Manufacturing Engineering Manager

EPS Consultants; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EPS Consultants in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering leader to oversee molding, assembly, box build, sustaining, and lifecycle support, and to drive robust processes.

You will own workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, performance evaluation, coaching, and competency development, establishing clear team structure, escalation pathways, and compliant documentation to support production and lifecycle improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop all Manufacturing Engineers (molding, assembly, box build, sustaining, and lifecycle support).
• Own workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, performance evaluation, coaching, succession planning, and competency development.
• Establish a clear team structure, role ownership, and escalation pathways to ensure effective support to production.
• Define, implement, and continuously improve Manufacturing Engineering systems.
• Ensure robust document control, traceability, and revision management aligned to internal procedures and applicable regulatory/customer requirements.
• Provide leadership oversight to troubleshoot production issues, line fallout, and field returns through structured root cause analysis and risk-based corrective actions.
• Identify, prioritize, and execute improvement projects with measurable benefits; track realization and sustainment.
• Establish best practices and standardized methods/SOPs across lines and areas to ensure consistent output and quality.
• Act as the technical escalation owner for customer communications related to product changes, technical clarifications, improvement actions, and field feedback.
• Review customer change requests, assess risk and manufacturability, and drive internal actions to support product lifecycle improvements
• Ensure production records and engineering documentation are complete, accurate, and compliant with procedures (e.g., BOM, specifications, routing, revision control, validation records where applicable).

Job description

• Lead, manage, and develop all Manufacturing Engineers (molding, assembly, box build, sustaining, and lifecycle support).
• Own workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, performance evaluation, coaching, succession planning, and competency development.
• Establish a clear team structure, role ownership, and escalation pathways to ensure effective support to production.
• Define, implement, and continuously improve Manufacturing Engineering systems.
• Ensure robust document control, traceability, and revision management aligned to internal procedures and applicable regulatory/customer requirements.
• Provide leadership oversight to troubleshoot production issues, line fallout, and field returns through structured root cause analysis and risk-based corrective actions.
• Identify, prioritize, and execute improvement projects with measurable benefits; track realization and sustainment.
• Establish best practices and standardized methods/SOPs across lines and areas to ensure consistent output and quality.
• Act as the technical escalation owner for customer communications related to product changes, technical clarifications, improvement actions, and field feedback.
• Review customer change requests, assess risk and manufacturability, and drive internal actions to support product lifecycle improvements
• Ensure production records and engineering documentation are complete, accurate, and compliant with procedures (e.g., BOM, specifications, routing, revision control, validation records where applicable).