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Engineering Specialist Automation (PLC)AstraZeneca · Singapore
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Engineering Specialist Automation (PLC)

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🗓️ Posted 2026-09-18 Singapore Full-time Hybrid Engineering
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market S$6,000–S$9,000/mo

About the Company

Be part of history in the making. AstraZeneca is building its first biologics manufacturing campus in Singapore - a groundbreaking USD 1.5 billion investment that will serve as a global hub for innovation and excellence. This innovative facility will deliver end-to-end Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) capabilities with different manufacturing units/buildings in one campus: Small molecule- chemical API production, Large molecule- monoclonal antibody manufacturing, Conjugation, Fill-and-finish operations, including sterile filling and lyophilization, Final secondary packaging. The campus will be equipped with innovative digital and automation infrastructure, enabling autonomous manufacturing powered by artificial intelligence. In addition, it will be designed for carbon neutrality, embedding sustainability into every aspect of operations and setting a new benchmark for environmentally responsible biologic's manufacturing.

About the Role

Are you ready to shape the automation backbone that keeps life-changing medicines moving safely and efficiently to patients Do you want to lead with your PLC and SCADA expertise while elevating a data-rich, compliant, and resilient manufacturing environment As an Engineering Specialist for Automation, you will be a key technical owner for Siemens PLC, WinCC SCADA, and TIA Portal platforms on site. You will guide projects from concept to qualification, tackle complex investigations, and turn insights into reliable, compliant solutions that unlock throughput, quality, and cost efficiencies. Your impact will stretch beyond the line, enabling autonomous manufacturing capabilities and contributing to our commitment to a more sustainable future.

Responsibilities

  • ● Act as the technical owner for defined automation areas, providing lead expertise across the full lifecycle of on-site automation systems and offering technical consultancy to stakeholders to ensure reliability, compliance, and scalability.
  • ● Manage or provide technical support to project execution, start-up, and site operations readiness with a focus on automation system management to drive safe and timely delivery into production.
  • ● Manage and implement project activities from planning through implementation, providing functional expertise to project owners and leading small teams when required to accelerate outcomes.
  • ● Identify, evaluate, recommend, and select technical options aligned to global or industry standards and local business priorities to maximize value and minimize risk.
  • ● Coordinate resources within operational and project teams, and across the site, to deliver value-based outcomes and maintain business continuity.
  • ● Support the operation and maintenance of Siemens PLC, WinCC SCADA, and TIA Portal and associated automation systems in a regulated manufacturing environment to ensure stable, compliant performance.
  • ● Perform trouble-shooting and diagnostics for automation software, hardware, control logic, alarms, communications, and system interfaces to rapidly restore service and prevent recurrence.
  • ● Support system configuration and modifications within Siemens PLC, WinCC SCADA, and TIA Portal in accordance with approved procedures and site standards to ensure controlled, auditable changes.
  • ● Assist with lifecycle management activities for PLC systems, including maintenance, backup, periodic review, and controlled updates to sustain integrity.