Sandoz Posted August 21, 2026

Senior Project Engineer I (d/f/m) / Projektni inženir - specialist (d/ž/m)

Ljubljana, Slovenia Full time
Manufacturing & CMC Senior

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Job Description Summary

The future is ours to shape. / Prihodnost je tu, oblikujmo jo skupaj.

Job Description

Sandoz investments to support the development, growth and future of biosimilars are closing to 1 billion USD in Slovenia. Numerous projects in the area of BIO Technical development, production of biological drug substance and final aseptic products offer many opportunities for career development and new areas of growth. Become part of this great story and exceptional teams and contribute to the success of Lek and Sandoz in Slovenia.

As a Senior project engineer (d/m/f), you will be responsible for leading the discipline of electricity (Mid & Low voltage) and Automation within dedicated engineering project groups on investment projects led by Engineering Lek / Sandoz Slovenia. You will support project managers and related area managers in achieving project objectives related to functionality, GMP and HSE compliance within the approved scope, budget and timelines.

Your key responsibilities:

Translate User Requirements Specifications (URS) into technical solutions for assigned systems, equipment, and units, and collaborate with vendors to define appropriate solutions.

Prepare, coordinate, and manage design, configuration, commissioning, procurement, and qualification documentation.

Plan, organize, lead, and execute Design Qualification (DQ), commissioning, and qualification activities for systems, equipment, and processes.

Install, configure, and commission electrical and automation systems in accordance with design documentation and Sandoz standards.

Ensure the safe execution of activities within the assigned discipline and maintain compliance with GMP, HSE, and other applicable requirements.

Monitor project execution, vendor performance, and contractual deliverables, ensuring project milestones, timelines, and objectives are achieved.

Lead or actively participate in technical workshops and project meetings, prepare progress, cost, and schedule reports, and manage changes and deviations.

Prepare, review, coordinate, and implement 3D models and electrical installation drawings.

What you will bring to the role:

University degree in Engineering or another relevant technical field.

Professional certification under the Construction Act (Zakon o Graditvi Objektov) or an equivalent international certification.

At least 5 years of professional experience in engineering, including a minimum of 2 years of experience working on capital investment projects within the chemical or pharmaceutical industry.

Fluent in English and proficient in the local language.

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

What we offer: 

Job location: Ljubljana and Brnik

Contract type: permanent contract with 6-month probation period

Expected weekly working hours: 40

Pay range (annual gross salary): € 58.080 – 87.120*

‘*Salary at Sandoz is based on job level, qualifications, specific skills, and work experience. Fully proficient candidates are usually placed around the market median, less experienced candidates lower in the range, and those with strong or niche expertise higher. When determining placement within the range, we also consider internal pay equity and external market data.

Our compensation package additionally includes: 

Annual bonus (STI): percentage of annual salary

Vacation allowance: in 2026 it was €2,450 net

Christmas bonus: in 2025 it was €2,100 gross

OurShare: every year, an employee of Lek d.d. will be entitled to receive shares of Sandoz AG

Voluntary Additional Pension Scheme: The company fully covers the contribution for your supplementary pension plan, amounting to 5.844% of your gross salary

Collective life and accident insurance (24/7 coverage)

A hybrid work environment offering flexibility and remote work possibilities –  if applicable for position

Ready for your next career move? 

You are kindly invited to submit your application in English and Slovene, including a CV, by  August 26th 2026 . 

Why Sandoz? 

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have the ambition to do more so that everyone can benefit from the basic human right of good health.

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape a sustainable future for Sandoz and to help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us in helping to make healthcare fairer and faster.

The future is ours to shape.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and to forming diverse teams that are representative of the patients and communities we serve.

#Sandoz

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Naložbe družbe Sandoz v razvoj, rast in prihodnost bioloških podobnih zdravil (biosimilarjev) v Sloveniji se približujejo 1 milijardi USD. Številni projekti na področju tehničnega razvoja bioloških zdravil, proizvodnje bioloških učinkovin ter aseptične proizvodnje končnih izdelkov ponujajo številne priložnosti za karierni razvoj in pridobivanje novih znanj. Postanite del te uspešne zgodbe in izjemnih ekip ter prispevajte k uspehu družb Lek in Sandoz v Sloveniji.

Kot Projektni inženir specialist (d/ž/m) boste odgovorni za vodenje področja elektrotehnike (srednje- in nizkonapetostni sistemi) ter avtomatizacije v okviru namenskih inženirskih projektnih skupin na investicijskih projektih, ki jih vodi Inženiring Lek / Sandoz Slovenija. V tej vlogi boste podpirali projektne vodje in vodje posameznih področij pri doseganju projektnih ciljev, povezanih s funkcionalnostjo, skladnostjo z dobro proizvodnjo prasko (GMP) in zahtevami zdravja varnosti in okolja (HSE), v okviru odobrenega obsega, proračuna in časovnice projekta.

Vaš prispevek k delovnem mestu:

Pretvarjanje uporabniških zahtev (URS) v tehnične rešitve za dodeljene sisteme, opremo in enote ter sodelovanje z dobavitelji pri opredelitvi ustreznih rešitev.

