Facilities Intern
About this opportunity
At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.
The Position
Key Responsibilities
Operational Routines Mapping: Survey current maintenance routines across the site's various systems and installations, identifying workflows, frequencies, and responsible parties.
Procedure Drafting and Standardization: Design, draft, and standardize Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and control forms for each preventive routine.
Checklist Design: Create clear, practical field tools (checklists, inspection sheets, and step-by-step guides) to streamline daily execution and technical records.
Document Integration and Consolidation: Structure and organize the site maintenance procedure library, ensuring version control, standardized naming conventions, and easy access for technical staff and contractors.
Process Improvement Identification: Analyze gaps between field execution and theoretical documentation to propose adjustments that optimize time, enhance safety, and eliminate operational ambiguities.
Training and Rollout: Assist in communicating and validating new procedures with technicians and supervisors prior to official release.
Qualifications and Requirements
Academic Background: Student in the final stages of study or recent graduate eligible for an internship in Industrial, Electrical, Electromechanical, Mechanical Engineering, or related fields.
Technical Skills: Excellent technical writing, conceptual clarity, and synthesis skills.
General understanding of facility systems and technical infrastructure.
Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Visio or other mapping tools are a plus).
Basic knowledge of quality management, process standardization (SOPs), and maintenance best practices.
Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
Soft Skills: High attention to detail, organization, and methodological discipline.
Assertive communication skills to engage effectively with operational staff and leadership.
Proactive attitude, strong initiative to resolve field questions, willingness to learn, and ability to work collaboratively.
Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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How this role compares
Computed from every other active Facilities & Administration role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 41 comparable Intern/Fellow/Postdoc Facilities & Administration roles across 19 biopharma companies.
Salary context
4 of 41 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
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Seniority mix
41 of 41 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
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