Tank Farm Lead Technician

APAC Talent Attraction; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company in Singapore is seeking an experienced individual to provide cleaning validations support at their manufacturing site. The ideal candidate will have a diploma and at least 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, especially within tank farm operations. Responsibilities include managing operations, training staff, and ensuring compliance with EHS and GMP standards. This position plays a crucial role in maintaining production efficiency and quality standards to enhance patient care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, chemical, or petrochemical industry.
• Supervisory experience preferred in tank farm operations.
• Demonstrated experience in API and operator training program.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer skills including Microsoft applications and SAP experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide cleaning validations support for multiple processing areas.
• Manage tank farm operations ensuring safe and compliant processes.
• Conduct training for newly hired tank farm technicians.
• Train others and develop SOJT/JSA/RAs for tankfarm operations as needed.
• Investigate quality deviations and EHS incidents, and document reports.

Skills

API operations knowledge

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Troubleshooting

Education

Diploma in a technical discipline or GCE 'O/A' levels

Tools

Microsoft Applications

System Application and Products (SAP)

Job description

Entrusted by Pfizer Singapore, Cielo Talent supports Pfizer to recruit permanent employees for the expansion of Pfizer Tuas manufacturing site in Singapore.

Why Pfizer

Pfizer careers are like no other. In our culture of individual ownership, we believe in our ability to improve future healthcare, and potential to transform millions of lives. We’re looking for new talent to join our global community, to unearth new innovative therapies that make the world a healthier place.

Why Patients Need You

Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.

Job Description

What You Will Achieve

You will provide cleaning validations support for multiple processing areas within API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients). You will be responsible for providing procedures and direction to the shop floor in order to ensure that equipment is properly cleaned and released after each campaign. You will possess strong knowledge of API equipment/technologies, API operations, SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), standard work and focus on continuous improvement as well as strong organizational, communication, and people skills.

As part of the Technical Operations team, you are recognized as a subject matter expert and serve as on‑going technical resource to the operating units, overseeing that cleaning is completed within EHS and/or GMP requirements, working to maximize production efficiency where possible. You will be entrusted with adapting standard methods and procedures by applying your knowledge, prior work experience and requirements. Your business awareness of cross‑organizational impact on project delivery will elevate the quality of project deliverables. You will arrive at decisions on which methods and procedures are the best fit for different work situations. You will train others and reinforce behaviors that will help us achieve our goal of providing the best healthcare to our patients.

It is your hard work and focus that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

• Support the Site Incident Commander during non office hour.
• Perform clearing of tankfarm equipment and perform check to confirm permit to work are issued in a safe condition to carry out maintenance work.
• Responsible for all aspects of the unloading of bulk solvent tanker and loading of waste solvent tanker operations.
• Responsible for the management of the tankfarm operation, ensuring for the upkeep and the safe operation of the tankfarm boundary.
• Develop, review Structured On The Job Training (SOJT), Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Risk Assessment (RA) for tankfarm operations as needed.
• Conduct SOJT training for newly hired tankfarm technicians.
• Assist in project commissioning and validation activities as necessary.
• Ensure proper communication and recording of operational matters during shift duties.
• Conduct investigation on any Quality deviation and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) incident that happened during shift duty and submit written incident report.
• Complete all required training by attending and completing scheduled training, such as SOP, SOJT, JSA
• Identify, troubleshoot, resolving and communicate all operating deviations and issues.
• Participate as a member of the Emergency Response Team.
• Develop courses of action and drive implementation of solutions.
• Uphold Pfizer's code of conduct and values.

Qualifications

Qualifications Must-Have

• Diploma in a technical discipline or GCE 'O/A' levels
• Minimum 5 years' relevant experience (supervisory experience preferred) in the pharmaceutical, chemical or petrochemical industry in tank farm
• Demonstrated experience in API and completion of operator training program.
• Acquired API operations/IPL experience
• Functional/Technical Knowledge of the discipline
• Effective written and oral communication
• Computer skills, such as Microsoft Applications and experience with System Application and Products.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

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