Technical Coordinator (M/F/D)

We are recruiting a Technical Coordinator (M/F/D) to plan, coordinate, and optimize all maintenance activities in one or more production sectors at our Monthey site.

A true conductor of maintenance in your sector, you ensure the operational link between the production, maintenance, and project teams. You plan and prioritize interventions on a daily basis, coordinate annual shutdowns, and guarantee equipment availability in compliance with safety, quality, and cost objectives.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prioritize maintenance activities on a weekly basis (preventive, curative, regulatory) in agreement with production.
• Lead the daily prod-maintenance tier meeting: definition of priorities, resources, schedules, and progress monitoring.
• Coordinate field interventions: preparation of work permits, material orders, and external services.
• Ensure the administrative closure of activities in SAP-PM, in compliance with work management processes.
• Plan and coordinate annual maintenance shutdowns in collaboration with production, engineering, and external service providers.
• Be a proactive proposer to optimize safety, responsiveness, downtime, and maintenance costs.
• Actively contribute to the maintenance team's objectives: cost reduction, shutdown optimization, continuous improvement.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance and/or production in a process industry (chemistry, petrochemicals, or similar).
• Proven experience in site planning and coordination of maintenance shutdowns.
• Practical knowledge of SAP-PM.
• Mastery of a planning tool: MS Project or equivalent.
• Natural leadership and ease in cross-functional coordination without a direct hierarchical link.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

Education and skills

• Minimum CFC (automation technician, polymechanic, chemical production technologist) or equivalent training.
• Solid technical knowledge in mechanics and/or electricity — both profiles are welcome, an electrical background is an asset for the team.
• Good knowledge of chemical processes; an openness to fine chemistry is expected.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong taste for working in multidisciplinary teams.

What we offer

• Syngenta private pension fund
• Initiatives for families
• Bonus based on individual performance and the 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).

Syngenta is an employer that subscribes to the principle of equal access to employment and does not practice any discrimination in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or any other employment practice for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

As a global leader in the plant health market, we help farmers protect their 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 from drought and flooding, heat and cold. The headquarters of Syngenta Crop Protection 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.