QA Operations / QA Cleaning Expert

Every day, Lonza’s teams across the world work together to turn scientific breakthroughs into life-changing medicines that reach up to 100 million patients a year. Lonza is a place where people can make a unique impact, grow their careers and belong. 

Based in Visp, you will serve as the dedicated QA Subject Matter Expert for cleaning validation across large-scale mammalian operations. It is an exciting, hands-on opportunity to safeguard patient safety and ensure audit-readiness by steering contamination control for cutting-edge therapies.

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.

• Competitive hourly rate.

What you will do:

• Own QA oversight for cleaning processes, validation protocols, and contamination control within GMP manufacturing.

• Lead and drive root-cause investigations for complex deviations and CAPAs, ensuring robust corrective actions.

• Review and approve cleaning plans, validation reports, MAC calculations, and cleaning QC plans.

• Serve as the QA Cleaning and Deviations SME in cross-functional teams, audits, and health authority inspections.

• Review and approve GMP documents, including SOPs, batch records, change controls, specifications, and investigation reports.

• Assess product-related changes, technical deviations, regulatory impacts, and customer approval requirements.

• Represent QA Operations in technology transfer projects, continuous improvement activities, and daily operational tasks.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.

• Significant experience in GMP-regulated pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing, preferably within QA.

• Strong expertise in cleaning validation, cleaning processes, and quality systems.

• Knowledge of mammalian manufacturing processes, analytical methods, deviations, and change management.

• Experience with TrackWise, SAP, Documentation Management Systems, and Microsoft Office is advantageous.

• Experience interacting with health authorities (e.g., FDA, Swissmedic) is desirable.

• Fluent English; German language skills is a plus.

You will feel at home at Lonza if you: 

• Take ownership, step forward, and enjoy meaningful responsibility 

• Love solving problems and thrive in a complex, fast-moving environment 

• Are curious, always looking to learn and improve 

• Work collaboratively, contributing to something bigger than yourself 

• Are motivated to make a difference through work that impacts customers and their patients

Why Lonza: 

Lonza is a place of unique opportunity, where your ideas, expertise and ambition can make a real difference. At Lonza, you will have the freedom to grow, the support to succeed and the chance to contribute to work that matters. 

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

Lonza are the makers of the medicines of tomorrow. 

Join them. Be you. Apply now.