Job Description

Automation Engineer

The Opportunity

• Be part of the team that ensures sustainable products meets standard quality and committed to deliver to customers worldwide!

• Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times and Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2023).

• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

What you will do

• Perform Automation maintenance, including Preventive maintenance and periodic review of system, system backup, disaster recovery, and obsolescence activities, and ensures automation systems remain in a validated state.

• Ensures timely resolution of identified automation issues and unplanned events identified in the daily walk-through.

• Updates the SOPs and SDLC documentation to ensure compliance to regulatory standards and ensures documents are generated and maintained to the required standards and appropriate frequency

• Prepares and perform AIQ/AOQ, test plans, and documentation, ensuring documentation meets required regulatory standards

• Perform automation change controls (recipes, process sequence, interlocks etc) with guidance from Automation Lead (including: impact assessments, executes field equipment modifications, performs pre- and post- execution reviews, test plans, update documents, coordinating with cross functional group) to ensure that changes are raised and closed on time following the required quality standards.

• Participate or lead quality or safety investigations and implement any automation solutions resultant from these investigations

• Supports a continuous improvement framework within Automation and works with Leads to identify and implement improvements

• Participates in HAZOP reviews and completes action items as required

• Support Site Capital Projects.

• Develops and updates Automation training packages, and conducts Automation training

What you must have

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor's degree in Automation, Electronics & Electrical, Instrumentation, Information Technology or Chemical Engineering

• 0-6 years relevant technical experience in Process Automation, preferably in a batch pharmaceutical or manufacturing industry

• Extensive knowledge and experience in process automation system, preferably in Yokogawa DCS or Emerson DeltaV

• Good Communication skills and good team player

• Open to fresh graduates with relevant internship experience

• Customer focused resolution mind set

• Efficient and structured in problem solving and trouble shooting.

• Demonstrates ability to work independently

• Work with different teams to meet common goals, provide end to end solutions and no functional boundaries

What you can expect

• Limitless opportunities across various areas in Manufacturing; well-structured career path

• A state-of-the-art facility that delivers solution to its customers world-wide

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of biopharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create an interdependent global manufacturing network that’s committed to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Required Skills:

Audit Management, Business Process Improvements, Computer Backups, Data Management, Disaster Recovery Planning, Electronic Technology, Intelligent Process Automation, Maintenance Planning, Microelectronics, Optoelectronics, Periodic Reviews, Predictive Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Problem Management, Process Automations, Quality Management, Real-Time Programming, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Backups

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Regular

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Not Applicable

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Job Posting End Date:

10/28/2025

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