Maintenance Manager

Career Category

Engineering

Job Description

Maintenance Manager

             

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics, but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Maintenance Manager in Amgen Singapore Manufacturing.

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What you will do

The Maintenance Manager will be responsible for leading a multi-discipline team on Amgen’s Singapore Manufacturing site which have a small molecule chemical synthesis and a single use biotech manufacturing facility. The incumbent will be responsible for Maintenance and Utilities Operations to ensure the reliability of the utilities and process equipment in accordance to the maintenance philosophy. This position will report to the Sr Manager Engineering and will require to be available for shifts.

Main Responsibilities:

• Support the development of a Maintenance Vision, Mission, Strategies, and Goals that provides a guide to becoming the best maintenance organization.

• Manage the maintenance department that provides technical, project management, emergency response, trouble shooting and preventative maintenance support for facilities and related equipment.

• Support consistent global maintenance and operational practices throughout sites.

• Function as a technical expert to equipment or systems regarding troubleshooting operational issues and point of contact during compliance inspections. Provides solutions to a variety of technical problems.

• Supports the development, maintenance, and justification of the department budgets.

• Oversee the development, revision, review, and approval of Standard Operating Procedures/Job Plans that are owned by the maintenance department.

• Support project engineering in the justification, prioritization, and coordination of manufacturing projects.  Provide design assistance, as required, using knowledge of both the operations and facilities capabilities and the knowledge of production requirements.

• Maintain an environment that promotes maintenance flexibility, consistent maintenance practices, and efficient operations, which prepare us for current and future production demands.

Organization Leadership

• Provide oversight of maintenance team in biologics / Synthetics manufacturing facilities

• Manage staff performance and career development

• Coach and mentor engineers to develop their technical competency and leadership skills

Talent Management

• Identify, recruit and retain talent

• Effectively manage talent via goals, objectives, and staff development activities     

• Create and sustain an environment allowing for professional and personal growth through open communication, trust and respect     

Safety Program

• Provide support to improve safety, compliance, efficiency and effective execution of maintenance work orders

• Ensure staff have sufficient training and certifications as required to perform work

• Develop, review and maintain Risk Assessments (RA)                   

• Partner with EHSS to continuously improve safety performance and ensure environmental compliance

Compliance & Inspection Readiness

• Partner with Compliance and Quality Assurance Departments to ensure maintenance operational strategies are in alliance with our compliance commitments.

• Audit work orders to assure proper procedure and documentation practices are being followed

• Initiate and own deviations or non-conformances (NC) related to Utilities, Maintenance, and Calibration

• Partner with System Owners and QA to ensure timely closure of Work Orders and Alarm Response

Utility Operations

• Responsible for 24 x 7 utility operations

Maintenance & Calibration Program

• Manage overall interface with Planning & Scheduling Team to coordinate all planned and unplanned maintenance activities to ensure on-time completion

• Coordinate daily work schedule and work assignments with craft leads

• Support qualification of all maintenance & calibration service providers with support from Corporate Engineering 

• Solicit recommendations from technicians and implement job plan and procedure improvements      

• Work with System Owners to address system troubleshooting and drive improvements to system reliability 

• Provide leadership and technical expertise for maintenance strategy for equipment and systems

• Evaluate equipment and instrumentation maintenance and failure history and recommend and implement improvements

• Recommend and support implementation of improvements to maintenance instructions including Job Plans, Spare Parts Lists and Forms

• Effectively communicate with key customers and support groups regarding maintenance activities.

• Ensure Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) data is accurate and aligned with maintenance strategy.

• Effectively communicate and utilize key performance indicators for maintenance management.

Plant Shutdown Leadership

• Support overall plant shutdowns and maintenance activities

Training Program

• Assure the appropriate level of trainings for all levels of the maintenance organization such as cGMP’s, technical, SOP’s, compliance trainings and maintain records for staff.

• Ensure staff is current on required GMP and task proficiency training     

• Cross-train staff on multi-discipline skills as part of flexible workforce plan

• Coordinate off site training required for staff development  

Reliability & Innovation

• Provide technical expertise to assess emerging industry trends and partner with vendors/networks to determine innovative opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, agility and differentiation.

• Continuously improve Business Intelligence capabilities (e.g. ability to extract, manipulate, analyze and trend performance data).

• Benchmark equipment performance (e.g. reliability, productivity) and determine improvement plans.

• Assess predictive technologies for implementation.

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What we expect of you

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree OR

• Master’s degree and 2 years of directly related experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of directly related experience OR

• Diploma and 8 years of directly related experience

• Preferred people management experience with demonstrated leadership and management skills

• Demonstrated track record of people development where direct reports learn and develop their capabilities to enhance their performance and achieve personal or professional goals

• Demonstrated experience in forming-leading-facilitating-inspiring teams

• Ability to effectively engage diverse stakeholders in a cross functional; cross cultural environment

• Ability to generate feasible and efficient solutions to solve problems and capitalize on new opportunities

Your selection for this role will be subject to fulfilling the medical requirements of this job scope. If so, you will be informed of the medical check(s) that you may need to undergo. All medical related expenses incurred from this medical check shall be borne by the company.

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization

• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

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