About the role
AI summarisedThis is an entry-level Equipment Optimization Engineer Trainee position at Roche, a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company. The role involves engineering maintenance, repair, and optimization of utilities and manufacturing equipment, supporting plant operations, and collaborating with reliability and project teams. The trainee will learn to troubleshoot, implement preventive/predictive maintenance, and drive continuous improvement in a cGMP environment.
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Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for engineering maintenance, repair of all utilities and manufacturing equipment/systems serving the entire manufacturing facility and the execution of all job orders.
- Troubleshoot and provide technical support to a team of maintenance and calibration specialists on shift to perform engineering maintenance and repair of facilities and manufacturing equipment in support of plant operations.
- Provide support to manufacturing, utility and engineering services during routine and shutdown maintenance work; and product change over in support of plant operations.
- Performs timely review and technical completion of work orders, initiate follow up work order and notification as required.
- Provide support to Project Engineering Team to deliver project within stipulated timeline and budget.
- Partner with Quality and Deviation owner to ensure timely closure of deviation records and related follow up actions.
- Analyze/create preventive maintenance procedures and/or practices to comply with regulatory codes, specifications, standards and corporate guidelines for the safe, reliable and efficient operation of the plant to ensure validity, efficiency, maximum production equipment uptime.
- Work with Reliability team to establish predictive maintenance program for the facility such as Thermal Scanning (IR), Ultrasonic, Vibration Monitoring etc.
- Increase the mean time between failure (MTBF) of equipment by identifying and eliminating the causes for recurring issues and to implement robust solutions.
- Partner with the Maintenance and Calibration team to reduce mean time to repair (MTTR).
- Assist with continuous improvement project (Kaizen) and initiate change request to optimize maintenance/calibration activities if required.
- Review engineering specifications and design modification proposals to improve reliability within cost and other performance requirements.
Requirements
- Degree/Diploma in Mechanical, Marine, Electrical/ Instrumentation or Chemical Process Engineering with at least 1-2 years experience in pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing will be desirable.
- Candidates with 1-2 years hands-on maintenance working experience in Pharmaceutical or Chemical manufacturing and experience in project start-up will be preferred.
- Strong background in Operation and Maintenance of equipment and instruments in the production and utility area will be preferred.
- Experience in setting up SAP Maintenance Program, spare parts store, project start-up environment and safety procedures/practices is an added advantage.
- Excellent computer skills including but not limited to CMMS software, spreadsheets and word processing software.
- Excellent analytical problem solving skills and persistence to resolve outstanding issues.
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Must possess the ability to work independently with adequate direction and guidance, and deliver projects/tasks on time and within budget.
- Must be team oriented and be able to work with members of the team.
- Strong customer service skills, attention to details, accurate and thorough.
- Strong concept of cGMP in area of Maintenance and Calibration.
- Willing to be scheduled to occasionally work off shift hours in support of operations.