Senior Laboratory Technician (M/F/D)

Company Description

As a global leader in the plant health market, we help farmers protect crops and thus ensure safe, nutritious, and accessible food for all - while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection protects plants from sowing to harvest: from the moment the seed is planted, until harvest, crops must be protected from weeds, insects, and diseases, as well as drought and floods, heat and cold.
Syngenta Crop Protection's headquarters is located in Switzerland.

Syngenta Monthey is an active substance production site with 900 employees. Its activities are mainly related to plant protection and, to a lesser extent, the Professional Products sector. Discover the activities, history, and challenges of the Monthey site via the YouTube video

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Laboratory Technician (M/F/D) to join our quality control (QC) laboratories at our Monthey site.
In this role, you will independently perform analyses on production samples and finished products. You will also act as a technical referent, ensuring the reliability of laboratory methods and equipment, while contributing to continuous improvement and investment projects.

Your responsibilities:

Independently perform quality control analyses to verify product compliance with established specifications.
Use and ensure the proper functioning of analytical equipment, particularly in gas chromatography (GC) and liquid chromatography (HPLC).
Act as a technical referent for the methods and equipment for which you are responsible: fault diagnosis, troubleshooting, maintenance monitoring, and user support.
Train, support, and develop the technical skills of colleagues on analytical equipment and methods.
Participate in the development, optimization, and implementation of new laboratory methods and technologies.
Contribute to investment projects: identifying needs, evaluating technical solutions, and exchanging with suppliers.
Collaborate with production, other laboratories, and Process Technology teams to harmonize practices and resolve technical issues.
Write and update technical documentation, operating procedures, and user instructions.
Strictly respect HSEQ, quality, and safety requirements applicable to the laboratory.
This is a reference and technical leadership role, without direct hierarchical responsibility.

Qualifications

Experience

Solid experience in a laboratory assistant, laboratory technician, or comparable role.
Proven expertise in analytical chemistry, ideally in GC and HPLC.
Experience in troubleshooting analytical equipment and autonomous management of technical issues.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, to structure technical projects, and to actively seek out necessary information.
Ease in communicating with various stakeholders and transmitting technical knowledge.
CFC as a chemistry laboratory assistant or equivalent training.
Very good knowledge of HSEQ, quality, and safety requirements in a laboratory environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools.
Technical English, written and oral, is an asset.

Additional information

Additional information

Position based in Monthey, with indispensable on-site presence
Participation in an on-call/standby system, approximately 6 to 7 weeks per year. In case of on-call duty, the person must be able to reach the site within approximately one hour
Modern working environment, equipped with various and recent analytical technologies.
Opportunity to contribute to cross-functional technical projects and develop recognized expertise within the site.
What we offer

40h/ week of work with flextime and compensatory days
Syngenta private pension fund
Family initiatives
Bonus based on individual performance and achievement of Syngenta objectives
Syngenta Campus: Company restaurant, free parking, on-site doctor
Are you interested? Then apply online, attaching all relevant documents (cover letter, CV, diploma, certificates).

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