Assistant Production Manager

Highstar Energy Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Padang Serai; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Highstar Energy Malaysia Sdn Bhd is seeking an experienced Workshop Manager to lead the production and compliance functions in our battery manufacturing facility in Kedah, Malaysia. You will organize the workshop schedule, monitor execution, and drive improvements across process, quality, safety, and equipment management.

The ideal candidate holds a Diploma or higher in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry, with 8+ years in battery manufacturing and at least 5 years in workshop leadership, plus

Qualifications

• Diploma or above, with knowledge and skills in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Strong organizational, coordination, control, and communication skills; familiar with battery manufacturing processes and electrochemistry-related knowledge.
• More than 8 years of experience in battery manufacturing or a related electrochemical industry, including at least 5 years of workshop management experience.
• Training in production management, performance management, basic lithium-ion battery production knowledge, lithium-ion battery safety, production processes, quality management systems, environmental management systems, and other relevant areas.

Responsibilities

• Develop and arrange the workshop production schedule based on the production plan issued by the Manufacturing Technology Department.
• Monitor the completion of the workshop production plan and promptly coordinate and resolve any production abnormalities.
• Compile and report the workshop’s monthly production performance, analyze abnormal situations, and implement improvement measures.
• Control and manage the workshop’s energy consumption, raw material consumption, labour costs, and manufacturing expenses.
• Review the work instructions prepared by the workshop and monitor compliance with process requirements at each production stage.
• Control all aspects of the manufacturing process to ensure product quality meets the required product standards. Analyze monthly scrap and waste data and implement improvement measures.
• Organize personnel to conduct process discipline and on-site 5S inspections, and prepare layered process audit reports.
• Compile monthly statistics on production yield and product appearance pass rates, analyse the results, and implement improvement actions.
• Responsible for promoting employee awareness and communicating the company’s culture and values.
• Responsible for team building and establishing development objectives for the workshop’s talent pipeline.
• Develop the workshop training plan and assist the Human Resources Department in conducting multi-skilled employee training.
• Based on production capacity requirements, propose appropriate manpower planning and staffing needs for the workshop, and conduct exit interviews with departing employees.
• Establish a workshop on-site 6S and safety management system in accordance with the company’s 6S and safety requirements.
• Regularly organize personnel to conduct 6S and safety management inspections.
• Promptly implement corrective actions for non-conformities identified during on-site 6S inspections and address potential safety hazards.
• Participate in reviewing and confirming the content of equipment maintenance and repair plans.
• Report equipment breakdowns and coordinate the handling of equipment abnormalities and related issues.
• Conduct inspections and performance assessments of daily equipment maintenance.
• Assist relevant departments in selecting new equipment for the workshop and conducting incoming acceptance inspections, as well as assisting with equipment disposal and scrapping.
• Apply for and arrange timely procurement of the measuring instruments required by the workshop, and ensure their validity and calibration status.
• Responsible for workforce planning, including determining the appropriate staffing levels and job positions for the workshop.
• Prepare, review, and revise job descriptions for workshop functions and management positions.
• Conduct and maintain standard time measurements, and work with the Human Resources Department to establish piece rates for each production process.
• Arrange product trials and testing appropriately, identify and confirm issues encountered during the new product trial production process, and provide recommendations for small-batch production and product finalization.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Coordination

Communication

Process coordination

Education

Diploma or higher in Chemical Engineering / Chemistry

Job description

• Develop and arrange the workshop production schedule based on the production plan issued by the Manufacturing Technology Department.
• Monitor the completion of the workshop production plan and promptly coordinate and resolve any production abnormalities.
• Compile and report the workshop’s monthly production performance, analyze abnormal situations, and implement improvement measures.
• Control and manage the workshop’s energy consumption, raw material consumption, labour costs, and manufacturing expenses.

Process and Quality Management

• Review the work instructions prepared by the workshop and monitor compliance with process requirements at each production stage.
• Control all aspects of the manufacturing process to ensure product quality meets the required product standards. Analyze monthly scrap and waste data and implement improvement measures.
• Organize personnel to conduct process discipline and on-site 5S inspections, and prepare layered process audit reports.
• Compile monthly statistics on production yield and product appearance pass rates, analyse the results, and implement improvement actions.

Personnel and Training Management

• Responsible for promoting employee awareness and communicating the company’s culture and values.
• Responsible for team building and establishing development objectives for the workshop’s talent pipeline.
• Develop the workshop training plan and assist the Human Resources Department in conducting multi-skilled employee training.
• Based on production capacity requirements, propose appropriate manpower planning and staffing needs for the workshop, and conduct exit interviews with departing employees.

On-site 6S and Safety Management

• Establish a workshop on-site 6S and safety management system in accordance with the company’s 6S and safety requirements.
• Regularly organize personnel to conduct 6S and safety management inspections.
• Promptly implement corrective actions for non-conformities identified during on-site 6S inspections and address potential safety hazards.

Equipment and Metrology Management

• Participate in reviewing and confirming the content of equipment maintenance and repair plans.
• Report equipment breakdowns and coordinate the handling of equipment abnormalities and related issues.
• Conduct inspections and performance assessments of daily equipment maintenance.
• Assist relevant departments in selecting new equipment for the workshop and conducting incoming acceptance inspections, as well as assisting with equipment disposal and scrapping.
• Apply for and arrange timely procurement of the measuring instruments required by the workshop, and ensure their validity and calibration status.

Performance and Compensation Management

• Responsible for workforce planning, including determining the appropriate staffing levels and job positions for the workshop.
• Prepare, review, and revise job descriptions for workshop functions and management positions.
• Conduct and maintain standard time measurements, and work with the Human Resources Department to establish piece rates for each production process.

Product Design and Development

Arrange product trials and testing appropriately, identify and confirm issues encountered during the new product trial production process, and provide recommendations for small-batch production and product finalization.

Job Qualifications

Diploma or above, with knowledge and skills in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field.

Strong organizational, coordination, control, and communication skills; familiar with battery manufacturing processes and electrochemistry-related knowledge.

More than 8 years of experience in battery manufacturing or a related electrochemical industry, including at least 5 years of workshop management experience.

Training in production management, performance management, basic lithium-ion battery production knowledge, lithium-ion battery safety, production processes, quality management systems, environmental management systems, and other relevant areas.