Manufacturing Operations Manager

3M HEALTHCARE; Penang; On-site; MYR 66,960 - 100,440; Full time

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co in Penang is seeking an experienced manufacturing operations Manager to lead a team of technicians and oversee safety, quality, and production scheduling onsite.

The role requires coordinating across engineering and operations to optimize factory performance, staffing, training, and shift management, with a strong emphasis on delivering results in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Min. 2–6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering, Industrial Engineering, operations Management, or a related discipline.
• Master’s degree preferred (MBA or relevant technical field).
• Willingness and ability to work onsite in Penang.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup-style environment and effectively manage stress.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of technicians overseeing operations, equipment maintenance, and repair in manufacturing facilities.
• Own safety, quality, scheduling, and conflict resolution amongst staff and other stakeholders and assists in resolving operational, safety, and security issues.
• Oversee flow of work through factories and streamline processes and operations between groups and divisions.
• Establish tactical plans to ensure production schedules are met within established quality and cost objectives.
• Ensures optimum total area performance in terms of safety, quality, output, and cost through staffing training development and retention of the group.
• Understands scheduled and unscheduled equipment maintenance, repair, recovery, troubleshooting, tool quality, and tool run rate.
• Assumes direct ownership and acts as the first responder of all onshift issues within assigned toolset or area.
• Works with engineering teams to solve problems impacting factory operations/health.
• Ensures effective employee staffing including workstation assignment, shift rotations, and PTO requests.
• Owns shift schedule including workstation assignments/rotations, employee training, employee vacations, employee breaks, overtime assignment, backup for absent employees, and shift rotations.
• Establishes training plans for direct reports and monitor training performance against schedule to assure shift team has skills needed to sustain production.
• Regularly reviews staffing certification levels that are tied to wafer ramp levels and ensures performance required number of certified individuals for each ramp threshold.
• Develops long‑term strategies for manufacturing operations capabilities to support future requirements.
• Responsible for enabling teams to execute through clear goal setting, facilitating work, maintaining accountability, applying differentiated performance management, and driving team results.
• Drives results by inspiring people, role modeling Intel values, developing the capabilities of others, and ensuring a productive work environment.

Skills

Team leadership

Shift scheduling

Staff development

Operational oversight

Safety & quality focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing/industrial engineering or operations management

Master’s degree preferred (MBA or related field)

Job description

Job Details:

Job Description:

This role requires regular onsite presence when managing employees whose responsibilities necessitate onsite work.

• Managers of onsite essential roles are expected to be onsite to support operational needs.

• Manages and leads a team of technicians overseeing operations, equipment maintenance, and repair in manufacturing facilities.

• Owns safety, quality, scheduling, and conflict resolution amongst staff and other stakeholders and assists in resolving operational, safety, and security issues.

• Oversees flow of work through factories and streamlining processes and operations between groups and divisions.

• Establishes tactical plans to ensure production schedules are met within established quality and cost objectives.

• Ensures optimum total area performance in terms of safety, quality, output, and cost through staffing training development and retention of the group.

• Understands scheduled and unscheduled equipment maintenance, repair, recovery, troubleshooting, tool quality, and tool run rate.

• Assumes direct ownership and acts as the first responder of all onshift issues within assigned toolset or area.

• Works with engineering teams to solve problems impacting factory operations/health.

• Ensures effective employee staffing including workstation assignment, shift rotations, and PTO requests.

• Owns shift schedule including workstation assignments/rotations, employee training, employee vacations, employee breaks, overtime assignment, backup for absent employees, and shift rotations.

• Establishes training plans for direct reports and monitor training performance against schedule to assure shift team has skills needed to sustain production.

• Regularly reviews staffing certification levels that are tied to wafer ramp levels and ensures performance required number of certified individuals for each ramp threshold.

• Develops long‑term strategies for manufacturing operations capabilities to support future requirements.

• Responsible for enabling teams to execute through clear goal setting, facilitating work, maintaining accountability, applying differentiated performance management, and driving team results.

• Drives results by inspiring people, role modeling Intel values, developing the capabilities of others, and ensuring a productive work environment.

Qualifications:

• Min. 2–6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering, Industrial Engineering, operations Management, or a related discipline.
• Master’s degree preferred (MBA or relevant technical field).
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, startup‑style environment and effectively manage stress.
• Willingness and ability to work onsite in Penang.

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location:

Malaysia, Penang

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Work Model for this Role

This role will require an on-site presence.