Malaysia Greenfield Chemical Plant Lead

Outepai; Penang; On-site; MYR 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Outepai seeks an experienced Production Manager with a chemical manufacturing background to lead our Malaysia site through greenfield development, equipment selection, commissioning, trial production, and transition to volume manufacturing.

You will drive plant planning, safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets while building a local production organization aligned with our China-based technical teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry, Polymer Materials, Fine Chemicals, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of production or technical management in chemical/specialty/electronic chemicals.
• Greenfield (0-to-1) plant build experience leading new site from construction to scale manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead Malaysia greenfield plant project from site evaluation to trial production and ramp-up.
• Oversee capacity planning, BOMs, budgets, and project schedule with on-time delivery and quality.
• Drive EHS, GMP, and licensing compliance with local authorities and ISO standards.
• Develop and manage production, inventory, cost, quality, and OEE improvements.
• Coordinate with China teams for technology transfer and localization of processes.
• Build local production organization and mentor supervisors and engineers.
• Establish SOPs, batch records, and document control for traceability.
• Implement lean, Six Sigma, and digitalization (MES/DCS/SCADA) projects.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Process safety

Data-driven

ERP/MES familiarity

English proficiency

Education

Bachelors in Chemical Engineering

Master's degree / MBA or engineering management

Tools

ERP/MES systems

Job description

Outepai seeks an experienced Production Manager with a chemical manufacturing background to lead our Malaysia site through greenfield development, equipment selection, commissioning, trial production, and transition to volume manufacturing.

You will drive plant planning, safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets while building a local production organization aligned with our China-based technical teams.