Senior / Staff Equipment Engineer

Position Summary
This position carries the responsibility of the in-house technical expert. The ideal candidate should possess a deep passion for analyzing and resolving multi-faceted engineering problems and be able to apply advanced critical and analytical thinking skills to deal with immediate situations. This role should adopt a developmental and amiable approach in guiding and mentoring others and must also be able to communicate engineering concepts in a manner that will be understood by others within and beyond the 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 safety, quality requirement, and all applicable company policies are followed at all times
Ensure proper housekeeping and maintain cleanliness (6S) of the working area
Able to take on additional tasks or responsibilities when required
Provide technical expertise and business operations perspectives across different equipment functions
Provide technical expertise to guide the development of solutions to repair, restore and optimize equipment and systems functionality across different equipment sections
Able to promote team support and coach team members towards continuous improvement
Ability to make decisions in a complex setting to achieve intended goals using structured process and multiple sources of available information
Able to connect and combine ideas or information from unrelated fields or applications to generate multiple ideas to bring about a specific outcome
Deeply understand the needs of internal and external customers
Provide overall guidance on PM activities and establish PM processes
Provide overall guidance on equipment troubleshooting activities and establish equipment troubleshooting processes
Able to drive data analytic initiatives by evaluating and reviewing latest technologies and tools
Improvement work: Drive and provide technical guidance to the team on continuous improvement
Lead in identifying improvement opportunities and innovation to improve production run rate, yield and product quality
Incident investigation and reporting: Ensure thorough investigation and effective implementation of corrective and preventive measures; mentor team members on good investigation & reporting skills
Learning and Development: Provide technical guidance and project management skills to develop the team; use available software features to enhance documents, analyze and manipulate data and use ICT to organize, share and communicate information clearly and coherently; analyze training gaps and strategize training needs to achieve/exceed work results
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
Ensure compliance with cGMP, Quality, work safety instructions & practices at all times
Complete tasks in a safe and efficient manner
Negotiate with others to address issues and achieve mutual consensus
Make decisions in a complex setting to achieve intended goals using a structured process and multiple sources of available information
Influence, guide and handle others’ emotions to build instrumental relationships and manage conflicts and disagreement
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 detail and organized
All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.
Preferred Experience/Education/Skills
Bachelors degree or equivalent
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Equipment Engineering & Maintenance
Experience in equipment troubleshooting and preventive planning, engineering methods for equipment controls and OEE improvement
Knowledge on digitalization of machine data will be an advantage
Experience in GMP, ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 working environment
Ability to develop key relationships with important customers and suppliers
Note: The job level will be determined during the interview process.
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