Industrial Engineer / Senior

Boston Scientific; George Town; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical technology company in George Town, Malaysia, is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to lead lean initiatives and performance improvement projects. The candidate will possess a bachelor's degree in engineering and have at least 7 years of experience in a similar environment. This role involves promoting lean culture, leading cross-functional teams, and developing training programs to enhance operational excellence. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong knowledge of lean principles and practices.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead facility layout and design projects.
• Champion lean projects and promote lean culture.
• Coordinate and lead engineering tasks.
• Develop Lean training programs.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Project Management

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field

Job description

Purpose Statements

Identify and lead value improvement and waste elimination projects that drive plant and company performance improvements while promoting the development and advancement of the lean culture within the plant.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead facility layout and design projects with the Process Development Engineering, Production, Materials, Facilities and Manufacturing Engineering teams (as directed by site).
• Initiate, lead and champion lean projects (i.e. Lean Production, Lean Support and Born Lean) with the Production, Process Development, Manufacturing Engineering and support functions, while promoting Lean Essentials.
• Drive the ongoing introduction and advancement of lean manufacturing culture, principles and practices across the plant and work with local management to create the Lean vision for the plant.
• Constantly promote, educate and instill the culture of waste identification and elimination throughout the plant in manufacturing and support areas.
• Coordinate and lead general engineering tasks, which may include: creating and updating standards, maintaining BOMS and routers and creating and approving change requests (as directed by site).
• Develop and conduct Lean training programs for employees at all levels and departments.
• Create, maintain and refine a Lean toolkit that can include: 5S, Kaizen, quick change over, value stream mapping, mistake proofing and line balancing.
• Promote cross-functional and inter-site teamwork to accomplish shared objectives.
• Participate in Lean council meetings.
• May supervise, mentor or provide work direction to other members of the Industrial Engineering team.
• Ensure that plant layout drawings are correct and up to date at all times and that “free space” is created strategically to allow for improved flow and / or provision for new / additional production lines to support increased volume / new product introduction.

Job Requirements

• Candidate required to possess at least bachelor's degree in engineer field, any technical field or equivalent.
• At least 7 ~ 9 years of working experience in similar environment.

  About Us

  As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, our mission at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is to transform lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients. If you’re looking to truly make a difference to people both around the world and around the corner, there’s no better place to make it happen.