry Laboratory Technician), or a  Bachelor’s degree in a related scientific discipline, or equivalent QC lab experience.

• Professional proficiency in conversational/written English is required; conversational German is a strong advantage.

• Basic hands-on experience working in a GMP environment and quality assurance systems.

• Familiarity or foundational knowledge of spectroscopic techniques (IR, UV, and/or NMR).

• High proficiency in using standard IT systems and lab software.

• A flexible, meticulous personality with strong initiative, eagerness to learn, and team spirit.

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment.

As Lonza’s talent acquisition partner, please note, Randstad is responsible for the engagement and contracting of this contingent role.

Ready to play your part in shaping the future of life sciences? Apply now.