Engineering Manager

JB Cocoa Sdn Bhd; Gelang Patah; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

JB Cocoa Sdn Bhd in Malaysia is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead plant maintenance, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operation of production equipment, utilities, and facilities. You will oversee preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, compliance with GMP and ESH, and mentor a team of supervisors, technicians, and contractors to sustain production continuity and operational excellence.

You will coordinate with Production, Engineering, QA and Supply Chain on equipment issues,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of manufacturing maintenance experience with supervisory exposure.
• Experience with PM, corrective maintenance, and reliability improvement.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and monitor daily maintenance activities for plant equipment, utilities, and facilities.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for mechanical, electrical, or process breakdowns.
• Develop and maintain PM schedules, equipment history, and improvement plans.
• Supervise maintenance supervisors, technicians, and contractors safely and timely.
• Provide technical guidance and performance feedback to improve team capability.
• Coordinate with Production, QA, Supply Chain on equipment issues and improvements.
• Ensure compliance with ESH, GMP, food safety, and audit documentation.
• Liaise with authorities and vendors on regulatory inspections and certifications.
• Maintain SAP/CMMS updates and monthly maintenance reports.
• Initiate reliability and cost-control improvement projects.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related discipline

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Job description

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead plant maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of production equipment, utilities, and facilities. This role oversees preventive maintenance, breakdown troubleshooting, statutory compliance, equipment improvement, maintenance reporting, and team coordination to support production continuity and operational excellence.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Plan, coordinate, and monitor daily maintenance activities for plant equipment, utilities, and facilities to minimize downtime and support production needs.

Lead troubleshooting, corrective action, and root cause analysis for mechanical, electrical, or process-related breakdowns.

Develop and maintain preventive maintenance (PM) schedules, equipment history, and improvement plans based on maintenance data and recurring issues.

Supervise maintenance supervisors, technicians, and contractors to ensure maintenance works are completed safely, timely, and according to required standards.

Provide technical guidance, coaching, and performance feedback to improve team capability and maintenance discipline.

Coordinate closely with Production, Engineering, QA, Supply Chain, and other departments on equipment issues, specifications, complaints, and improvement actions.

Ensure all maintenance activities comply with company ESH, GMP, food safety, quality, and statutory requirements.

Liaise with government authorities, certified service providers, and external contractors on regulatory inspections, certifications, and compliance matters.

Maintain accurate maintenance records, equipment database, SOP/WI documentation, SAP/CMMS updates, and monthly maintenance performance reports.

Initiate and support machine improvement, reliability improvement, downtime reduction, energy efficiency, and maintenance cost control initiatives.

Recommend equipment repair, upgrade, spare parts planning, or replacement to improve safety, reliability, productivity, and equipment utilization.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related discipline.

Minimum 8 years of relevant manufacturing maintenance experience, including at least 3 years in a supervisory or management role.

Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance (PM), corrective maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, maintenance planning, and plant reliability improvement.

Experience in food manufacturing, process manufacturing, or FMCG environment is an advantage.

Experience using SAP, CMMS, or maintenance data systems is an added advantage.

Good understanding of statutory compliance, ESH requirements, GMP, food safety, and audit documentation.

Strong leadership, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional coordination skills.

Able to manage urgent breakdowns, multiple priorities, contractors, and improvement projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What we offer

We take care of our employee well-being, here are some benefits that you will be entitled when you join us:

Miscellaneous Allowances

Medical Coverage

Insurance Coverage

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Annual KPI and Individual Bonus

More company information

Company Address

Company Size

501 - 1000 Employees

Working hours

Regular hours, Monday – Friday (Except for shift work)

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JB Cocoa is the brand of cocoa ingredient products by JB Foods Limited (JB Foods for short, or the Group), namely cocoa mass, cocoa butter and cocoa powder, which are used to produce chocolate, chocolate confectionary as well as cocoa-related food and beverages.

From its early beginnings as a processor of wet cocoa beans to dry cocoa beans in the 1980s, and established since the 2000s, Singapore-listed JB Foods (SGX:BEW) has grown to be one of the major cocoa ingredient producers in the world.

Today, JB Food’s worldwide customers range from international trade houses to end users, with operations spanning Asia Pacific (China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore), Europe, North America and West Africa.

JB Cocoa Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of JB Foods, is a key corporate sales office that is located alongside the Group’s major manufacturing and supply chain facility which is situated at Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Johor.

JB Cocoa is the brand of cocoa ingredient products by JB Foods Limited (JB Foods for short, or the Group), namely cocoa mass, cocoa butter and cocoa powder, which are used to produce chocolate, chocolate confectionary as well as cocoa-related food and beverages.

From its early beginnings as a processor of wet cocoa beans to dry cocoa beans in the 1980s, and established since the 2000s, Singapore-listed JB Foods (SGX:BEW) has grown to be one of the major cocoa ingredient producers in the world.

Today, JB Food’s worldwide customers range from international trade houses to end users, with operations spanning Asia Pacific (China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore), Europe, North America and West Africa.

JB Cocoa Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of JB Foods, is a key corporate sales office that is located alongside the Group’s major manufacturing and supply chain facility which is situated at Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Johor.

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