Priprava, usklajevanje in vodenje projektne, konfiguracijske, zagonske, nabavne in kvalifikacijske dokumentacije.

Načrtovanje, organizacija, vodenje in izvajanje aktivnosti kvalifikacije načrtovanja (DQ), zagona in kvalifikacije sistemov, opreme ter procesov.

Namestitev, konfiguracija in zagon električnih in avtomatizacijskih sistemov skladno s projektno dokumentacijo in standardi družbe Sandoz.

Zagotavljanje varne izvedbe aktivnosti na svojem strokovnem področju ter skladnosti z GMP, HSE in drugimi veljavnimi zahtevami.

Spremljanje izvedbe projektov, uspešnosti dobaviteljev in pogodbenih obveznosti ter zagotavljanje doseganja projektnih mejnikov, rokov in ciljev.

Vodenje oziroma aktivno sodelovanje na tehničnih delavnicah in projektnih srečanjih, priprava poročil o napredku, stroških in časovnicah ter upravljanje sprememb in odstopanj.

Priprava, pregled, usklajevanje in implementacija 3D-modelov ter načrtov električnih inštalacij.

Kaj prinašate v vlogo:

Visokošolska izobrazba tehnične ali druge ustrezne smeri.

Strokovni izpit po ZGO (Zakon o graditvi objektov) ali ustrezni mednarodni certifikat.

Minimalno 5 let delovnih izkušenj na področju inženiringa, od tega minimalno 2 leti izkušenj z investicijskimi projekti v kemijski ali farmacevtski industriji.

Tekoče znanje angleškega jezika in znanje lokalnega jezika.

Poznavanje orodja Microsoft Office.

Kaj nudimo:

Lokacija dela: Ljubljana in Brnik

Vrsta pogodbe: pogodba za  nedoločen čas s 6-mesečnim poskusnim obdobjem

Predvideni tedenski delovni čas: 40 ur

Plačni razpon (letna bruto plača): 58.080 – 87.120 EUR*

'*Plača v Sandozu temelji na nivoju delovnega mesta, kvalifikacijah, specifičnih veščinah in znanjih ter delovnih izkušnjah. Visoko usposobljeni kandidati so običajno umeščeni okoli mediane plačnega razpona, manj izkušeni na spodnji del razpona, kandidati z izrazito močnimi ali nišnimi kompetencami pa višje. Pri umeščanju v plačni razpon upoštevamo tudi notranjo uravnoteženost plač in zunanje tržne podatke .

Naš paket ugodnosti dodatno vključuje:

Letni bonus (STI): odstotek letne plače.

Regres za letni dopust: leta 2026 je znašal 2.450,00 EUR (neto).

Božičnica: leta 2025 je znašala 2.100 EUR (bruto).

OurShare: Vsako leto bo zaposleni v družbi Lek d.d. upravičen do prejema delnic družbe Sandoz AG.

Prostovoljno dodatno pokojninsko zavarovanje: družba Lek d.d. v celoti krije mesečni prispevek za dodatno pokojninsko zavarovanje v višini 5,844 % vaše mesečne bruto plače (zgornja zneskovna omejitev je 3.224,18 EUR letno).

Kolektivno življenjsko in nezgodno zavarovanje (kritje velja 24/7).

Hibridno delovno okolje, ki omogoča fleksibilnost in možnost dela na daljavo. –  če to velja za zadevno delovno mesto.

Ste pripravljeni na naslednji korak v karieri?

Prijavo z življenjepisom v angleškem in slovenskem jeziku lahko oddate najpozneje do 26. avgusta 2026.

Zakaj Sandoz?

Sandoz je vodilni svetovni proizvajalec generičnih in podobnih bioloških zdravil – segmenta zdravstvene industrije, ki zagotavlja 80 % vseh zdravil na svetu po 30-odstotni ceni ter s tem vpliva na življenja več kot milijarde ljudi v več kot 100 državah. Čeprav smo ponosni na svoje dosežke, si prizadevamo narediti še več, da bi vsakdo imel dostop do temeljne človekove pravice – pravice do dobrega zdravja.

Z naložbami v nove razvojne zmogljivosti, proizvodne lokacije, nove pridobitve in partnerstva imamo priložnost oblikovati prihodnost Sandoza ter še večjemu številu ljudi omogočiti trajnostni dostop do cenovno ugodnih in visokokakovostnih zdravil.

Naš zagon temelji na odprti kulturi sodelovanja, katere srce so naši talentirani in ambiciozni sodelavci in sodelavke. V okolju, kjer so raznoliki načini razmišljanja dobrodošli in kjer se podpira osebna rast, imajo v zameno za uporabo svojih znanj možnost v celoti izkusiti delo v agilnem in povezovalnem okolju ter razvijati svojo uspešno kariero.

Pridružite se nam in nam pomagajte povečati pravičnost in hitrost zdravstvenega varstva.

Prihodnost je v naših rokah.

Predani smo raznolikosti in vključenosti: 

Zavzemamo se za raznolikost, enake možnosti in vključenost. Prizadevamo si za oblikovanje raznolikih timov, saj ti predstavljajo naše bolnike in skupnosti, ki jih oskrbujemo.

#Sandoz

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Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

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24Countries represented

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