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Sponsorship possible
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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
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No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
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What Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Expert Science & Technology” (Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers) in NC: $113k–$113k, median $113k.
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- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 1 certified filing for “Expert Science & Technology” (Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers) in NC: $113k–$113k, median $113k. Most were filed at wage level III (100%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
Salary Range:
€45,300.00 - €84,100.00
Job Description Summary
Location: Ivrea, Italy #onsite
Role Purpose:
The Senior Expert Engineering is part of the TRD RLT Engineering organization and in particular in the Colleretto Giacosa Pilot Plant team, providing technical and maintenance expertise, coordination and execution for the management of all Pilot Plant equipment and facility&utilities, in order to ensure the asset expected performances in terms of safety, quality, productivity, efficiency and flexibility, in full compliance with all HSE and GxP relevant requirements.
Job Description
Main Activities
Strategy:
• Support plant strategy execution ensuring technical reliability, continuous improvement and compliance with HSE and quality requirements
• Execute assigned projects according to expected deliverables and quality, life cycle costs and project schedules.
• Ensure state of the art technical solutions according compliance standards and HSE regulations including radioprotection regulations
• Responsible for the technical availability, reliability, and condition of the production plants.
• Participate in the definition and implementation of the maintenance strategy, program, and budget
• Participate in sharing and leveraging of best practices and expertise within the Novartis engineering community
• Lead the implementation of technology strategy and the approved equipment standards and project execution standards
• Apply initiatives and strategies from global improvement programs and engineering standards and push and support roll out and implementation
• Ensure needed flexibility for TRD processes is applied to the Colleretto Giacosa plant
Leadership & Organization
• Provide engineering expertise and technical leadership to the rest of the team and broader organization
• Ensure technical know-how is correctly built and shared along the TRD RLT network
• Provide technical training and mentoring to Pilot Plant and Operations team members
• Coordinate and lead external resources from engineering and maintenance service providers
• Coordinate and manage equipment and systems suppliers as needed
Quality & Compliance
• Support internal and external audits
• Ensure compliance with Quality Manual / Quality Modules / Standard Procedures.
• Implement global SOPs and Standards
• C reate and manage site specific SOPs/WPs & templates
• Manage investigations, deviation handling, CAPAs implementation, Change Control executions and Quality events as relevant
Maintenance & Calibration:
• Drive / improve technical availability, reliability, and condition of assets
• Develop, monitor and improve KPI for engineering
• Establish/support cost efficient repair and maintenance processes in compliance with local regulations, HSE, GMP
• Define and execute asset strategy and proper asset lifecycle management, calibration, re-qualification and maintenance plans included
• Manage maintenance improvement projects and initiatives
• Create and control maintenance / calibration budget, drive efficiencies
System & Tools:
• Manage, coordinate centrally shared systems/ databases and provide professional infrastructure for design, installation, qualification and lifecycle management of facilities and equipment
• Act as system owner for assigned systems
• Use of CAD systems and other engineering digital tools
• Support the use and handling of Asset Management tools (SAP, CMX, Kneat, etc.)
Ideal Background
Education (minimum/desirable):
Minimum degree in Engineering (industrial field) or equivalent
Desirable MSc in Engineering (industrial field) or equivalent
Languages:
Proficiency in Italian, fluent in English
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