Manufacturing Equipment Engineer 1

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osition Summary

As a Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, 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.

Position 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.

• Demonstrate 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 identify basic trends that support equipment efficiency and routine operations.

• Be a role model for Technicians.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical or Mechatronics with 0-2 years of relevant working experience in manufacturing/production environment. Candidates with Diploma qualification or equivalent in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical or Mechatronics with minimum 6 years of relevant working experience or candidates with NTC/NiTEC qualification with minimum 9 years shift lead experience may also be considered.

• Experience in GMP controlled manufacturing / production environment.

• Advanced understanding on Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical / Pneumatic

• Ensure compliance with cGMP, Quality, work safety instructions & practices at all times.

• Experience in troubleshooting PLC (e.g. Beckhoff or Allen Bradley PLC).

• Complete tasks in a safe and efficient manner.

• High level of discipline and integrity.

• Able to undertake multiple tasks.

• Able to undergo job rotation/ cross training.

• Able to work in noisy environment with appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE).

• Able to work in chemical environment with appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE).

• Must be able to identify different colors for work purposes. In Illumina, we handle components/chemicals with different colors, and it is necessary to be able to differentiate and identify the correct components/chemicals (using visual) during operation. 

• Possess a positive attitude and sense of urgency.

• Meticulous, keen attention to details and organized.

• (For Shift Engineer) The candidate must be able to work 12 hours (from 0800 to 2015 for the day shift and from 2000 to 0815 for the night shift) rotating shifts (Monthly rotations from day to night and vice versa) with staggered break times in accordance with the roster.

• Be agreeable to work normal shift when required.

• Able to safely lift and handle weights up to 15 kg, with occasional requirements to manage heavier loads.

• Exposure to data analytics, including the ability to analyze equipment performance, identify trends, and support data-driven decision making, is an added advantage.

• Experience or familiarity with predictive maintenance methodologies (e.g., condition monitoring, failure prediction, reliability analysis) to improve equipment uptime and operational efficiency is preferred.

• Knowledge or exposure to agentic AI development, intelligent automation, or AI-driven optimization in manufacturing environments will be considered an added advantage.

• Familiarity with digital and analytics tools such as Statistical Process Control (SPC), Python, Power BI, Tableau, and Power Automate for data analysis, visualization, and workflow automation is an added advantage.

• Exposure to application, coding language and dashboard development tools such as Python, Streamlit, Angular, and NestJS for building data-driven applications or internal tools is an added advantage.

All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

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