Area Maintenance Specialist

About the role

As an Area Maintenance Specialist (all genders), you are a central part of our maintenance team and actively contribute to ensuring that our production facilities run reliably, safely, and efficiently – for the well-being of our patients. Ready to get started?

About Sanofi

We are an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the impossible into the possible. We provide potentially life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions of people globally, while putting sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions.

Key responsibilities

• Operations & Maintenance: Support, maintenance, and optimization of electrical and automated systems in a GMP-regulated production environment
• Troubleshooting: Systematic analysis and resolution of malfunctions as well as the derivation of sustainable improvement measures
• Qualification & Validation: Active participation in the qualification and validation of equipment and systems in accordance with pharmaceutical requirements
• Cross-functional collaboration: Close cooperation with the production, quality assurance, and engineering departments to ensure smooth plant operations
• Projects & Modernization: Participation in projects for plant modernization and continuous improvement of our technical infrastructure
• Documentation: Creation and maintenance of technical documentation according to GMP requirements (e.g., SOPs, maintenance logs, change requests)

About you

• Experience: Several years of professional experience in a production environment, preferably in the pharmaceutical sector, though entry-level candidates are also encouraged to apply
• Soft skills / Technical skills:
  • Knowledge of PLC programming, ideally with Siemens S7 / TIA Portal
  • GMP knowledge: Basic knowledge in a GMP environment (pharma, biotechnology, or food) is desirable
  • Analytical thinking: Structured, solution-oriented way of working and a passion for technical challenges
  • Team spirit: Strong communication skills and enjoyment of working in interdisciplinary teams
• Education: Completed Master's degree in electrical engineering or automation technology, or a state-certified technician in electrical engineering or automation technology, or a comparable qualification
• Languages: Very good German skills as well as good written and spoken English skills

Why should you choose us?

• Find diverse opportunities in an international work environment to develop your talent professionally and personally and to continuously advance your career through internal moves and role expansions. Individual and structured onboarding is a matter of course and begins even before your first day.
• An attractive, market-oriented compensation and benefits package, including a company pension scheme, rewards your experience and contribution.
• We take care of you and your family with a wide range of health and social benefits, such as high-quality healthcare, numerous prevention programs, free vaccinations, and coverage for long-term illness. Outstanding is our 14-week paid family leave after the birth of a child for both parents, as well as various other forms of support for childcare and the care of relatives.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at !

The salary range for this position is :€79 104,00 - €105 472

Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.