Moulding Engineer

Menicon Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Kulim; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora Malaysia is seeking an experienced Injection Moulding Engineer to monitor, review and manage mould modification and repair processes in production.

The role requires a degree in Engineering or diploma with 5+ years in plastics/injection molding; English and Bahasa Malaysia are required. You will set up, maintain, and validate moulds, oversee process validation, maintenance planning, and GMP compliance.

Qualifications

• Education: Degree in Engineering or Diploma with 5+ years in plastics/manufacturing.
• Experience in injection molding and cleanroom is a plus.
• Hands-on machining and tooling management skills.

Responsibilities

• Set up and validate new moulds, materials, and injection moulding processes, including IQ/OQ/PQ.
• Lead transfer of mould inspection and mould transfer with production support.
• Coordinate maintenance of moulds; specify repairs or alterations.
• Troubleshoot defects using scientific moulding principles.
• Plan preventive maintenance for injection moulding machines and tooling.
• Prepare documentation and SOPs to ISO13485.
• Provide guidance and training to technicians on monitoring and maintenance.
• Ensure machine uptime and readiness for production.
• Maintain spare parts inventory and plan monthly purchases.
• Involved in cost reduction, OEE and yield improvement projects.
• Ensure 5S, GMP and safety protocols compliance.

Skills

Moulding

Injection moulding

Tooling management

Minitab

AutoCAD

Documentation

English proficiency

Education

Degree in Engineering or Diploma in related field

Tools

Minitab

AutoCAD

Job description

Jora Malaysia will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

Responsibility
SummaryFully responsible to monitor, review, manage, formulate mould modification plan and mould repair process.

Job Responsibilities

• Set up and validate new moulds, materials, and injection moulding processes, including IQ/OQ/PQ, process capability studies, and validation.
• Accountable, lead and follow-up transfer of the mould inspection, mould transfer, ensuring the related information was provided and supporting the production team.
• Coordinate maintenance of moulds; specify repair or alteration of moulds and automation while ensuring adequate documentation is maintained.
• Troubleshoot moulding defects such as flash, short shot, sink marks, warpage, burn marks, weld lines, bubbles, and dimensional variations using scientific moulding principles.
• Plan and executive preventive maintenance activities for injection moulding machines, moulds, hot runner systems and auxiliary equipment. Work closely with mould makers for repairs and modification.
• Prepare and maintain documentation, procedure, control plan, risk analysis, troubleshooting SOP and guideline accordingly to ISO13485 standard.
• Provide guidance, training and coaching to technicians on machine monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting and improvement projects.
• Responsible for machine up time and readiness for production.
• Ensure adequate spare part inventory to support production and prepare monthly spare part purchase plan.
• Involved in engineering projects such as cost reduction, OEE improvement, second source qualification and yield improvement.
• Ensure 5S, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and safety & health protocols compliances.

Qualifications

• Education Level: Degree in Engineering or Diploma holder with minimum 5 years working experience. Preferably Plastics Engineering, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or related discipline.
• Year of Experience: Preferable min 2-3 years related experience in injection molding environment. Experience working in cleanroom environment will be added advantage.
• Capability: Demonstrates hands-on experience machining machine, injection moulding and tooling management.
• Skills: Knowledge in analytical software Minitab & design software AutoCAD.
• Language: English & Bahasa Malaysia are must, Japanese and others will be added advantage.