Manager - Engineering

Hartalega; Sepang; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Malaysia seeks an experienced Engineer to oversee the maintenance department and ensure operational excellence. The role involves managing preventive maintenance, optimizing processes, and directing engineering tasks to enhance productivity and efficiency. Candidates should possess a relevant degree and have at least 6 years of experience in engineering and maintenance, along with expertise in PLC, SCADA, and industry standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of working experience in engineering/maintenance.
• Good knowledge of regulatory compliance and operational standards.
• Experience with manufacturing technologies and industry automation.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing plant maintenance and ensuring operational efficiency.
• Implementing engineering policies and preventive maintenance programs.
• Managing engineering tasks and budget control for projects.

Skills

Problem solving

Troubleshooting

Operational excellence

Budget control

Lean Manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering

Tools

Programmable Logic Control (PLC)

SCADA

AutoCAD

Job description

OVERVIEW

• Responsible for the Plant and Process department breakdown maintenance, preventive maintenance, and improvement projects. The incumbent is to ensure reliability and effectiveness of all functions and operations activities of plant’s mechanical, electrical, control and instrumentation engineering activities, including troubleshooting, modifications, repair and improvement.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assessing process costs and overall equipment efficiency within plant.
• Implementing policies, standards, and procedures for engineering, technical work and implementation of ISO 9001/GMP requirements
• Directing and coordinating engineering tasks within plant.
• Identifying and implementing operational excellence projects.
• Implementing and executing equipment preventive maintenance program.
• Plan, manage and control plant mechanical, electrical, automation, control, and instrumentation engineering activities, which includes engineering design, engineering improvements, technology management and maintenance of engineering systems.
• Lead the team in plant maintenance to ensure equipment are maintain according to standards and any plant machinery or equipment breakdown is attended to promptly and properly.
• Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money within budget. Manage capital expenditure projects that includes planning, budget control, projects schedules, etc.
• Develop, evaluate, and implement new manufacturing technologies and operational excellence projects in plant & process and control & instrumentation systems.
• Review and ensure good operational effectiveness of existing processes and work practices related to management and maintenance of plant.
• Derive, monitor and control departmental budget and ensure department objectives are met.
• Manage the engineering department and ensure department objectives are met.
• Develop and manage maintenance management system that includes preventive and predictive maintenance, parts inventory control, control of maintenance cost, manpower control, etc.
• Work out the plans to achieve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and ensure downtime and/or rejection are minimal.
• Liaise with other departments/ plants for standardization or critical work execution.
• Ensure activities carried out by solely or jointly with other divisions observe good health and safety standards.
• Always adhere to and enforce company rules, policies, and regulations.
• Carry out routine walkabout and site inspection to ensure good housekeeping and identify potential breakdown or continuous improvement.

REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Mechatronic Engineering/ Control & Instrumentation or equivalent.

Work Experience:

• Minimum 6 years of working experience in engineering/ maintenance.

Technical and Professional Knowledge:

• Engineering Division's policies and procedures i.e. people, operations, and budgeting
• Regulatory and compliance procedures related to operations and Industrial standards (ISO requirements)
• Programmable Logic Control (PLC), SCADA, AutoCAD.
• Manufacturing technologies, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Industry 4.0 (IOT/Automation)
• Operational excellence principles and tools (e.g. Value streams, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma)
• Tools involved in resource planning & execution and time study and manpower utilization calculation
• Problem solving and troubleshooting techniques.

This position will be based at Sepang, Selangor.