Manufacturing Equipment Engineer 1

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Summary: As a Manufacturing Equipment Engineer 1, you will provide technical leadership in sustaining smart manufacturing equipment within a high-volume consumables production environment. You will define and carry out maintenance activities across optical, mechanical, electrical, and fluidics systems, with a focus on improving equipment uptime and reliability. Applying engineering principles, you will troubleshoot and resolve equipment-related issues. You may also be required to train Technicians to enhance their understanding of job scopes and responsibilities, ensuring their performance meets expectations. Additionally, you may be involved in guiding and mentoring Technicians to support their ongoing development.

Responsibilities: Complete required training (e.g. cGMP, safety and work instructions, etc.) within a stipulated time frame. Execute tasks strictly following cGMP, Quality, Safety and Work instruction requirements. Ensure employees follow safety, quality requirement, and all applicable company policies at all times. Ensure proper housekeeping and maintain cleanliness (6S) of the working area. Timely report/ escalate any concerns (work-related or personal). Meet daily production schedule and performance expectation. Able to take on additional tasks or responsibilities when required. Competent to perform preventive maintenance activities with some supervision. Implement repair procedures to ensure correct operation of equipment and systems with some supervision. Identify and update critical spare parts in SAP to ensure continuous operation Improvement work: - Participate and lead improvement initiatives within the same functional area under broad direction. - Facilitate an organization's systems and processes relating to continuous improvement (e.g. 6S) and coach team members toward continuous improvement. - Manage the work instructions of each Equipment maintenance   process to ensure consistent performance of the equipment. Incident investigation and reporting: - Lead an investigation team and able to submit a formal report under some supervision. - Provide guidance to team members. - Adapt different techniques and concepts in technical writing for effective engagement with individuals and/or teams. Lead and mentor a group of team members to meet production KPI and corporate goals & targets: - Assist and provide technical support to the shift to meet daily production target and shift KPIs with some guidance. - Co-ordinate & prioritize activities based on production, equipment and supply to meet the objectives. Learning and Development: - Contribute to the skill development of the shift. - Able to provide guidance to Technician on PLC and automation equipment troubleshooting. - Develop On the job (OJT) training programmes for Technician. Demonstrates proficiency in performing repair and preventive maintenance on basic smart manufacturing equipment and in developing effective solutions for recurring equipment problems. Implement improvements to the existing equipment maintenance processes with direct supervision. Identify opportunities to automate manual processes to improve product quality, cycle time, and cost. Data Collection and Analysis: - Demonstrates the ability to collect and interpret simple operational data to