Field Maintenance Engineer – GMP Utilities & Equipment

AMGEN SINGAPORE MANUFACTURING PTE. LTD.

Singapore

On-site

SGD 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Amgen Singapore Manufacturing Pte. Ltd.

is seeking an Engineer I (Maintenance) to provide field-facing technical support for plant utilities, mechanical equipment, and maintenance execution within a GMP manufacturing environment. The role focuses on resolving equipment issues at the field level, improving preventive maintenance, and guiding technicians and contractors to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable operation.

Qualifications

Strong technical knowledge of utilities, mechanical maintenance, maintenance execution and equipment troubleshooting in a GMP manufacturing environment.
Ability to provide technical oversight, influence maintenance execution and guide technicians and contractors.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills with cross-functional collaboration.
Proven experience in GMP environment with safety, compliance, documentation, and maintenance quality awareness.
Experience managing contractors, vendors, and third-party service providers.

Responsibilities

Provide field-based technical oversight for utilities and mechanical maintenance activities, including equipment walkdowns, live troubleshooting, work execution support, and technical resolution of mechanical equipment issues at the job site.
Drive maintenance and improvement activities by prioritizing field issues, following up on PM execution, verifying job completion quality, and ensuring improvement actions are practical, executable, and effective at equipment level.
Collaborate with System Owners and Technicians to perform field troubleshooting, review equipment condition, investigate recurring failures, improve reliability, and strengthen PM tasks and job plans based on actual maintenance execution feedback.
Work with Planning and Scheduling to ensure work orders are field-ready, properly scoped, resourced, and executable within available maintenance windows.
Work with Maintenance Planners and Schedulers to confirm job scope, required materials, permits, isolation needs, access constraints, and field readiness for routine and non-routine maintenance activities.
Coordinate daily work execution with Technicians and Utility Operations, including field walkdowns, job start readiness, technical support during work execution, and post-work verification to ensure Safety, Compliance, Quality, and delivery expectations are met.
Provide on-the-floor technical guidance to Technicians during complex mechanical maintenance activities, support troubleshooting decisions in the field, verify work quality, and elevate technical, compliance, or resource concerns as required.
Gather feedback from Technicians after job execution, review recurring field issues, and improve job plans, work instructions, procedures, tools, and spare parts based on actual maintenance experience.
Support field troubleshooting, condition assessment, maintenance execution, and reliability improvement for mechanical and utilities equipment, including pumps, motors, fans, agitators, mechanical seals, valves, piping systems, HVAC, AHUs, heat exchangers, chillers, cooling towers, boilers, steam generators, air compressors, and pressure vessels.
Participate in Root Cause Analysis and problem solving by using field observations, equipment history, technician input, failed part inspection, and job execution feedback to develop practical reliability improvements.
Initiate and support deviations related to Utilities operations, Maintenance, and Calibration by gathering field facts, maintenance records, equipment condition evidence, and technician input, and supporting execution of associated CAPAs.
Ensure maintenance work is executed and documented in accordance with Good Documentation Practice, including accurate field records, work order closeout, and CMMS updates.
Develop and improve maintenance procedures, work instructions, and job plans based on field execution feedback, equipment walkdowns, technician input, and recurring maintenance issues.
Develop, implement, and continuously improve structured technical training, qualification programs, and individual competency roadmaps for maintenance personnel in calibration and electrical disciplines, ensuring competency progression, GMP compliance, and alignment with site operational needs.
Capture and share practical maintenance knowledge from field troubleshooting, lessons learned, recurring failures, equipment walkdowns, best practices, technical standards, and technician experience to support knowledge retention and workforce capability development.
Assess technician technical proficiency through field observations, practical assessments, and coaching engagements to identify technical gaps, development opportunities, and required qualification support.
Coordinate and oversee contractors and vendors during field execution, including job scope confirmation, site readiness, work quality checks, technical issue resolution, knowledge transfer, and post-work verification.
Define contractor technical expectations and assess contractor work quality during major maintenance activities, shutdown support, field execution, and post-work verification.
Support project handover, commissioning, qualification, system walkdowns, punch item closure, critical component identification, spare parts identification, and maintenance plan development for new or modified systems.
Develop, execute, and perform work safely in accordance with Amgen safety requirements, including LOTO, JHA, RA, safe work procedures, and applicable EHS expectations.