Plant Manager - Pengerang

Tishman Speyer Properties; Pengerang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Products in Malaysia's Pengerang site seeks an experienced Operations Manager to lead the on-site ASU and related facilities, ensuring safe, reliable and cost-effective operations. You will manage budgets, drive continuous improvement and align with ISO and Halal standards where applicable.

The role requires a strong background in process safety, EHS compliance, and proven leadership of cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree related to Process Industry or Operations management; ASU experience is a plus.
• About 10 years of work experience in a similar environment; >3 years in people management.
• Deep knowledge in EHS compliance in chemical/process industry (OSHA, PSM, DOSH).
• Leadership characteristics: decisive, results-oriented, persuasive, strong communicator.
• Ability to lead and mentor staff; influence and gain commitment at all organization levels.
• Possess high professional ethics, good judgment, and ability to take decisive action.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills; understanding of P&L and financial practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site operations and develop site policies and goals.
• Provide safety leadership and implement Process Safety Management in production plants.
• Lead production activities to maximize quality within budget and improve productivity.
• Drive continuous improvement and scalability to meet quality, cost, and delivery targets.
• Ensure products meet customer quality standards and delivery schedules.
• Develop and implement management systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001; Halal where applicable).
• Lead local operations team and deploy Food Safety Management System where applicable.
• Maintain accreditations and quality assurance systems.
• Coordinate with Plant Project engineering and Maintenance to set up and maintain facilities.
• Focus on reliable plant operations and reducing capital, labor, and material costs; pursue maintenance excellence.
• Facilitate cross-functional process improvements and establish RACI charts.
• Support risk evaluation and decision-making; lead in improving Conduct of Operations and BRP implementation.
• Develop talents and organization to support growth and drive safety, reliability and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with national/local regulations and audits.
• Facilitate audits against standards and internal processes; site security and licensing compliance.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Industrial operations

EHS knowledge

Communication

Analytical decision-making

Education

Bachelor’s degree related to Process Industry/Operations management

Engineering/Business master's degree (preferred)

Job description

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What’s Possible – POSITION SUMMARY

Purpose This position is accountable for the safe, efficient and reliable operation of AP’s ASU and assets in Pengerang site, Malaysia. In addition, the position interfaces with the business area to ensure optimum cost and profitable operation for the facility. This position interfaces with Commercial team, Customer, AP EH&S, Operations Excellence, Technical Solutions team, HR and other functional areas to ensure flawless operation and regulatory compliance.

Nature and Scope

This is an operation management role for IG Malaysia to setup, operate, improve and sustain world class ASU and related facilities in the Pengerang site. This position reports to MY Operation Line Manager. The position holder has 2 direct reports and managing the AP Pengerang ASU and any applicable future facilities. This number may change depending on the business conditions in the area. This position directly manages and coordinates all activities associated with Pengerang ASU and related facilities, is responsible for developing and maintaining a safe and integrity rich work environment in compliance with government requirements and company’s standards and values, to maintain Operational and Maintenance programs within budget, drive continuous improvement for Operational Excellence on Safety, People, Service, Quality, Reliability and Cost as well as supporting business development. This position is responsible for formulation of and adherence to annual operations budget, conformance with established goals and objectives. This position is directly accountable to lead the organization to a level of performance identifiable with World Class organizations. The job holder will support business growth and new business modes which leverage existing operations resources and people development and set up AP operations management system for new-built plants and M&A production sites, regarding facility and technology, personnel, work processes, and management systems.

Principal Accountabilities

Lead the operational activities on site; also as key contributor to participate in formulating and administering IG Malaysia Operations policies and developing long range goals and objectives at site. This includes the direction, focus, and visualization of activities in responsible areas to further the overall progressive goals and objectives and monitor their progress. Safety leadership to deliver company people safety goal (behaviors) and responsible for Process safety management implementation (improve conditions) in production plants under care for world-class safety performance. Lead the company's production activities to ensure maximum effectiveness is obtained to produce quality products within budgetary guidelines and achieve productivity improvement targets. Provide leadership in continuous improvement activities and successfully enable scalability to achieve our goals of meeting quality, cost, and delivery objectives. Accountable to ensure products meet or exceed customer quality standards and delivery schedules are met. Formulate processes to enable relevant management systems in place such as ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO 45001 and/or Halal certifications; whichever applicable. To lead the local operations team to deploy the practice of Food Safety Management System to the applicable sites. Also lead in the maintenance of all relevant accreditations and quality assurances related system for the production plants. Coordinate with Plant Project engineering and Maintenance team to ensure production facilities and equipment are adequately set up, built and maintained. The emphasis will be on highly reliable plant operations and creating strategies to reduce capital, labor and material costs and pursuit maintenance excellence Facilitating team decision on Improving and Simplifying current working processes, especially cross-functional working processes and create new ones if there is not clear– to have formal management system and clear work process with RACI chart in place, to smooth the productivity projects Facilitate Risk Evaluation and decision-making process to take calculated risks to support business decision making. Lead in improving Conducts of Operation and implementing Operation discipline program in production site, bring BRP (basically reliability program) into formal management system, benchmarking best practice of industrial operation management system. Develop talents and organization to support Growth and drive Operations Safety, Reliability and Efficiency. Accountable to ensure all AP assets and operations under care are always complying with national and local legislative requirements. Ensuring safe and reliable operations via continuous review and monitor operation of all sites under care to ensure procedures are up to date with latest AP best practices and approved procedures. Facilitate audits processes to assess the compliances of AP On site operations activities against to AP’s standard or relevant applicable standards (i.e., ISO standards, AP Corporate EHS audits, Halal recertification audits, customer audits). Functions as a site manager and accountable to manage the site general activities, inclusive but not limited to manage the site security activities and other compliances requirement (i.e., renewal of business licensing, fire certificates with the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia) Other responsibilities assigned according to operations and business requirements from time to time.

Job Requirements

• Job Incumbent is expected to have bachelor’s degree related to Process Industry, Operation management, Advanced degree on engineering, business management and ASU experience will be a plus
• Job Incumbent is expected to have about 10 years work experience in a similar work environment, with > 3 years in people managing position(s).
• Deep knowledge in EHS compliance in Chemical /Process Industrial, like OSHA, PSM and DOSH.
• Candidate who exhibits characteristics of a leader who is determined, results oriented, persuasive, and a strong communicator.
• Ability to lead and mentor staff to achieve significant results.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and gain commitment at all organization levels.
• Possess high professional ethics, good judgment, and ability to take decisive action.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Previous experience/strong understanding of the P&L and of financial and accounting practices will be an added advantage.

Company Background

Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.

Employee and Applicant Rights

Behind every success and innovation that has made a difference in the world, you will find a team of passionate people who helped make it possible. At Air Products, our talented people help each other and our customers thrive. To our colleagues, we are valued and respected teammates. To our customers, we are partners in creating value. To our communities, we are caring, involved neighbors and committed stewards of the environment.

Air Products is in every corner of the globe. Our team has over 21,000 people in over 50 countries, and we are one of the world's leading industrial gas companies. We can offer opportunities like no other―and as we grow, so can you.