Utilities Technician (One-Year Contract)

About the role

Roche is hiring a Utilities Technician for a one-year contract in Central Singapore. The role covers operations and maintenance of the B1 and B10 utilities systems and equipment, keeping them in good operating condition to support manufacturing operations. It involves 7 days a week, 24 hours a day shift work.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out day-to-day monitoring, operation and preventive and ad-hoc repair and maintenance of utility and manufacturing equipment and systems, including calibration of instrumentation and electrical installations, and execute all job orders on shifts.
• Monitor facilities and utilities systems via BAS/PCS and attend to alarms.
• Perform first-level troubleshooting and maintenance, report and arrest leaks, and provide emergency response support within utilities systems.
• Top up chemicals in RO and waste water systems, load salt (manual and overhead hoist), prepare brine solution, move CIP chemicals, and support shutdowns and restarts of utilities systems.
• Provide mechanical support to manufacturing, utility and engineering services during routine and shutdown maintenance and product switchover.
• Maintain SHE performance targets, lead safety among other contractors, and take part in 5S housekeeping, cleaning and painting of utilities equipment such as wastewater plants, water tanks, RO skids, drain trenches and piping.
• Carry out improvement projects on operations and cost savings, and perform other tasks directed by SMEs, engineers, supervisors or managers.

Required profile

• Diploma/ITE/NITEC (or equivalent) in Mechanical, Marine or Chemical Process Engineering; strong background in operation and maintenance of production and utility systems preferred.
• Preferred: MOM-accredited WAH course for workers, chemical and hazardous substances handling course, confined space entrant course, and Boiler Attendant 2 certification.
• Minimum 1-2 years of hands-on experience with GMP and GDP in a biologics environment preferred; 3+ years in RO, USP purified water, USP WFI or other high-purity water systems also preferred.
• Able to work ad-hoc call-in or weekends, and to lift IBCs, chemical bags and carboys.

Required skills

• Interpret P&ID and LOTO mark-up drawings and perform energy isolation.
• Use offline meters to measure free chlorine, hardness, turbidity, TSS, TDS, TOC and conductivity.
• Microsoft Office, email and SAP software.
• Preferred: asset care activities such as sensor calibration, filter and resin replacement, resin regeneration, chemical cleaning and water sampling and testing.