Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITY

• 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 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.

Senior Maintenance Engineer \xe2\x80\x93 Planning and Scheduling

In this role, you will:

• Performs and manages the engineering master data, calibration and maintenance task list and orders in both Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (SAP). Monitors and reports orders overdue. Performs tracking of KPI for utilities consumption, cost spend and CMMS data. Support compliance and financial audit relating to CMMS orders and system.
• Liaise and co-ordinate activities with IPT\xe2\x80\x99s team to ensure continuous support to the site and participate in Weekly and monthly production planning meeting.
• Working closely with the Production planners and maintenance engineer\xe2\x80\x99s implementation and execution of preventive /Corrective maintenance and Spares Inventory Management.
• Lead investigation related to the planning and scheduling and identify the effective CAPA.
• Provide training for new users for SAP access as part of Key super user responsibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate PM work orders in SAP from the Preventive Maintenance (PM) plans projecting 45 days in advance on a daily basis and Release and schedule PM work orders to maintenance technicians.
• Responsible for advanced preparation of maintenance jobs, so that the execution can be performed efficiently and successfully
• Monitor and report PM status and overdue reports weekly to IPT maintenance Lead, Engineering Manager and maintenance engineers.
• Creation of the daily schedule, taking into account changes due to personnel, production demands, emergency and emergent issues.
• Daily adjustments to the established weekly schedule. This role is responsible for adjusting the next available work period to account for changes in resources, job priority, asset availability or carry over work. \xe2\x80\xa2 Assigns the work to the craft people performing the work, and is responsible for coaching and training a committed and responsible maintenance team.
• Provides the equipment related expertise and technical guidance necessary to resolve issues that surface during job execution.
• Schedules and assists in liaising with end-users in the planned maintenance, calibration, and predictive maintenance programme.
• Coordinates maintenance needs with operational functions to minimize downtime. Good skills with coordination and negotiation with production for windows for maintenance activities during planning meeting, prior to maintenance activity execution
• Communication with Asset Owner (Production Planner) and Maintenance Daily Scheduler on:The weekly scheduling of maintenance work, which includes coordination with the Asset Owner/ equipment custodian and allocation of all resources required to complete specific jobs. Changing availabilities of both equipment and craft and be ready to take maximum advantage of both by looking for such things as upcoming Outages, Shutdowns, Vacations, Holidays, Training, Changeover/Setups.
• Estimates and defines requirements for total labor, materials, special tools, equipment, and skill sets, for all work maintenance activities. Make sure all of them available for technician to execute the maintenance activities.
• Plan Plant shutdown activities and facilitate daily shutdown meeting during shutdown and update the activity status to entire IPT team.
• Identify activities which require shutdown, being able to provide forecast or lookahead of maintenance shutdown window required
• Actively communicate with equipment engineers regarding pending maintenance activities and highlight potential issues regarding their execution
• Review PM extension execution and provide guidance on Floc, Equipment and PM creation in SAP.
• Performs gathering and collating of data into performance charts for Department Key Performance Indices (KPI)
• Generates statistics and reports for maintenance, calibration, and inventory on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly as required.
• Performs jobs assigned by Supervisor pertaining to changes in the CMMS related to updating of data or obsolescence of equipment (reference to site change control procedures).

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Degree/Diploma Mechanical / Mechatronics / Electrical or Instrumentation & Control Engineering
• 2-3 year of maintenance work experience in Pharmaceutical, 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.
• Good computer skills in MS office are essential.
• Experience in Maintenance activities planning and scheduling will be an advantage

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of biopharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network that\xe2\x80\x99s devoted to delivering a high-quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

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.

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Employee Status: Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)

Relocation: No relocation

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