About the job

Company: Planetary SA; www.planetarygroup.ch

Role: Project Management and Production Officer (Engineering, Science and Commercial projects)

Location: Flexible within Switzerland, with frequent travel to Bern and Fribourg area

Start date: As soon as possible

Terms: 80-100% time commitment

Salary: Competitive compensation and participation in an attractive employee stock option plan

The Company:

planetary is powering the bioeconomy. We are a venture capital backed bioeconomy company operating across Switzerland, Germany and the UK. By building industrial-scale fermentation-based biomanufacturing capacity and IP globally, we are shifting the production systems from livestock to non-animal proteins and replacing fossil-fuel derived materials with bio-products.

The Role:

As the Project Management and Production Officer, you will be an integral part of the roll-out of planetary’s fermentation production plants. You will lead the overall project management of the implementation of our first Swiss protein production facility, support the production ramp-up and re-apply the concept globally.

The Position:

• Oversees CAPEX implementation projects: controlling basic and detail engineering, as well as construction and commissioning
• Leads initial production ramp-up planning and coordination of new fermentation facilities
• Coordinates external parties (EPC, supplier, regulator, industry partners) and internal partiers (engineering, science, management teams)
• Defines the list of dependent projects, processes, and decisions that need to be completed to reach the overall project goals.
• Resolves and balances conflicting priorities and timelines; Maintains cross-functional view and influences across multiple functional areas, including Regulatory, Quality, Procurement, Planning, Production, Sales
• Manages project deliverables through effective constructions of timelines, schedules, deliverables and stakeholder management. .
• Coordinates the identification and resolution of project risks and issues. Effectively utilizes the project team to drive continuous improvement and facilitate resolution.
• Reporting directly to C-level

Qualifications and Experience:

• Masters degree in Engineering, Science, Business Management, or related
• Familiar with reading and producing P&IDs, PFDs, MEBs, TEAs, LCAs
• 10+ years of business experience across multiple disciplines and CAPEX project management
• Sector experience in food production, agricultural commodity conversion systems or pharma construction projects with a focus on industrial bioprocessing
• Operational experience in production environments or microbial fermentation
• Previous project management experience and leadership of cross-functional teams
• Full working proficiency in English with German and French a plus

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Contact: Please email your CV/ cover letter to: HR@planetarygroup.ch

Planetary is an equal opportunity employer actively recruiting for diversity. Through hiring, we aim to close the gender gap, create opinion plurality, fight age discrimination, foster cultural diversity and promote freedom of self-expression.

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