Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITY

• Develop strategies that align with business imperatives
• 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.
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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.

What you will do

Job Purpose

The Senior Automation Engineer is responsible for providing technical support in the field of automation. They support a large spectrum of automated systems within Manufacturing Operations and are responsible for resolution of automation problems, implementation of Automation changes and troubleshooting in compliance with SDLC, GMP, safety, and environmental regulations. They also actively support an empowered team culture including significant interaction with manufacturing, quality, pharmaceutical technical operations and engineering groups. They provide direct support to IPT Automation Lead including leading cross functional teams and providing direct guidance to the IPT Automation team.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise technical knowledge/advice to IPT/ COE\xe2\x80\x99s on computerized/automation systems.
• Performs Automation maintenance, including system backup, disaster recovery, and obsolescence activities, and ensures automation systems remain in a validated state
• Ensures timely resolution of identified automation issues and unplanned events identified in the daily walk-through
• Supports Automation review process, including data-gathering, analysis, preparing annual performance reports and ensures actions are completed on time and meet regulatory requirements
• Escalate any ongoing automations issues to the Automation Lead in a timely manner.
• Maximizes production capacity through timely completion of planned maintenance activities and effectively resolving unplanned downtime and events
• Review PM\xe2\x80\x99s being performed and looks for continuous improvement opportunities.
• Provides Automation technical support for capital and other site projects.
• Perform automation change controls with guidance from Automation Lead to ensure that changes are raised and closed on time following the required quality standards. Manages Project Schedule to ensure that manufacturing is not impacted.
• Prepares and performs AIQ/AOQ, test plans, and documentation, ensuring documentation meets required regulatory standards
• Participates in reviews as SME and completes action items as required
• Develops Automation SOPs, Job Aids and procedures
• Develops and updates Automation training packages, and conducts Automation training
• Support for deviation and operation investigation requiring code and system-level troubleshooting.
• Leads and applies effective root cause analysis and troubleshooting techniques to support resolution of incidents, events, deviations, atypical investigations and fault reports related to Automation and ensures all the resolution are effectively implemented within the agreed time frame to prevent recurrence.
• Supports a continuous improvement framework within Automation and the IPT, and works with Leads to identify and implement improvement
• Achieves Automation cost effectiveness and product cost reduction targets set in the Profit Plan, with particular emphasis on automation and waste reduction
• Any other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

What you must have:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Qualification:

• Bachelors in Electrical, Electronics, Chemical or Computer Engineering

Experience:

• 5 to 8 years of technical experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
• PLC & Human Machine Interface (HMI)/SCADA system development and troubleshooting experience

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 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...

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.

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Employee Status: Regular

Relocation: Domestic

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