Sr Manufacturing Equipment Engineer

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity? At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients. Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible. Position Summary As a Senior Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, you will provide technical leadership in smart manufacturing systems within a high-volume consumables environment. Responsibilities include troubleshooting and maintaining optical, mechanical, electrical, and fluidics systems, while driving improvements in equipment uptime and reliability. You will lead and support new product introduction (NPI) and equipment performance enhancement initiatives, applying engineering principles to resolve complex manufacturing and equipment challenges. Additionally, you will be responsible for training and mentoring Technicians and Engineers to ensure performance standards are met, while also providing effective leadership and supervision to your assigned team. 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 guide technician in performing maintenance activities. Develop solutions to restore and sustain optimal functionality of manufacturing equipment and systems. Demonstrates the ability to identify and qualify alternative replacements for equipment parts, executing required changes through established change control processes Improvement work: Participate and lead improvement initiatives across areas under broad direction. Facilitate an organization's systems and processes relating to continuous improvement (e.g. 6S) and coach team members toward continuous improvement. Analyse work practices beyond own scope of work for innovation and improvement opportunities with broad supervision. Develop work instructions for each type of equipment. Incident investigation and reporting: Lead a cross-functional investigation team and able to submit a formal report under broad supervision. Mentor team members on good investigation & reporting skills. 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: Responsible for the skill development of the team. Able to provide guidance to Technician and Engineer on PLC and automation equipment troubleshooting Develop On the job (OJT) training programmes for Engineer. Exhibits strong proficiency in maintaining and repairing complex smart manufacturing equipment, and in formulating sustainable solutions for recurring equipment problems. Implement improvements to the existing equipment maintenance processes with broad supervision. Participate in the d ... (truncated, view full listing at source)