Lead Maintenance Engineer

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you are responsible for supporting and executing the setup of the Packaging operations. This involves working closely together with the Capital Project team to ensure Safety, Quality, Compliance and Operational aspects of the packaging lines are adequately included during the design and construction phase. Post the construction and qualification, as the team prepares for commercial supply, you will support the engineering and maintenance activities to ensure they meet GMP, regulatory and supply requirements.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**:
In this role, you will:

- Participate actively as part of the Site start-up team in equipment FATs and site qualification activities (IQ, OQ and PPQ) for Syringe and Vial Packaging lines
- Shape data-driven decisions that solve business challenges and deliver on desired outcomes and people experience.
- Drive innovation, every plant area is a model area using our Production System (MPS).
- Build Future Ready Manufacturing facility, position Singapore manufacturing division as strategic site for new products and innovation solutions in the Global Network.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Safety & compliance**
- Lead Safety, Quality and customer complaints investigations with a cross-functional team and establish Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs) to prevent re-occurrence.
- Prepare and develop SOPs and Job Aids to ensure compliance with regulatory standards
- Support implementation of equipment change by initiating change control, participating in impact assessments and executing field equipment modifications.
- Management of project schedules, resource plans, vendor coordination, and material purchases.
- Proactively review and challenge current activities to reduce safety risk for employees and quality risks for company’s products.

**Enhance and uphold maintenance quality**
- Implements technical solutions to improve equipment uptime and asset utilization through use of Continuous Improvement mindset (Lean methodologies)
- Coach and guide the maintenance and operations team
- Supports Maintenance Lead to meet Profit Plan targets, optimize maintenance and product standard cost effectiveness in accordance with cGMP and Safety guidelines
- Lead and develop Business and GMP processes, formalized them into site procedures required for startup and commercial launch.

**Operations excellence**
- Ensure preventive maintenance plan is always up-to-date and equipment breakdowns are resolved in a timely manner.
- Work with Engineering & Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) to execute a 'reliability-centric’ maintenance plan
- Share best practices and lessons learned with the objective of improving asset utilization.
- Undertake activities to support realization of production, maintenance and product cost effectiveness with emphasis on equipment reliability and maintenance expenses.

**Continuous Improvements (CI)**
- Utilize Lean methodologies such as 5S, Standard Work, real-time problem solving (RTPS), to support execution of continuous improvement activities.
- Support the development of continuous improvement framework and work with the Maintenance team to identify opportunities.

**ABOUT YOU**
- Degree in Mechanical / Mechatronics / Electrical or Instrumentation & Control Engineering.
- 8 years of maintenance work experience in the Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Semiconductor 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.

**Who we are **

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—and start making your impact today.

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**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Relocation**:
No relocation

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