Senior Maintenance Engineer (WDA)

Job Description

Senior Maintenance Engineer (WDA) - 2 years contract

THE OPPORTUNITY

• To work in a culturally diverse and high-performance team who has built a lot of capabilities in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.

• Based in Singapore the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times and Statistas list of Best Employers in Singapore for three consecutive years ().

• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

Our Manufacturing Operations teams are the people that make our products. We work in the manufacturing plants with a Safety First Quality Always mindset striving for continuous improvement. We work in the local plant connected to our global manufacturing network to ensure the highest quality of raw materials intermediates and finished products.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Execute equipment maintenance activities for corrective maintenance and ensuring preventative maintenance is completed according to schedule requirements and support equipment change control implementations.

• Provide technical expertise for all process equipment related activities in the manufacturing process and support Maintenance Technicians.

• Utilize technical skills to lead process equipment deviation/atypical investigations safety incidents and ensure effective root cause analysis.

• Conduct RTPS (Real Time Problem Solving) and FMEA studies to recurring failures by performing RCA and identifying corrective action.

• Implement technical solutions to improve equipment uptime and asset utilization through using MPS Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement Mindset.

• Lead Equipment QN investigation and develop robust solutions to prevent recurrence.

Key Responsibilities:

Corrective Maintenance

• Ensure resolution and timely follow-up of identified production equipment and facility related equipment issues unplanned events and new opportunities identified by Maintenance team.

• Provide technical expertise and support the Maintenance Technicians for equipment breakdown troubleshooting and recovery to ensure the timely and effective resolution of issues.

• Ensure equipment breakdowns are resolved in a timely manner and update the Preventive Maintenance Plan.

• Apply effective root cause analysis and troubleshooting Techniques to support the resolution of equipment-related incident and deviation/atypical investigation.

Preventive Maintenance

• Review and conduct Preventive Maintenance (PM) optimization.

• Ensure all planned internal and external Preventive Maintenance (PM) activities completed timely.

• Update equipment critical spare part list and set minimum re-order levels in MRO CMMS system in optimized level.

Compliance Safety

• Participate in and support the implementation of actions for Incident Investigations and Audits.

• Risk Assessment owner for area of equipment as SME.

• Ensure required risk assessments including HAZOPS are carried out in a timely manner recommendations provided and implemented as agreed.

• Ensure permit requirements met IPT maintenance activities.

• Proactively review and challenge current activities to reduce safety risk for employees and quality risks for companys products.

Compliance Quality & Change control

• Develop SOPs and Job Aids to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and ensure PM related documents are generated and maintained according to required standards and frequency.

• Ensure all QN deviations/atypical are fully investigated with any equipment related actions effectively implemented within the agreed time frame to continually improve processes prevent waste and eliminate rework.

• Ensure all out-of-tolerance equipment findings are appropriately documented and investigated in a timely manner.

• Support implementation of Equipment change by participating in impact assessments and executing field equipment modifications including management of project schedules resource plans vendor coordination and material purchases.

• Prepare and complete IQ OQ documentation and ensure that documentation meets required quality standards

Equipment Project Management and Reliability improvement

• Support in RFC for CAPEX project and RBAM to improve equipment reliability.

• Utilize Lean Six Sigma Tools such as Six Sigma Kaizen SMED and 5S to support execution of continuous improvement and OE projects intended to increase agility flow and throughput and also to reduce cycle time and inventory.

• Support development of a continuous improvement framework within the maintenance group and works with the Maintenance Lead to identify opportunities.

• Lead plant improvement processes to enhance availability reliability cost-effectiveness and efficiency of the plant.

• Participate in equipment/system-based FMEA.

Self

• Demonstrate leadership behaviors in alignment with our leadership standards such as a Focus on Customer & Patients Make Rapid Disciplined Decisions Act with Courage and Candor Build Talent Demonstrate Ethics & Integrity Drive Result and Foster Collaboration.

• Ensure both Operational Knowledge and technical Skill to the level required to discharge job responsibilities to consistently high standard.

• Demonstrate the inclusion Behaviors in interactions with others.

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Mechanical / Mechatronics / Process / Chemical/ Electrical or Instrumentation & Control Engineering

• 3-5 years of maintenance work experience in Pharmaceutical (Preferred) Chemical Semiconductor aviation oil & gas or Petrochemical industry.

• Knowledge and experience working within a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Familiarity with SAP is a plus

• Knowledge of parts inventory management mechanical and electrical equipment design reliability principles

• Project management skill including problem-solving developing and implementing technical solutions

• Experience in Pharmaceutical Process Equipment is preferred

Professional Competencies

• Resilient and resourceful

• Continuous learning mindset

• Foster teamwork and cross collaboration

• Strong work ethics

• Result driven mindset

• Can-do attitude

This is a Career Conversion Programme(CCP for Advanced Biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing Professionals (Place-and-Train) under Workforce Singapore (WSG) and candidates must meet the following criteria and are open to the following conditions:

• PMETs/Mid-Careerist with no prior work experience in Biopharma industry are welcome to apply

• Singaporeans/PRs only

• Open to two years contract

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

• Limitless opportunities across various areas in Manufacturing; well-structured career path.

• A state-of-the-art facility that delivers solution to its customers world-wide.

• Highly engaging team that aims to innovate the future.

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities along with our external contractors suppliers and partners create an interdependent global manufacturing network thats committed to delivering a high quality reliable supply to customers and patients on time every time.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy creativity digital mastery or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving so if you are among the intellectually curious join usand start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse talented and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one anothers thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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