Team Lead - ROC Station (ASU & ECOVAR)

Linde; Shah Alam; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global industrial gas company in Shah Alam, Malaysia, seeks an experienced operational leader to oversee its ASU & ECOVAR plants. The role involves leading shift engineers, optimizing plant performance, and ensuring operational efficiency. Candidates should have at least 6 years of relevant experience and a suitable engineering degree, along with strong communication skills and process knowledge. Competitive compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years in process plant related operations role, particularly in ASU & ECOVAR plant process knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead the stations with the station's shift engineers.
• Recruitment and development of shift engineers.
• Responsible for initial optimisations and performance improvements.
• Support on-duty shift engineers during plant troubleshooting.
• Lead investigations and develop lessons learned.
• Manage MOC applications for process enhancements.
• Ensure plant operations are efficient and optimal.
• Reduce alarms to prevent human error.
• Support commissioning of AST.
• Drive continuous improvements in AST.
• Ensure process documentation is up-to-date.
• Prepare start-up and operational procedures for new plants.
• Communicate with plant managers to improve performance.
• Escalate major issues to appropriate levels.
• Innovate power reduction and product recovery projects.
• Develop the team of shift engineers.

Skills

Computer proficiency

Excellent oral communications skills

Fluent in English

Strong team player

Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

Detail process knowledge of ASU & ECOVAR Plants

Basic understanding of process control & instrumentation

Education

Graduate with a suitable engineering degree

Job description

Purpose of the Position

Safe & reliable operation of multiple ASU & ECOVAR plants being operated from the RSE ROC in Malaysia. The role also includes plant optimisation, production changes, power management, handling process disturbances, alarm management, plant shutdowns and restarts.

Principal Responsibilities

• Lead the stations with the station's shift engineers reporting to this incumbent. Strive to meet operational, process safety and personnel productivity targets for him and his team.
• Recruitment / replacement of shift engineers and working closely with the people competency team in ensuring that competency development of the shift engineers is happening. Responsible in conducting TNA, development of his team for higher skills & learning new tools.
• Responsible for the initial optimisations and improvement in performance; monitoring, identify gaps and taking required actions for immediately brining back performance.
• Support on-duty shift engineers during any plant troubleshooting, process upset & plant restarts.
• Lead the investigations, conduct the RCA, develop lesson learned and share the same with team.
• Initiate & manage MOC application (till closure) for any process, safety, efficiency & reliability enhancement.
• Work closely with Performance Engineers to ensure plant operations is in efficient and optimum mode.
• Responsible for alarm reduction so that station is managed efficiently to prevent human error. This includes all alarms including process safety by tuning of the controllers (taking help from ROC plant commissioning/ROC process automation /others team as required).
• Involve in developing the Auto Start-up (AST) of plant and support APCS team in commissioning the AST.
• Drive the culture of AST continuous improvements and close points of AST continuous improvement.
• Ensure all process documentations (PFD, startup procedures/design cases/datasheets) are up-to-date for both existing and new plants. Make the documentation readily available to all ROC engineers.
• Responsibility for new plants --Prepare start up and operational procedure for a smooth transition of new plants to ROC.
• Proactively communicate with respective plant managers on topics which require site intervention to improve plant performance and resolve operational issues.
• Proactively in escalating / highlighting any major issue to next appropriate level.
• Innovate, support and drive power reduction & product recovery projects by taking help from various experts apart from own/team initiatives.
• Responsible for overall development of the team (shift engineers).

Required Key Skills (functional/technical)

• Computer proficiency
• Excellent oral communications skills.
• Fluent in English
• Strong team player
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Detail process knowledge of ASU & ECOVAR Plants
• Basic understanding of process control & instrumentation

Required Qualifications/Experience

• At least 6 years in process plant related operations role, particularly in ASU & ECOVAR plant process knowledge.
• Graduate with a suitable engineering degree and extensive hands‑on industrial experience in a similar role.