Job Description

• Provide Process Engineering Support for API manufacturing plants in support of business continuity to meet Safety, Quality, environmental, continuous improvement, regulatory and compliance objectives.

• Support Deviation management related to the equipment, systems in response to deviations/ adverse events to investigate and identify point of occurrence, root cause and corrective/ preventative actions.

• Support global change management under various execution platforms to endure the equipment, facility and system changes are executed complying to design standards, safety standards and quality procedures.

• Support minor capex projects through evaluation of scope, feasibility, design, project proposals, sourcing plan, installation, commissioning & qualification with adherence to site change control procedures within the allotted timeline, budget, design requirements, and established quality standards.

• Demonstrates good project management skills (e.g. define core team and activities, project scheduling, stakeholder management and issues escalation etc), and demonstrates the ability to manage/ influence the project team.

• Execute portfolio projects to introduce new technology, engineering standards recommendations and new code and practices to support process & energy efficiencies, process safety and quality compliance.

• Provides technical Support during quality and safety external audits / internal inspections in providing technical representation and / or assessments in response to the auditing firms and other regulatory agencies.

• Perform gap assessment & periodic review of current engineering & business procedures, update SOPs and train the impacted personnel.

• Demonstrates leadership behaviors and leads personal career development with manager assistance through Performance Management and Employee Development Plan (EDP).

• Participates in process hazards analyses (PHA) and applicable Process Safety Management (PSM) activities related to new/inline products. Supports EHS audits and Safety incident investigation

• Support energy initiatives & cost reduction projects

• Any other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or biochemical engineering.

• At least 2 to 3 years of experience

• Knowledge of GMP systems, equipment qualification and commissioning

• Possess unit operations, equipment knowledge and trouble shooting skills.

• Perform Process hazard analysis, FMEA and Risk assessments.

• Application of engineering fundamentals to carry out feasibility studies and develop implementation plans.

• Project management skills to scope, plan, cost and implement actions in-collaboration with multi-functional teams

This is a Career Conversion Programme (CCP for Advanced Biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing Professionals (Place-and-Train) under Workforce Singapore (WSG) and candidates must meet the following criteria and are open to the following conditions:

• PMETs/Mid-Careerist with no prior work experience in Biopharma industry are welcome to apply

• Singaporeans/PRs only

• Open to two years contract

Required Skills:

Business Continuity, Business Continuity, Capital Projects, Contractor Oversight, Cost Reduction, Driving Continuous Improvement, Engineering Standards, Equipment Qualification, Estimation and Planning, Feasibility Studies, Global Manufacturing, GMP Compliance, GMP Validation, Hazard Analysis, Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing Quality Control, Manufacturing Scale-Up, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Process Control, Process Engineering, Process Optimization, Process Scale Up, Project Management, Regulatory Compliance, Stakeholder Management {+ 1 more}

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Employee Status:

Temporary (Fixed Term)

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Not Applicable

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Job Posting End Date:

10/30/2026

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