THE OPPORTUNITY
- Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on The Straits Times and Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).
- Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.
- Our Company is committed to provide patients and customers with a reliable supply of high-quality, safe and effective medicines and vaccines. Our global supply strategy relies on manufacturing capabilities and expertise to achieve this mission. Singapore is one of the key strategic manufacturing sites for our Company and patients. The local site operates multi-product facilities that manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients, oral solid dosage, inhalation and sterile drug products.
- Looking for a change? The following presents an opportunity to work in the Packaging team.
Our Engineers support internal and external manufacturing operations remain operational, continuously improve and innovate. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities across many diverse areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities and Validation.
In this role, you will:
- Act as subject matter expert (SME) in IPT Maintenance team with in-depth knowledge in Purified water system, HVAC and Electrical & Instrumentation.
- You will take ownership for the HVAC and purified water system day to day support and continues improvement.
- Experience in manufacturing in a GMP HVAC environment utilizing ISO 14644-1 classifications.
- Respond to BMS/EMS alerts, investigate and feedback on any outstanding issues or events and respond to emergency situations and be on standby duty as required.
- Develop and implement maintenance program, preventive maintenance procedures and spare parts strategy for safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the systems/Equipment’s.
- Shape data-driven decisions that solve business challenges and deliver on desired outcomes and people experience.
- Drive innovation, every plant area is a model area using our Production System.
Key Responsibilities:
Safety & compliance
- Lead or support investigation, participate in trouble shooting and root cause analysis for various operational events, and also ensure that all relevant engineering CAPA are completed within agreed timeline.
- Lead and manage change control on project activities or act as technical advisor for plant modifications, capital projects and other identified plant improvement projects in line with defined specifications, budget and qualification of facilities in accordance with site to approved procedures.
- Proactively review and challenge current activities to reduce safety risk for employees and quality risks for company’s products.
- Assist in overseeing testing, commissioning, qualification (IQ, OQ) activities are executed accordingly and in compliance.
- Maintain HVAC and Purified water systems are in optimum condition in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) & EHS requirements.
- Familiar with current applicable our standard & external standard for clean room/building environment and HVAC. When required, will also be familiar with other standards to provide full end to end support.
- Lead/participate in equipment failure troubleshooting and deviation investigations whenever required.
- Provide input during Basis of Design (BOD) and Detailed Design during large capital projects, applying good maintenance and reliability engineering principles whenever required.
Enhance and uphold maintenance quality.
- Implements technical solutions to improve equipment uptime and asset utilization through use of Continuous Improvement mindset (Lean methodologies)
- Supports Maintenance Lead to meet Profit Plan targets, optimize maintenance and product standard cost effectiveness in accordance with cGMP and Safety guidelines
- Responsible for improving the reliability of equipment and maintenance processes by applying the principles of Reliability Centered Maintenance.
- Lead and develop Business and GMP processes, formalized them into site procedures required for startup and commercial launch.
- Lead and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for surfaced issues and implement a robust solution.
Operations excellence
- Plans, monitors, schedules, and implements measures on the Planned Preventive Maintenance Program and also ensures that the work is done in accordance with schedule and specification.
- Regularly review and revise maintenance program and procedures to increase equipment reliability, reduce waste and improve overall asset care process & cost efficiency.
- Work with Engineering & Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) to execute a 'reliability-centric’ maintenance plan
- Share best practices and lessons learned with the objective of improving asset utilization.
- Undertake activities to support realization of production, maintenance and product cost effectiveness with emphasis on equipment reliability and maintenance expenses.
- Conducts Maintenance effectiveness / optimization reviews along with IPT maintenance leads/Engineers/Technicians
Continuous Improvements (CI)
- Utilize Lean methodologies such as 5S, Standard Work, real-time problem solving (RTPS), to support execution of continuous improvement activities.
- Support the development of continuous improvement framework and work with the Maintenance team to identify opportunities.
- Compile and review data and develops action plans for critical HVAC systems and Purified water systems to improve reliability and reduce M&R cost.
WHAT YOU MUST HAVE
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Degree in Mechanical / Mechatronics / Electrical or Instrumentation & Control Engineering.
- 5 to 8 years of maintenance work experience in Chemical, Semiconductor, aviation, oil & gas or Petrochemical industry.
- Analytical and Problems solving skill with regard to Purified water system and HVAC Systems
- Knowledge in HVAC and Purified water system operation and Maintenance principle.
- Experience in manufacturing in a GMP HVAC environment utilizing ISO 14644-1 classifications.
- Knowledge of various clean room standards across the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry will be an added advantage.
- Familiar with Life cycle of the HVAC system (from design, operations, controls monitoring, maintenance and obsolescence management).
- Knowledge and experience working within a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Familiarity with SAP is a plus.
- Demonstrated use of Reliability analysis tools such as FME, RCFA, etc.
Professional Competencies
- Resilient and resourceful
- Good oral/written communication and interpersonal skills
- Continuous learning mindset
- Foster team collaboration
- Strong work ethics
Who we are
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
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 us—and start making your impact today
