Production Engineer

Air Products; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Products in Malaysia seeks a capable supervisor to oversee ASU and HPN operations, driving safety, reliability and cost efficiency across the units. You will coordinate production planning with commercial teams while maintaining thorough records and logs for audits and continuous improvement initiatives.

The role requires a degree in engineering (gas & chemical preferred) and 2–5 years of manufacturing experience, with hands-on plant exposure and ability to collaborate across engineering,

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, preferably Gas & Chemical.
• 2-5 years of manufacturing production experience.
• Hands-on environment experience in an operating plant.
• Ability to work with plant operations, engineering, maintenance and Global Support Services.

Responsibilities

• Supervise plant personnel to ensure safe, reliable and optimum unit operations.
• Plan and schedule production in collaboration with commercial and scheduling teams.
• Maintain accurate records and operating logs for the plants.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9002, ISO14001, ISO45001, Food Safety, and Halal standards.
• Provide monthly production reporting and support optimization initiatives.

Skills

People supervision

Safety leadership

Production planning

Cost control

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering degree (Gas & Chemical 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

Purpose

This position is responsible for supervising operations activities of ASU (Air Separation Unit) and HPN (High Purity N2 Generator).

Nature and Scope

The primary responsibility of this position is to ensure Safety, Productivity, Reliability, Quality, Production planning and Cost effectiveness in unit operations and assisting in training and motivating plant personnel.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Supervise plant personnel to ensure safe, reliable and optimum unit operations.
• Inspect and assess unit conditions, highlight abnormalities and issues and take immediate actions for safe and effective resolutions. Inform and work with plant personnel.
• Ensure accurate records and plant operating logs are kept and updated.
• Plan and schedule production in close collaboration with commercial, distribution and scheduling team.
• Adhere to ISO 9002 ISO14001, ISO 45001, Food Safety Management System and Halal certifications. procedures
• Keep abreast with latest technological developments in operations and applications of
• Industrial gaseous.
• Ensure the cost of production is properly monitored and controlled, and take necessary actions to
• rectify any variance arise.
• To supervise, trained and motivate plant personnel on proper plant operations.
• Responsible for monthly production reporting and other reports as required
• Monitor month end tank inventory adjustment for MY plant
• Compile and drive continues improvement idea
• Participate, promote and enforce actively Air Products safety programs, rules and procedures.
• Compile schedule waste inventory and submit to DOE.
• Work with advance control engineer to optimize the plant operation.
• Plan daily and monthly production for all ASU plants in MY to optimize product cost
• and fulfill customer demand.
• Make sure plant power models and plant production database / PPM are up to date and accurate.
• Coach and supervise plant supervisor.
• Provide product cost, spec power and other operation data to BDS when requested.
• Support plant Manager with other operation related and instructed work.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Engineering, preferably Gas & Chemical.
• 2-5 years of manufacturing production experiences.
• Ability to work in a hands-on environment in an operating plant.
• Ability to work in groups, interacting with plant operations, engineering, maintenance and Global Support Services.

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.