Quality Control Chemist

PPG; Petaling Jaya; Presencial; MYR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

PPG is seeking a QA/QC professional in Malaysia to ensure the quality of every production batch in our plant. The role emphasizes strict EHS and 5S compliance, reporting to the QA Manager, and driving continuous improvement across processes and products.

You will lead quality investigations, support new product development, and coordinate with technical teams to optimize formulas and processes. Strong audits experience and knowledge of ISO standards are essential for success.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related science.
• Minimum 3 years of QA/QC experience in manufacturing.
• Experience in the paint, coatings, chemicals, or related manufacturing industry.
• Fresh graduates with relevant internship, laboratory, or industrial project experience are encouraged to apply.
• Speak English and Malay.
• Experience with quality systems, manufacturing processes, and product quality requirements.
• Troubleshoot, and problem-solving skills.
• Committed to continuous improvement.
• Collaborate across departments and influence partners.
• Experience conducting quality audits and supporting compliance activities.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or equivalent.

Responsabilidades

• Determine the quality of every production batch in the plant.
• Maintain 5S and EHS compliance to ensure safety.
• Report directly to the Quality Assurance Manager.
• Promote a culture of quality through communication and indicators dashboard.
• Investigate customer complaints, SSPL and return goods with the team.
• Work with managers and technical staff to resolve product quality issues.
• Lead new product management and handover processes.
• Raise internal non-conformances to relevant sections when abnormalities are observed.
• Prepare weekly or monthly quality-related reports.
• Track First Time Quality (FTQ) and perform RCA on low FTQ methods.
• Monitor in-process rejection by defect type.
• Develop plans to eliminate non-value-added tests and improve productivity.

Conocimientos

QA/QC experience

Troubleshooting

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality audits

ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 knowledge

English & Malay

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related science

Descripción del empleo

Job Responsibility

You are responsible in determining the quality of every production batches manufactured in the plant. We ask that you will be discipline in maintaining the outmost integrity in evaluating the result of the production batches objectively through the standard test in the product. EHS and 5S compliance are mandatory to ensure personnel safety and maintain plant standards. You will be reporting directly to the Quality Assurance Manager.

Main Responsibilities

• Promote a safe working environment by following EHS policies and reporting safety observations, near-misses, and hazards promptly.
• Promotes and shows a culture of quality through communication, awareness activities and action on the Indicators dashboard.
• Ensure all the departmental procedure is follow and update the process flow.
• Coordinate and support new product development activity related to product Quality.
• To perform investigation with team on customer complaint, SSPL and return goods.
• Work with manager, co-worker and technical to resolve the product quality issue.
• Work with technical for formula optimization and process improvement.
• Lead the new product management and hand over process.
• Raise the internal NC to related section if there are any abnormality observed.
• Weekly or monthly quality related reporting.
• To track First Time Quality (FTQ) and perform RCA on low FTQ test method.
• Monitor in-process rejection by defect type.
• Improve productivity by develop plans to eliminate the non-value added test.
• Maintain good 5S and EHS compliance in the work area

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of QA/QC experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in the paint, coatings, chemicals, or related manufacturing industry.
• Fresh graduates with relevant internship, laboratory, or industrial project experience are encouraged to apply.
• Speak English and Malay.
• Experience with quality systems, manufacturing processes, and product quality requirements.
• Troubleshoot, and problem-solving skills.
• Committed to continuous improvement.
• Collaborate across departments and influence partners.
• Experience conducting quality audits and supporting compliance activities.
• Familiarity with quality management systems and standards such as ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or equivalent.

About Us

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD®

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG on X.

We are customer champions

Proactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen, move fast and don’t stop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win, we all grow.

We act with purpose and speed

Agile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility, using quality data to develop solutions that create value.

We are excellent operators

Productive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role, we identify problems, take ownership and always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results. We support our frontline, the faces of PPG to our customers.

We compete to win

Future-focused. Driven. Ambitious. We are passionate about growing our business and winning with our customers. We deliver results, embrace new technologies and leverage agility and speed as strengths.

We are PPG proud

Strong. United. Passionate. We work safely, act with integrity and value our diverse perspectives. We celebrate achievements and take pride in the positive impact we create together to protect and beautify the world.

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