Senior Automation Engineer (Packaging)

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  Opportunity to be a part of a Manufacturing IT Automation team in Singapore!
• Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on The Straits Times and Statista\xe2\x80\x99s list of Best Employers in Singapore for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022).
• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

Our IT team operates as a business partner proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation Primary Responsibilities

• Demonstrates and promotes leadership behavior and engages employees at all levels on Safety, Health, and Environment issues.
• Provides Technical expertise to IPT/COE\xe2\x80\x99s on computerized/automation systems specifically.

o SeaVision and laetus inspection system
o Antares Serialization and vision inspection System
o Vial and Syringe packaging lines

• Performs Timely completion/resolution or effective continuous improvement, PMs and CMs but not limited to as follow:

o System backup and disaster recovery
o Obsolesce management
o Data Analytics of frequent breakdown trending
o Password management, Periodic review and user access review
o SOP/WI/LST and PM updates/review

• Provides Automation technical support for capital and other site projects.
• Participates in field walk-down, including as-build P&IDs and HAZOP reviews, and completes. required action items Provides and maintains Automation/IT technical expertise of Serialization and Automated packaging lines using JIRA platform. If required provide cross functional or inter department training for knowledge sharing and retention.
• Leads and applies MPS 8 step problem solving to effectively identify the root cause and implement effective CAPAs.
• Participates in cross functional QN Investigation.
• Maintains up to date knowledge and understanding of The System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and to guide implementation of the system and generation of the documentation.
• Prepares and perform AIQ and AOQ qualification and testing documentation, ensuring documentation meets required regulatory standards.
• Achieves cost effectiveness and product cost reduction targets set in the profit plan, with particular emphasis on IT/Automation and waste reduction.
• Supports the implementation of IPI change control: impact assessments, executes field equipment modifications, performs reviews, manages project schedules, test plans, resource plans, vendor coordination and material purchases
• Ensures that IPI change, PMs or CMs are planned to maximize production capabilities, ensuring they are closed in time, by managing project schedule and ensuring that manufacturing schedule is not impacted
• Facilitates and manages automation vendors, ensuring that all contractors receive required cGMP, Safety, and role-related training required to work safely and in compliance with regulatory requirements
• Implement and maintains site user assignments
• Escalates any ongoing automation issues to the automation lead in a timely manner
• Any other duties as assigned by the Automation lead

Education Minimum Requirement: Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s in Electrical, Electronics, Chemical or Computer Engineering Required Experience and Skills:

• 5 to 8 years of technical experience in support Automation manufacturing industry and/or 1 to 3 years of technical experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing industry

o Serialization & Vision system Knowledge is a plus
o Allen Bradley HMI and PLC Knowledge is a plus Our Support Functions deliver services and makes recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the experience of working at our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security. Who we are \xe2\x80\xa6 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 \xe2\x80\xa6 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\xe2\x80\x94and 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 another\xe2\x80\x99s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
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Requisition ID:R233378