| Location | Visp, Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Business Sector | Pharmaceutical |
| Contact email | |
| Job ref | 27074 |
| Published | about 2 hours ago |
Senior Cleanroom Hygiene & Contamination Control Specialist (GMP)
Job Description
A global life sciences organisation is seeking a Senior Cleanroom Hygiene & Contamination Control Specialist (GMP) to ensure the effective implementation and continuous improvement of hygiene standards at a major production site in Visp. This role plays a critical function in maintaining GMP-compliant cleanroom environments and driving contamination control strategies across multiple departments.
In this position, you will act as a key interface between Production, QA, Monitoring, Engineering, and EHS, ensuring alignment on hygiene practices and standards. You will lead hygiene-related projects, manage cleanroom performance qualifications (PQs), and take ownership of deviation investigations, CAPAs, and change controls.
Additionally, you will support audit readiness, represent hygiene topics during inspections, and contribute to building a strong site-wide hygiene culture through training and continuous improvement initiatives.
Essential Requirements
· Degree or vocational education in a scientific discipline (e.g. Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacy, Bioprocess Engineering or equivalent)
· Professional experience in a GMP-regulated environment, ideally within contamination control, cleanroom hygiene, or quality management
· Strong knowledge of GMP regulations and hands-on experience with GMP documentation (SOPs, CAPAs, deviations, change controls)
· Experience in deviation investigations, root cause analysis, and CAPA definition and tracking
· Experience coordinating and executing Cleanroom Performance Qualifications (PQs)
· Ability to manage change requests (CRs) and ensure compliance with quality system requirements
· Strong analytical mindset with a structured and solution-oriented approach
· Excellent communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams
· Ability to work independently with a high level of responsibility and quality awareness
· Fluent English (written and spoken); German is an advantage
Preferred Requirements
· Experience leading or contributing to hygiene or contamination control projects (e.g. gowning, cleaning, disinfection, material transfer)
· Experience preparing and supporting internal and external audits or regulatory inspections
· Ability to standardise and harmonise processes across multiple production areas
· Experience delivering training programs within GMP environments
· Strong stakeholder management skills across cross-functional teams
· Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence
Practicalities
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Visp, Switzerland
Scope: Site-level hygiene and contamination control across production and support functions
Interested? Send your CV to Miguel Gomes at m.gomes@panda-int.com or call +31 (0)20 2044 502 / +41 (0)44 5514 407 to discuss the opportunity.