Goal Nie - Production Supervisor, Nansha, China
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1. What is your current role at Lonza?
My current role at Lonza is production supervisor in Nansha API plant.
My working task is coordinating the workforce among the production lines; interviewing operators; coaching the shift leaders for daily work and shift management; communicating with other departments.
2. Why do you like working at Lonza? How is the working environment?
Lonza can provide a platform to enrich my experiences and improve my working skills.
Lonza has open and fair atmosphere, we help each other in working.
3. What makes Lonza unique?
Lonza is an environment-friendly company and has a high level in SHE side.
4. What is your motto?
My motto is “Enjoy the work, Enjoy the life!”
5. What did you do prior to joining Lonza?
I was a technical engineer&manager in a local fine-chemical company for about 5 years.
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Nanji Yang - LSI Production, China
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1. What is your current role at Lonza? Please describe your working tasks.
I am a production supervisor in LC10. During the qualification phase of LC10 plant, I am responsible for organizing the IQ/OQ/cleaning work. After the plant start up, I’m responsible for daily production work to keep the plant run smoothly and efficiently.
2. Why do you like working at Lonza? How is the working environment?
With the excellent safe workplace environment and working with a very good team, I enjoy my work here very much.
3. What do you like doing in your free time?
Playing badminton, travelling
4. What did you do prior to joining Lonza?
As a production shift leader, I worked in a pharmaceutical company.
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Ben Chaffee - Upstream Manufacturing Operator, Portsmouth, USA
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1. What is your current role at Lonza?
My current role at Lonza is an Upstream Manufacturing operator. My tasks include activities associated with the growth and production of cell culture. These tasks include inoculum work, sampling and monitoring of bioreactors, the preparation of equipment for production use, process improvement projects and the harvesting of proteins from the cell culture.
2. Why do you like working at Lonza? How is the working environment?
I enjoy working at Lonza because I learn something new every day as the working environment is constantly changing with new customers, technology and processes.
3. What are some perks about working at Lonza?
One of the perks I enjoy the most is the manufacturing rotating schedule which allows me plenty of time with my family and friends.
4. What makes Lonza unique?
Lonza is unique because of the diversity of the workforce in which it employs. The workforce is built from several countries including but not limited to Switzerland, Spain, China, USA, Singapore and the UK. This has given me access to several different mindsets or ways of thinking that I previously did not have access to.
5. What is your motto?
Team work makes the dream work.
6. What did you do prior to joining Lonza?
Prior to joining Lonza I worked part time as a fire fighter and went to school full time for a BS in biology.
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Matt McKnight - Senior Operator, Portsmouth, USA
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1. What is your current role at Lonza?
My current role is Senior Operator in large scale Purification at the Portsmouth, NH site. The Portsmouth site is part of the Biologics manufacturing unit, and specializes in manufacturing custom proteins that fight various autoimmune diseases and cancers. I’m currently responsible for helping the supervisor keep the shift running on track, as well as operate, troubleshoot, and train others on all technical aspects of the Purification area.
2. Why do you like working at Lonza? How is the working environment?
First, and foremost, the people. The people at the Portsmouth site provide a very enjoyable, and challenging working environment. Everyone is very friendly, and there is an open door policy employed throughout the site. I feel comfortable stopping by the office of anyone, at any level, to pitch an idea or express an opinion. That is definitely a luxury I feel privileged to have. Second, the encouragement of new ideas and potential improvements from anyone in the facility. It is also highly encouraged that the innovator takes the idea from suggestion through implementation. This allows people an opportunity to think outside the box, and try new things that aren’t within their typical job description. Opportunities like these present new challenges, keep the job interesting, and can potentially lead to a new path of development in other departments.
3. What are some perks about working at Lonza?
The 12 hour rotating shift work is my personal favorite. The 12 hour work days are long, but we get 15 days off a month, and if scheduled right we only need to take 2 vacation days to have an entire 7 days off. That’s a ton of time off for personal enjoyment.
4. What makes Lonza unique?
From a manufacturing perspective, I would definitely say the versatility required from the operators on the floor. Due to the nature of the contract manufacturing business we have a facility built with the aim of supporting a wide variety of processing requirements. The operators not only need to know the facility in depth, but also each individual process and the challenges they present. The success of Lonza in over the years is really a testament to the ability of the core manufacturing staff to understand and be able to adapt to each unique process.
5. Please tell us about an amazing experience you have had at Lonza.
I was lucky enough to be sent to Singapore on a 6 week work assignment in 2009. It was my first time outside of the USA, and an overall very fun experience. I learned a little about another culture, tried some ethnic food I’d never been exposed to before, and made some friends at work I still talk to occasionally to this day.
6. What do you like doing in your free time?
When there isn’t 3 feet of snow on the ground I love to golf, barbeque, and fish. When there is 3 feet of snow on the ground I like to take vacations to San Diego, California (my original hometown) where there is never snow on the ground and I can still golf, barbeque, and fish.
7. What is your motto?
Personally, I’m not much for cheesy slogans. However, I definitely believe in a strong work ethic, honestly loving and seeing purpose in what you do, and balancing that with personal enjoyment in life as it’s too short to take for granted.
8. What did you do prior to joining Lonza?
Spent 3 years at another big biotech firm starting in San Diego, CA and then transferring to Research Triangle Park, NC. Before that, I delivered pizza for Papa John’s.
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Christian Perrollaz - Operator, Visp, Switzerland
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1. What is your current role at Lonza?
I am an operator in the launch plant in Visp, Switzerland, which is part of Lonza’s Exclusive Synthesis (LES) business. We produce pharmaceutical ingredients for different medicines fighting against asthma, diabetes etc. We also produce feed ingredients.
2. Why do you like working at Lonza?
I was unemployed for two years before I joined Lonza, and I already aimed to work for Lonza a long time before. I tried several times to apply but it didn’t work until the last time where I got the job as an operator. I was really happy about that. I enjoy shift work because I get more time for my family and my hobbies. I especially like working during the night. I am also happy that I can work quite independently.
3. Please tell me about an amazing experience you have had at Lonza.
The first day when I was guided through the launch plant I could hardly believe it. There were so many pipelines, valves and systems that I thought I would never be able to run such a complex facility. At the same time our boss asked us, “What do you think? Will you get that?” We all answered, “Yes, of course.” And indeed, in the end I must say, that if you want to you can learn a lot. After two or three months, I already knew my way around the plant.
4. What do you like doing in your free time?
I raise Ehringer cattle. These are black cows that fight with each other to determine the pecking order (dominance hierarchy). These cows are very strong, but they don’t hurt each other while fighting. As a raiser, I must improve muscle formation and do condition training with the cows. I am happy that my wife and my two children support this hobby; otherwise, I couldn’t have 19 Ehringer cows in two stables. For eleven years I have also been the commandant of the Lord God infantrymen (Herrgottsgrenadiere). At the feast of Corpus Christi we march in the old Valasian war uniform in front of the procession to accompany the priest holding the body of Christ in his hand.
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