Operations Engineer (Traineeship)

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In this role, you will be part of our 15-month traineeship program designed to accelerate your growth and stretch your potential through a structured and career-focused development plan that will enable you to pursue a career with the pharmaceutical-related manufacturing industry. The Career Conversion Programme (CCP) (Train-and-Place) for Advanced Biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing Executives/Professionals is designed to cultivate skilled professionals for Singapore's Biopharmaceuticals manufacturing industry in response to anticipated hiring needs. Jointly supported by Workforce Singapore (WSG) and the Workforce Advancement Federation (WAF), this 15-month training programme includes a local attachment with West and future potential opportunities upon completion of the traineeship. Due to the nature of the programme, we can only consider Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents. The employee is informed of all relevant SOIs / WIs that are an integral part of the Quality Policy, and which are related to the job covered by this job description. Work with formal systems, such as cGMP, ISO, to ensure that existing processes and workflows within production are in conformance with Safety and Quality requirements. Ensure that change control procedure is strictly followed. Initiate, coordinate, and implement improvements of existing processes or workflows in production by following a systematic approach, ensuring it meets the requirements of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) Lead the use of problem-solving tools (e.g., A3) and techniques in everyday problem solving and process improvement activities, includes provide coaching to team members when required. Coordinate with partner sites within Advanced Manufacturing Value Stream (AMVS), to explore for best practices in production processes and workflows, adopt and implement where feasible. Lead the business support team to support Production departments in purchasing activities through approved vendors, include handling of Request for Quotation (RFQ), Purchase Request (PR), Delivery Orders (DO), Invoices, etc. Ensure all production records/documents are adequately filled by the business support team, as specified within existing procedure. Support audit activities by retrieving filled records/documents, as and when required by Quality department. Lead the business support team to provide administrative supports to Production departments in managing production data and reports, include updating production trackers, reports, KPI boards, etc. Manage the inventory of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for production departments, ensuring there are sufficient supplies to production personnel. Responsible for the management of production gowns and staff lockers for production departments. Drive for implementation of Training Within Industry (TWI) program within production departments, following the established roadmap. Collaborate with Global project team of TWI implementation, continually assess and review site TWI program, ensuring it is aligned with the Global direction, under the standardization approach. Conduct Train-the-Trainer session for TWI - Job Instruction (JI) method to newly assigned Production Training Leads or Production Trainers. Responsible for performance management of Production Training Leads, including provide coaching/mentoring, conduct performance appraisals, and establish development plans. Lead the daily Material Review Board (MRB) process, to collectively determine disposition of non-conforming materials promptly and reduce scrap and rework where possible. Manage the rework activities of QC rejected Semi-finished Goods (SFG), to prevent it from contributing to delivery OTIF failure. Lead the production team for annual stock count activities, include pre-stock count preparation, resources planning, establishing workflow, and provide training to the involved personnel. Continually analyze, evaluate, and review existing Work-in-Progress (WIP) and inventory management methods, identify the gaps, and initiate for improvement by utilizing Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Assist in driving for Operational Excellence (OPEX) in production department, execute or participate in tasks as assigned by superiors to achieve target maturity level. Ad-hoc duties as assigned by superiors.