Production Engineer

UPC Chemicals (Malaysia); Kuantan; On-site; MYR 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

UPC Chemicals (Malaysia) seeks a Chemical Engineering professional to optimize processes, reduce downtime, and drive debottlenecking projects. You will analyze processes, implement corrective actions, and ensure safe, efficient operations in a manufacturing environment.

The role requires a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering and at least 2 years of experience, with a proactive, multi-tasking attitude and willingness to train others. ISO standards and BASF catalyst coordination are part of the scope.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
• At least 2 years working experience.
• Self-motivated, independent and initiative.
• Able to multi-task and has good learning attitude.

Responsibilities

• Perform process optimization to ensure production cost effectiveness and meet group standards for raw materials and utilities.
• Utilize root-cause analysis tools (Why-Why, Fishbone) to identify issues and implement countermeasures.
• Ensure plant equipment reliability and maintain high efficiency; follow up on ROG results with BASF Catalyst vendor.
• Maintain product quality in line with ISO 9001:2015; review and standardize SOPs to prevent miss-operations.
• Lead plant improvement projects with MOC, POL updates and progress tracking.
• Provide technical training to the team and support stock count activities.

Skills

Process optimization

Root cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Maintenance planning

Team training

Education

Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

EaMIC

Job description

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Ensure that potential safety issues related to the technician, the environment, the process and the product are considered at all stages.

Perform process optimization to ensure production cost effectiveness by meeting group standard of unit consumption in both raw material and utilities.

Ensure efficiency of the process to meet production target by minimizing or eliminating process downtime as well as optimizing production by analysing processes and compiling debottleneck studies. Besides to fully utilize trouble shooting tools such as Why-Why Analysis, Fish Bone etc to identify the root cause and implement effective countermeasure.

Utilisation of EaMIC for plant equipment preventive and corrective maintenance program to ensure plant equipment in good condition and maintain high efficiency.

Responsible for catalyst performance with closely follow up on the Reaction of Gas (ROG) result and communicate with BASF Catalyst vendor on strategy to run the catalyst efficiently.

Ensure product quality meet the group standard and continue to improve the product quality to ensure product competitiveness in the market.

Ensure standardization of procedures through reviewing of Standard Operation Procedures timely and subsequently eliminating miss-operation.

Responsible for plant improvement projects by initiating project proposals and conduct Management of Change (MOC), updating Project On-Line (POL) and follow up on the project progress until the project completion.

Provide technical training to the team to improve the teams’ skill and knowledge.

Provide support during stock count activities and propose improvement from time to time to improve the stock count accuracy.

Ensure compliance to ISO 9001:2015 quality standard.

Perform all other duties, activities and responsibility that may be assigned by the superior whenever necessary

1. 1. Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
2. 2. At least 2 years working experience.
3. 4. Self-motivated, independent and initiative.
4. 5. Able to multi-task and has good learning attitude.