Engineering Specialist

ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS SINGAPORE PTE. LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS SINGAPORE PTE. LIMITED is seeking a professional engineer with strong team leadership to plan and coordinate specialist engineering activities and manage project revenues for a portfolio of projects.

The role involves technical ownership of manufacturing equipment and systems, driving improvements, and ensuring site readiness. You will lead project execution from planning to deployment, provide technical consultancy to stakeholders, and ensure compliance with GMP and

Qualifications

• Professional engineer with team leadership capabilities planning and coordinating specialist engineering activities and managing project revenues.
• Manages or provides technical support to project execution, start up and site readiness.
• Acts as technical owner of a specific area and provides lead expertise in manufacturing equipment and systems.
• Leads project activities from planning through implementation with cross‑functional teams.
• Identifies evaluates and selects technical options aligned with standards and business priorities.
• Maintains knowledge of best practices and new developments.
• Manages asset lifecycle for equipment and systems to ensure performance and cost efficiency.
• Leads hands‑on troubleshooting and translates learning to standard operations.

Responsibilities

• Leads problem solving using lean methodology and data analytics.
• Gathers and analyzes data to establish and maintain business processes and procedures.
• Prepares governance documentation and asset status reports including forecasting and KPI adherence.
• Leads preparation of investment cases with value and benefits.
• Coordinates resources within operations and project teams to drive value.
• Ensures compliance with GMP, SHE standards and local regulations.

Skills

Team Leadership

Project Management

Technical Ownership

Manufacturing Equipment

Process Systems

Technical Consultancy

Asset Lifecycle

Troubleshooting

Lean & Data Analytics

GMP & SHE Compliance

Job description

A professional engineer with team leadership capabilities, who plans and co-ordinates specialist engineering activities and is charged with managing project revenues over a portfolio of projects. Alternatively provides technical and project management support to colleagues in an area of expertise within the engineering function

• Manages or provides technical support to project execution, start up and site operations readiness
• Acts as technical owner of specific area within engineering function and provide lead expertise in manufacturing process equipment’s and systems. Provides technical consultancy to stakeholders.
• Manages and executes project activities from planning through implementation and provides functional expertise to project owners. Capable in managing small teams on need basis.
• Identifies,evaluates, recommends and selects technical options to be adopted from global or industry standards and aligned with local business priorities and objectives
• Keeps own knowledge of best practices and new developments up to date
• Takes ownership in managing asset life cycle for equipment and engineering systems to guarantee performance, compliance, efficiency and optimised cost of ownership
• Actively leads “hands on” trouble shooting activities resolving functional problems and translates learning to standard operations.
• Applies and effectively drives problem solving attitude by using lean framework and data analytics
• Gathers and analyses data related to establishing and maintaining business processes and procedures
• Prepares technical governance documentation and asset status reports, including but not limited to forecasting, adherence to key performance indicators, technical analytics, recommendations for improvement
• Leads preparations of investment applications, business cases with short / long term value and benefits
• Co-ordinates resources within the operational teams, project teams or across site to drive value outcome
• Ensure compliance of own work and work of others with GMP, SHE standards and local regulations