Field & Production Engineer

FIELD & PRODUCTION ENGINEER

100% - Lausanne (Switzerland)

BE WTR is the new, premium water brand chosen by many of the world’s best chefs. We are innovative, sustainable and here to change how the world hydrates.

As a fast-growing, Swiss scale up, we put a lot of energy, passion and know-how into our work. Today we are present in Switzerland, France, Singapore, the Gulf States, UK, Morocco, Canada and China, with hungry expansion plans in the coming years.

At BE WTR we believe that water should always be a short journey. Why ship in water from the end of the world when you can get premium, local and great tasting water in sealed bottles with us? We are zero plastic, zero waste and minimum transport.

You find our clients within luxury hospitality, high gastronomy, top-notch offices and homes. We help our customers access sustainable premium water, while significantly reducing their carbon footprint.

As a dedicated member of 1% for the Planet and B Corp certified, social and ecological responsibility is at the heart of what we do. BE WTR's multicultural team is passionate about customer focus, innovation, and development.

As we continue our rapid growth, we are seeking a Field & Production Engineer to strengthen our Engineering department. You will be part of the HQ team based in Lausanne, working closely with regional and international teams.

Join us and BE proud of your work!

Each BE WTR production site operates a fully automated washing, filling, and capping line, designed for food-grade and beverage manufacturing standards.

The process includes:

• Industrial bottle washers (detergent wash, rinse, disinfection, and final rinse);
• Volumetric filling and capping systems;
• CO₂ saturators, chillers, neutralization systems, and flow-controlled utilities.

This environment involves fluid dynamics, chemistry, and microbiology, and requires compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and food safety standards.

As a Field & Production Engineer, you will drive the global expansion and optimization of BE WTR’s water treatment and production facilities. You will commission new plants and machinery worldwide, ensuring each site meets technical requirements and delivers reliable, high-quality performance.

Working closely with local teams and suppliers, you will also troubleshoot and optimize automated production lines to enhance efficiency, process stability, and quality — targeting an OEE of 85–90%. This role requires approximately 50% international travel and close collaboration across diverse technical environments.

• Commissioning of Plants:
  Carry out the commissioning process for new water treatment plants, ensuring all machinery and processes are installed and fully operational.
• Water Treatment and Machine Setup:
  Follow the hydraulic work for water treatment, make the installation of industrial machinery from mechanical and electrical point of view. Ensure proper layout, cabling, and setup of washing, filling, and bottling systems and all the machineries that compose the entire plant.
• Quality and Process Validation:
  Execute FAT (Factory Acceptance Testing), SAT (Site Acceptance Testing), IQ (Installation Qualification), OQ (Operational Qualification), PQ (Performance Qualification), and full process validation for all installations. Provide training to the operators and make sure to give to the local production team a turn key plant, with parameter setup properly and the machineries up and running.
• Supplier Management: collaborate with machine suppliers and the internal R&D / Equipment Development Team to design and implement robust engineering solutions.
• Monitor and analyze the performance of production equipment remotely (via HMI).
• Troubleshoot issues in real time, identifying root causes across mechanical, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, or software domains.
• Support production operators remotely to quickly resolve stoppages, quality deviations, or performance drops.
• Perform Pareto and root-cause analyses on recurring failures to define long-term improvement actions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance throughput, process stability, and operator…