Quality Control Chemist: Lead Quality & Process Improvement

PPG Industries; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PPG Industries in Malaysia seeks a QA/QC professional to uphold quality across all production batches and ensure strict EHS and 5S compliance in the plant.

You will report to the Quality Assurance Manager and drive continuous improvement through cross‑functional collaboration, audits, and data‑driven root cause analysis. Fresh graduates with internship experience are welcome to apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or 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

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

Skills

QA/QC experience in manufacturing

ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 familiarity

English & Malay language skills

Analytical problem solving

Continuous improvement mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Auditing quality systems

Root cause analysis (RCA)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or related

Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering or related

Job description

PPG Industries in Malaysia seeks a QA/QC professional to uphold quality across all production batches and ensure strict EHS and 5S compliance in the plant.

You will report to the Quality Assurance Manager and drive continuous improvement through cross‑functional collaboration, audits, and data‑driven root cause analysis. Fresh graduates with internship experience are welcome to apply.