Lead Maintenance Engineer – Automated Assembly & Packaging

BD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BD is seeking an experienced Maintenance Leader to head maintenance operations for our automated assembly and packaging equipment at the Tuas Plant in Singapore. You will drive reliability, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while leading a team of technicians.

This role collaborates with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Validation to ensure uptime, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Diploma in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing experience in a high-volume production environment.
• Minimum 7 years of maintenance/equipment engineering experience, preferably supporting automated assembly and packaging equipment.
• Proven experience leading maintenance teams, technicians, or technical resources within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, reliability engineering, and root cause analysis methodologies.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting automated equipment involving PLCs, sensors, servo systems, robotics, pneumatics, and mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance activities for automated assembly and packaging equipment to maximize reliability.
• Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs to minimize downtime.
• Drive equipment improvements and automation initiatives to boost productivity.
• Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for failures.
• Oversee repair, overhaul, and restoration to recover production quickly.
• Manage maintenance projects, budgets, and scope.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Validation teams.
• Monitor uptime, OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and maintenance compliance.
• Ensure safety, quality, GMP, and regulatory requirements.
• Coach and develop maintenance technicians.
• Support spare parts planning and resource allocation.
• Identify continuous improvement initiatives to reduce costs and improve capability.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Preventive maintenance

Root cause analysis

PLC troubleshooting

Automation and robotics

Team management

Education

Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics/Manufacturing Engineering degree

5+ years manufacturing experience

7+ years maintenance/equipment engineering experience

Tools

CMMS

PLC programming

Robotics controls

Job description

BD is seeking an experienced Maintenance Leader to head maintenance operations for our automated assembly and packaging equipment at the Tuas Plant in Singapore. You will drive reliability, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while leading a team of technicians.

This role collaborates with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Validation to ensure uptime, quality, and regulatory compliance.