Project Engineer

Zohorecruit; George Town; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit in Penang Hill, Malaysia, seeks an experienced Project Manager to oversee sheet metal and machining projects, ensuring on-time delivery, quality outputs, and strong cross-functional collaboration. You will coordinate customer drawings, procurement, PPAP, ECN/ECO changes, and risk mitigation, using SolidWorks and Epicor ERP, with 5+ years in project management and manufacturing.

This role requires meticulous planning, excellent communication, and the ability to resolve issues on the

Qualifications

• More than 5 years of experience in project management in sheet metal and machining environments.
• Strong project control, planning skills and oversight.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge in sheet metal fabrication, machining, welding, assembly and painting preferred.
• Proficiency with 2D/3D mechanical design software: SolidWorks; able to read customer blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Create project schedule, confirm project readiness and outputs.
• Organize project progress, monitor and ensure status remains on track for timely completion.
• Review and translate customer drawings, technical standards, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate procurement activities, track materials and sample submissions; ensure readiness.
• Coordinate trial production and PPAP processes to meet customer specs.
• Record issues in manufacturing and develop action plans to resolve open items.
• Handle issues and risks promptly and seek support for anomalies.
• Coordinate ECN/ECO implementation for design changes and cutover.
• Other duties as assigned by superiors.

Skills

SolidWorks

Blueprint reading

Project management

Project planning

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

SolidWorks

Epicor ERP

Job description

Penang Hill, Malaysia | Posted on 09/08/2026

• Create project schedule, confirm project readiness and outputs
  
• Organize project progress, monitor and ensure project status remains on track, completion on time.
  
• Review and translate customer drawing, technical standards, acceptance criteria as required in the projects.
  
• Coordinating and following up on the procurement, and qualification acceptance activities, keep track of the arrival status of raw materials, tooling, new fixtures, equipment or devices, standard component kitting readiness, and sample submission approval status.
  
• Coordinating and tracking the trial production of samples and the entire PPAP (production part approval process) production process for responsible projects, ensuring they meet expectations meeting customer specifications.
  
• Responsible in recording and capturing the issues/ challenges in manufacturing process and developing timely actions plans to resolve the open action items at the shop floor
  
• Handle issues and risks promptly, provide timely feedback and seek support for any anomalies.
  
• Coordinating and following up for ECN and ECO implementation for the customer design change activities, coordinating internal implementations and cut over.
  
• Other duties as assignments as instructed by superiors from time to time
  

Requirements

• Basic proficiency in 2D/ 3D mechanical design software- Solidworks and ability to interpret blueprints reading/ drafting from customers
  
• Familiarize with ERP- Epicor system
  
• More than 5 years of experience in project management and familiarizing processes specifically in sheet metal and machining industry
  
• Strong overall project control, planning skills and oversight awareness
  
• Strong attention to detail, written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Proven problem-solving skills and good time management
  
• Knowledge in sheet metal fabrication, machining, welding, assembly and painting are preferred