Supervisor, Manufacturing Equipment Engineering

Position Summary:

As a Manufacturing Equipment Supervisor, you will provide technical leadership in sequencing system sustaining efforts in a high volume, consumables environment. You will troubleshoot, define and perform preventative maintenance on optical, mechanical, electrical and fluidics systems. You will work to improve equipment uptime and reliability. You will work / lead new product introduction (NPI) and equipment performance / reliability improvement projects. You will apply Engineering principles in troubleshooting manufacturing and equipment process issues. You will need to conduct training for all PMTs and EE1 & EE2 to ensure their job performance meet the expectations. You will need to provide effective leadership and supervision for the assigned team.

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
• Ensure PM activities and schedules across all shift are executed correctly and according to schedule
• Develop solutions to restore and sustain optimal functionality of biopharmaceuticals manufacturing equipment and systems
• Source for alternative replacement for obsoleted parts and execute changes through change control

• Improvement work:
  Participate and lead a process improvement team across departments
  Facilitate an organization's systems and processes relating to continuous improvement and coach team members toward continuous improvement
  Analyse work practices beyond own scope of work for innovation and improvement opportunities
  Formulate the work instructions of each equipment type

• Incident investigation and reporting:
  Lead a cross functional investigation team under broad supervision
  Mentor team members on good investigation & reporting skills
  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 across shifts to meet daily uptime target and section KPIs
  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 the team and engineer within shift
  Develop On the job (OJT) training programmes for Engineer
• Be a role model for PMTs and Engineers.

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:

• Expert in 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
• Willing to undertake multiple tasks
• Willing to undergo job rotation/ cross training
• Willing to work in noisy environment with appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE)
• Willing to work in chemical environment with appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE)
• Possess a positive attitude and sense of urgency
• Meticulous, keen attention to details and organized
• Candidate (for Shift Supervisor) must be able to work 12 hours rotating shifts (Monthly rotations from day to night and vice versa)
• Be agreeable to work normal shift when required

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.

• 10+ years for Diploma or 6+ years for Bachelor’s Degree of working experience in manufacturing/production environment.

• Experience in GMP + ISO 13485, ISO 9001 Standard trained.

• Thorough knowledge of processes. 

• Point person to resolve issues elevated by support personnel. Diploma or equivalent in Engineering.