MSAT Engineer Product Specialist Trainee

GLAXO WELLCOME MANUFACTURING PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly training allowances

On-the-job training with diversified团队

Transport to and from site

Job summary

GSK Tuas in Singapore offers the Attach and Train Programme (AnT), a 15-month structured on-the-job training designed to build a pipeline of skilled professionals for Singapore’s biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Trainees gain hands-on experience, industry-relevant skills, and mentorship from experienced professionals in a world-leading biopharmaceutical environment.

We welcome applications from fresh graduates and mid-career individuals passionate about a career in biopharmaceutical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical/Bioprocess Engineering, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Science, Life Science, or related field.
• Understanding of databases and SQL.
• Strong MS Office background (Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Strong trouble shooting capabilities with engineering thinking to tackle complex issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Quantitative & qualitative analytical skills.
• Project management, planning, organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to commercial manufacturing team, including change assessment, process monitoring, troubleshooting and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the lifecycle of products and processes manufactured at GSK Tuas from inception to disposal.
• Continued Process Verification and CPV cycle participation for designated product.
• Assist Product Owner to manage CPV meetings and report metrics.

Skills

MS Office

SQL

Troubleshooting

Communication

Analytical skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering or related field

Tools

Data analysis software

Job description

The Attach and Train Programme (AnT) is a structured talent development programme designed to build a pipeline of skilled professionals forSingapore’s advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry, supporting both current and future workforce needs.

As a trainee, you will go through a15-month structured on-the-job trainingprogrammewith GSK, gaining hands‑on experience, industry-relevant skills, and mentorship from experienced professionals in a world‑leading biopharmaceutical environment.
We welcome applications from both fresh graduates and mid-career individuals who are passionate about developing a career in the biopharmaceutical manufacturing sector.
Due to the nature of the programme and its eligibility requirements, we can only consider Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents.For more information on this traineeship programme, please visit Career Conversion Programmes (CCP) for Individuals.

What will you learn:

• Provide technical support to commercial manufacturing team, including change assessment, process monitoring, troubleshooting and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the lifecycle of products and processes manufactured at GSK Tuas from inception, through engineering design and manufacture, to service and disposal of manufactured products.
• Continued Process Verification
• Participate to the CPV cycle of the designated product.
• Assist the Product Owner to manage CPV meetings
• Apply KPls to enable meaningful CPP/CQA trending and reporting of key process data as well as to quickly identify changing quality trends and issues.
• Review and analysis process trending, identify changing quality trends and issues.
• With the support of Product Owner, suggest corrective actions to solve issue and improve the robustness and consistency of the manufacturing process.
• Responsible of the maintenance of TRA, PCS, DTP, CQA and QTTP of the designated product.
• Compile, interpret and organize process and product data for periodic reviews, as well as audits / regulatory support.
• Closely interact with the MSAT Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers and Manufacturing to monitor process performance through real-time performance data.
• Collect, record and product report metrics.
• Establish visual tracking and other tools to enhance Audit readiness and trend analysis.
• Read and interpret statistical diagrams, drawings and other schematics. Monitor processes for performance and problem indicators.
• Update the lifecycle of the process History file of the product.
• Assess impact of changes on current validated process status and identify need for revalidation/revaluation activities.
• Work closely with MSAT and MSAT Process teams to identify and confirm critical process parameters needed for equipment and process validation.
• Support in Audit preparation and management – participate in L2 audit, corporate and regulatory inspections and front the inspector's questions.
• Project Management – contribute to projects related to product life cycle changes or optimisation.
• Participate in product investigation task forces or working groups.

What are we looking for?

Technical

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical/Bioprocess Engineering, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Science, Life Science, or a related engineering/science discipline.
• Understanding of databases and SQL.
• Strong MS Office background (Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.).
• Have strong trouble shooting capabilities. Be able to use engineering thinking and principles to tackle complex technical/process issues with the support of the Product Owner Expert.
• Have very good written and verbal communication skills.
• Quantitative & qualitative analytical skills.
• Strong project management, planning, organizational and communication skills desired.

Business

• Strong understanding of Life Cycle Management disciplines, cross‑functional skills and processes.
• Experience with process monitoring and statistical analysis of data using statistical software (such as RedStar, Spotfire, JMP, MiniTab, Discoverant, etc.).
• Proven project management experience: projects with medium level of complexity.
• Proven experience with medium size, multi workstream project management.
• Feel comfortable working in various cross‑functional teams.

Competencies:

• Project management skills.
• Technical knowledge.
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of GSK Vaccine processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of vaccine environment; regulatory, NRA release, specificities of each vaccine family.
• Knowledge of GMP environment.
• Sound knowledge of biopharmaceutical production processes.
• Sound knowledge of cGMP regulations and guidelines.

What do we offer you?

• Monthly training allowances (not subject to CPF contributions).
• On‑the‑job training while working with a diversified team of professionals.
• Understand and experience the GSK Culture.
• Implement technical knowledge and skills that you have acquired.
• Apply and develop soft skills such as interpersonal, communications and negotiation skills.
• Transport to and from site to MRT stations in centralised locations all across Singapore.

Where will I be based?

You will be based at one of our manufacturing site in Singapore Tuas.