Location: Visp
A Career at Lonza
What you’ll get
An agile career and a dynamic work culture
An inclusive and ethical workplace
Compensation programs that recognize high performance
In addition to a competitive salary, you can expect numerous lifestyle, family, and leisure benefits.
Relocation support for eligible candidate
We are looking for a driven Associate Director, GE Life Cycle Engineering to join us in Visp.
In this role you will develop and lead the global condition monitoring and predictive maintenance program by defining technical standards, assuring consistent diagnostic quality across sites and qualified providers, and establishing a closed-loop process from detection to verified resolution.
What you’ll do
1. Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance Strategy
Define the global roadmap, deployment priorities and maturity assessments.
Select risk-based monitoring approaches by asset criticality and failure mode, aligned with the maintenance strategy owner.
2. Diagnostic Technologies and Standards
Own standards for vibration, infrared, oil analysis, lubrication reliability and complementary technologies.
Standardize monitoring frequencies, acceptance criteria, severity codes and diagnostic reporting.
3. Reliability and Failure Elimination
Lead diagnostic investigations and support root cause analysis and recurring-failure elimination.
Recommend maintenance improvements and verify repair effectiveness with site teams.
4. AI, Smart Maintenance and Reliability Knowledge
Pilot AI-enabled solutions combining SAP and asset monitoring data to anticipate failures and improve maintenance strategies.
Partner with IT/OT to assure data quality, integration and technical performance before scaling.
Own business requirements and technical content for a shared reliability knowledge platform, enabling reuse of approved strategies and lessons.
5. Alert-to-Action and Ownership
Define workflows from diagnosis to documented resolution, including risk-based response times, escalation and repair verification.
Own technical standards and assurance while preserving site execution and existing maintenance, calibration and paperless work-order ownership.
6. Deployment and Operational Readiness
Lead cross-site deployment, gap closure and vendor coordination.
Define monitoring, baseline and asset-data requirements for new assets and project handover.
7. Performance and Compliance
Track monitoring coverage, diagnostic accuracy, timely resolution and verified reliability benefits.
Maintain traceable records and coordinate applicable change control, data integrity and validation with Quality and IT/OT.
8. Capability Development and Collaboration
Qualify diagnostic providers and develop site competencies through training, coaching and proficiency reviews.
Share lessons, promote proven practices and escalate unresolved critical findings.
Undefined
What we are looking for:
Bachelor or Master degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Reliability Engineering, Asset or Data Analytic or related field
Advanced qualification in a primary condition monitoring discipline, or demonstrably equivalent diagnostic
competence; proven ability to assure a multi-technology program
Certification in Vibration Category III (Category IV desirable); thermography Level II/III; lubrication/oil analysis MLA/MLT; ultrasound Level II; CMRP or equivalent, preferred
Strong hands-on diagnostic expertise in at least one condition monitoring discipline, with working knowledge across vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis and lubrication reliability.
Ability to apply asset criticality, failure-mode analysis and reliability methods to select appropriate monitoring technologies and maintenance strategies.
Ability to define requirements for combining SAP maintenance history and asset monitoring data, assess data quality and interpret asset-performance trends.
Ability to identify, evaluate and pilot AI-enabled maintenance solutions with IT/OT and digital specialists,…