Lead Maintenance Technician

ABBVIE OPERATIONS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent company in Singapore is seeking a maintenance engineer with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical or related industries. This role involves overseeing maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with safety and cGMP standards, and providing expert guidance to technicians. Candidates should possess a relevant engineering degree and strong troubleshooting skills, along with a proactive attitude towards work and continuous learning. Opportunities for career growth in a dynamic environment are assured.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years work experience in related fields.
• Experience in pharmaceutical/Petrochemical/Oil & Gas.
• Knowledge of cGMP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance and inspection of process equipment using CMMS.
• Troubleshoot equipment failures and implement corrective measures.
• Lead and supervise technicians during maintenance and overhauls.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Analytical skills

Safety compliance

Team Leadership

Education

Diploma/Degree in engineering (mechanical/electrical/chemical)

Tools

CMMS

MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word)

Job description

Purpose:

• Perform maintenance and inspection of process equipment using Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to ensure its availability for uninterrupted operation of the manufacturing plant.
• Troubleshoot process equipment failures/malfunctions and carry out remediation/corrective measures safely in compliance with GMP/Quality procedures.
• Assist in the development of work procedures, instructions, and risk assessments.
• Lead and supervise the front-line technicians and contracted resources during major overhauls/ maintenance and daily tasks/ day-to-day jobs and ensure right-first-time attitude is drilled down to all team members under his/ her charge

Major Responsibilities:

Daily routine

• Provide guidance and coaching all major maintenance works for critical equipment in the plant. Key point of contact to all key-stakeholders (i.e. engineer, planner, Manufacturing, equipment vendor, Quality… etc) regarding technical aspect of equipment overhaul at site. Participate in the kick-off meetings with engineer/ planner/ Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in preparation for execution works and give advice as equipment/ site Subject Matter Expert (SME) to ensure work execution at site goes smoothly without interruptions/hiccups. Coordinates with external contractors for specialized repair/maintenance work, vessel inspection, repairs, major overhauls… etc
• Provide guidance and coaching to the front-line technicians and contracted resources during major overhauls/maintenance and day-to-day jobs to ensure no rework. Execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for stationery and rotating process equipment to ensure the uninterrupted operation of the plant. Troubleshoot equipment failures/ malfunctions using maintenance historical data and carry out remediation/ corrective measures. Manage all equipment maintenance work using a Computerized Maintenance Management system (CMMS).
• Assist in troubleshooting recurring equipment reliability problems and work closely with the Reliability engineer to implement improvements based on analytical results/ reports from CMMS data/ Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/ Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Safety, quality & cGMP Compliance

• Ensures all the maintenance works are carried out safely in compliance with AbbVie/ statutory safety regulations.
• Perform work in compliance with relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/ Job Aids/ Instructor-Led-Training (ILT) and cGMP standards.
• Ensure all technicians (regular/ contractors) under his/ her charge completes all required cGMP trainings before they are allowed to be executing works at site
• Ensure and remind all technicians under his/her charge performs the MAXIMO work order timely without fail as per SOP requirements/ recommendations
• Certified as confined space accessor/ supervisor/ rescuer, Work At Height (WAH) supervisor/manager, Gas tester… etc. to perform all types of maintenance work. Good knowledge of LOTO to lead the team to review all the LOTO requirements for daily routine and/ or shutdown maintenance work.
• Compile Job plans, Job aids, and Risk assessments to assist the Maintenance engineer in developing SOPs for maintenance work.

Coaching and mentoring of technicians

• Coach the junior technician (regular/ contractors) to carry out basic troubleshooting, system change-over maintenance, support equipment validation, and Equipment reliability improvement. Ensure all know-how for best maintenance practices is passed down to the less experienced team members especially critical equipment overhauls/servicing.
• As the lead equipment SME, he/ she shall provide and ensure job aids/ ILT/ OJT are available and up-to-date for all critical equipment major overhaul/ servicing so that such know-how can be recorded and passed down to the team members

Other Support

• As the lead equipment SME for process equipment, participate in CFT discussions with the engineers to resolve plant issues and/or join in as part of CFT team for NCR/PRA discussion together with all key stakeholders as and when required.
• Acting as back-up to Maintenance engineer in their absence
• Provide on-call support for equipment problems (24/7) to minimize the downtime of the equipment.

Key Requirements

• Diploma/Degree in relevant discipline of engineering (mechanical/ electrical/ chemical) with a minimum of 8 years work experience required.
• Experience in pharmaceutical/ Petrol chemical/ Oil & Gas facilities required.
• Knowledge of cGMP is preferred.
• Excellent attitude towards work and Willingness to learn required.
• Experience working with CMMS and MS Office products (Excel, Outlook, Word) required.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in functional areas and analytical skills required.