Engineer, Plant Industrial (2-year Contract)

Universal Robina Corporation; Pasir Gudang; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company is seeking a Plant Industrial Engineer on a 2-year contract based in Pasir Gudang, Johor. The role involves conducting cost analysis, managing manufacturing processes, and supporting project management initiatives. Candidates should have a degree in Industrial Engineering, relevant experience, and familiarity with SAP. Join us to enhance operational efficiency and contribute to our mission of providing quality food choices.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years relevant work experience in Industrial Engineering.
• Understanding of food manufacturing principles is an advantage.
• Willingness to be based at Pasir Gudang, Johor.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cost analysis and feasibility studies.
• Evaluate effectiveness of manufacturing flow.
• Prepare yearly headcount budget.
• Ensure implementation of new Information Systems in the plant.
• Conceptualize project plans based on requirements.

Skills

Cost analysis

Time and motion studies

System analysis

Process analysis

Lean Sigma

Microsoft Office

Education

Degree in Industrial Engineering or Operations Management

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Universal Robina Corporation is looking for a Engineer, Plant Industrial (2-year Contract).

Under the general direction of the Integrated Supply Chain Director, the Plant Industrial Engineer handles design, development, test, and evaluation integrated systems for managing industrial production processes including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.

What are the Job Responsibilities?

Industrial Engineering

• Conducts cost analysis, time and motion studies, feasibility studies, system analysis to ensure work methods improvement and cost saving concepts.
• Ensures that the standard set specifications are being met to attain good quality products.
• Establishes the routing standards of variable overhead, fixed overhead and direct labour.
• Evaluates effectiveness of manufacturing flow and provide options/recommendations to resolve identified procedural gaps.
• Recommends effective actions for productivity improvement.
• Analyses and synthesizes information through engineering principles and methodology.
• Reviews change on process parameters that affect product quality and productivity (machine/manpower efficiency).
• Recommends and influences decision on cost efficient corrective measures in case of deviation from processes and parameters.

Manufacturing Management

• Analyses and recommends action plans on manufacturing systems, processes and procedures.
• Provides analytical basis in making management decision on utilization of manpower and equipment, optimization of materials to achieve target yield, productivity.
• Analyses complex problems (processes and systems) to develop and evaluate options and implement workable solutions.
• Evaluates data on productivity (material variance, direct labour, machine efficiency, VOH).
• Reviews machine performance vis‑à‑vis standard production output in order to comply to the realization of production plans.

Budget Management

• Prepares yearly headcount budget to ensure structural manning deployment timely and efficient service.
• Provide monthly reports to Accounting Department on man‑hours and weekly schedule monitoring.
• Analyses budget on plant level. Consolidates of OPEX and CAPEX budget.
• Analyses and interpret Gros Profit Statement.

Project Management

• Ensures implementation new Information System (IS) in the plant.
• Provides support to all department units in facilitating and monitoring of Profit Improvement Programs and Initiatives.
• Recommends work methods improvement and cost savings concepts to the Operations Manager.
• Performs other functions as may be assigned by the superior from time to time.
• Conceptualizes project plan (engineering design and lay out equipment) based on requirements.
• Monitors project status, evaluate services of contractors prior to turn over to process owner and plan cost effective use of resources and deployment services.

What are the Qualifications?

• Degree graduate in Industrial Engineering or Operations Management
• With 2-3 years relevant work experience related to Industrial Engineering
• Knowledge in SAP (is a plus) environment and Microsoft Office.
• Understand the food manufacturing and operational principles of products and machine specification of the plant is an added advantage.
• Understand and can execute operational tools such as lean sigma, process analysis, time study, operation analysis and line balancing.
• Candidate MUST be willing to be based at Pasir Gudang, Johor.

Apply with us today and join us in delighting our employees, customers, consumers, and communities with good food choices!

Important Note: Universal Robina Corporation does not collect fees throughout our recruitment process and does not collaborate with any travel agency or third party to provide accommodation or other services to job applicants. All URC recruitment processes take place in our respective offices or plants and are conducted solely by our Talent Acquisition teams using official corporate email addresses.