Manufacturing Equipment Engineer

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Position Summary:                

As a Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, you will provide technical leadership in manufacturing sustaining efforts in a high volume, consumables manufacturing environment. You will define and perform preventive maintenance on optical, mechanical, electrical and fluidics systems. You will work to improve equipment uptime and reliability. You will also apply organic chemistry principles in troubleshooting manufacturing and equipment process issues. You will need to conduct training for all the Production Maintenance Technicians (PMTs) to allow them to understand more about the job scopes & responsibilities and ensure their job performance meet the expectations. You will need to provide supervision and mentor all the PMTs.

Position Responsibilities:

• Complete required training (e.g. cGMP, safety and work instructions, etc.) within a stipulated time frame.
• Execute tasks strictly following cGMP, Quality, Safety and Work instruction requirements.
• Ensure employees follow safety, quality requirement, and all applicable company policies at all times.
• Ensure proper housekeeping and maintain cleanliness (6S) of the working area.
• Timely report/ escalate any concerns (work-related or personal).
• Meet daily production schedule and performance expectation.
• Able to take on additional tasks or responsibilities when required.
• Competent to perform less routine PM activities with broad supervision.
• Implement repair procedures to ensure correct operation of equipment and systems with some supervision.
• Identify and update in SAP critical spare parts to sustain operation.
• Improvement work:
  • Participate and lead a process improvement team within the same area under broad direction.
  • Facilitate an organization's systems and processes relating to continuous improvement (e.g. 6S) and coach team members toward continuous improvement.
  • Manage the work instructions of each engineering process to ensure consistent performance of the equipment.
• Incident investigation and reporting:
  • Lead an investigation team under some supervision and is able to submit a good report.
  • Provide guidance to team members.
  • Adapt different techniques and concepts in technical writing for effective engagement with individuals and/or teams.
• Lead and mentor a group of team members to meet production KPI and corporate goals & targets:
  • Provide effective leadership and supervision within shift to meet daily production target and shift KPIs with some guidance.
  • Co-ordinate & prioritize activities based on production, equipment and supply to meet the objectives.
• Learning and Development:
  • Responsible for the skill development of the shift.
  • Able to provide guidance to Production Maintenance Technician.
  • Develop On the job (OJT) training programmes for Production Maintenance Technician.
• Be a role model for PMTs.

Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.

Position Requirements:

• Advanced understanding on Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical / Pneumatic diagrams.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, Quality, work safety instructions & practices at all times
• Complete tasks in a safe and efficient manner.
• High level of discipline and integrity.
• Able to undertake multiple tasks.
• Able to undergo job rotation/ cross training.
• Able to work in noisy environment with appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE).
• Able to work in chemical environment with appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE).
• Must be able to identify different colors for work purposes. In Illumina, we handle components/chemicals with different colors, and it is necessary to be able to differentiate and identify the correct components/chemicals (using visual) during operation.
• Possess a positive attitude and sense of urgency.
• Meticulous, keen attention to details and organized.
• (For Shift Engineer) The candidate must be able to work 12 hours (from 0800 to 2015 for the day shift and from 2000 to 0815 for the night shift) rotating shifts (Monthly rotations from day to night and vice versa) with staggered break times in accordance with the roster.
• Be agreeable to work normal shift when required.
• (For Shift Engineer) Able to stay inside the manufacturing floor for most part of the shift (10 hours).
• Able to lift heavy weight safely (e.g. up to 15kg at Reagent Packaging area).

All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities.

Preferred Experience/Education/Skills:

• Diploma or equivalent in Engineering.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical or Mechatronics will have added advantage.
• 9+ years for NTC/NiTEC with shift lead experience, 6+ years for Diploma or 1-2 years for Bachelor’s degree of working experience in manufacturing/production environment.
• Experience in GMP controlled manufacturing / production environment.

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