Automation Engineer (Manufacturing)

Ideal Quality; Meru; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Selangor seeks a qualified engineer to oversee maintenance operations. The role requires planning preventive maintenance, supervising teams, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Applicants must have a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering and at least 3 years of experience in a related field. Strong leadership and analytical skills are essential for mentoring technicians and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years working experience in manufacturing or related field is required.
• Able to mentor inexperienced technicians to develop their skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan scheduled preventive maintenance to achieve zero unscheduled downtime.
• Collaborate with teams to accomplish maintenance tasks within timelines.
• Supervise and verify maintenance work before equipment is returned to service.

Skills

Strong leadership skills

Good problem solving and reporting skills

Analytical skills

Critical thinking skills

Good communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

Reliability of Engineering and Maintenance

Jointly plan the scheduled preventive maintenance programmed for the equipment in the plant to achieve continuous operations with zero unscheduled downtime.

Collaborate with Supervisors and Technicians to accomplish planned maintenance task according to the planned job scope, expected quality and within planned timeline.

Initiate Material Requisitions (MRs) to secure components required in order to completed maintenance / repair timely manner without disruption. Obtain necessary approval for a Purchase Requisition (PRs) for procurement of services or components from external vendors.

Diagnose breakdowns with the engineering team assigned to ascertain the root cause of the issue and implement corrective actions to resolve the issue.

Supervise and review repair and/or maintenance work completed by the engineering team, as well as a comprehensive end to end verification prior to putting the equipment back into service.

Maintain accurate records of maintenance provided to analyze the trend (based work done report) of the equipment to determine necessary fine tuning of preventive maintenance plan that best suit the production requirements.

Monitor, review and drive lower utilities and energy consumption (electricity, water, gas) and develop improvement plans.

Safety, Standards and Compliance

Define, communicate and review the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Work Instructions (WI) for processes, equipment, installation and ensure it is kept current.

Cultivate and enforce safe working practices to ensure safety of the workforce in the team, compliance to safety standards and drive toward zero loss time injury. Lead toolbox talks, safety briefings and PPE usage compliance within team.

Ensure that the work area is constantly kept tidy and in order according to the 5S concept / standard in the plant.

Develop Human Capital

Share knowledge, leading practices, experiences while performing the job, to develop stronger and competent team within PEM.

Mentor inexperienced technicians to develop skills and provide technical leadership (formal or informal) through on the job experience as well as comprehensive understanding of the production operational requirements.

Job Requirements

Qualification

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic, Control & Instrumentation Engineering, etc.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years working experience as a practitioner in manufacturing or related field, applicable for Diploma holders.

Other Personal Capabilities

• Strong leadership skills
• Independent with self‑drive
• Result orientated
• Good problem solving and reporting skills
• Analytical skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Good communication skills