Team Leader / Shift Leader (Electronic Assembler)

Cochlear Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cochlear Malaysia Sdn Bhd is seeking a Team Leader / Shift Leader (Electronic Assembler) in Bangsar South, KL. You will lead a team of Electronic Assemblers, ensure targets are met, and drive process improvements within the manufacturing line.

The role requires a degree in Electrical/ Electronics engineering and at least 5 years of experience managing a team of 15+ in manufacturing. Evening shifts from 3:15 PM to 11:30 PM are involved.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical / Electronics engineering or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of experience managing a team of minimum 15 team members in Manufacturing.
• Essential experience in Lean Manufacturing/ 5S.
• Experience in regular production process/training audits of personnel, tooling and equipment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing principles.
• Demonstrated skills in workflow planning, scheduling and control.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate a team of Electronic Assemblers in Manufacturing.
• Provide work direction to ensure repair targets are met.
• Oversee workload balancing and real-time line balancing for high throughput and quality.
• Ensure ERP (Oracle) transactions are completed according to policy.
• Report manufacturing outcomes daily/weekly and drive continual improvement.
• Lead audits and implement preventive and corrective actions.
• Maintain training records and ramp-up plans for personnel.
• Sign-off for quality assurance of finished products.

Skills

Team leadership

Line balancing

Production planning

Lean manufacturing

5S

Quality control

Education

Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives.

We are seeking for a Team Leader / Shift Leader (Electronic Assembler) reporting to the Manufacturing Supervisor, to be based in Bangsar South, KL. In this role, the successful Team Leader will manage and coordinate a team of Electronic Assemblers in Manufacturing and providing work direction to the team to ensure repair targets are met.

Key Responsibilities:

The Team Leader / Shift Leader will be responsible for the day-to-day activities & the deliverables of the manufacturing set goals on a daily basis. The Team Leader will also be responsible for managing & coaching his/her team’s Cochlear Hear Behaviours.

In this role you will be responsible for:

Managing & providing leadership for manufacturing processes of multiple products at various stages.

Ensuring workload & line balancing are done in real-time to ensure a consistent quality high throughput.

Daily set targets are met & the team is utilised effectively & efficiently during any unexpected events.

Ensuring, ERP (Oracle) transactions are completed by the team in accordance with policy and work instructions in a timely manner.

Accurate reporting of manufacturing operations’ outcomes in regular basis (i.e. daily/weekly report).

Involving in audit action plan discussions and implementing of preventative and corrective actions to eliminate future non-conformances.

Provide constructive feedback to EAs and trainees and all levels of employees in a timely manner.

Proactively identify and implement process improvements in their respective areas.

Support the implementation of process/system improvement activities in manufacturing lines.

Maintaining accurate training records of Electronic Assemblers and identifying training requirements according to the ramp-up plan.

Performs the final inspection and sign-off for the quality assurance of finish product.

Key Requirements:

MinimumDegree in Electrical / Electronics engineeringor equivalent.

At least 5 years of experience managing a team of minimum 15 team members in Manufacturing industry is a MUST for this role.

ESSENTIALtohaveexperience in Lean Manufacturing/ 5S background.

Experience in regular production process/training audits of personnel, tooling and equipment in assigned areas is an added advantage for this role.

Strong understanding in manufacturing principles is highly essential for this role.

Demonstrated skills in workflow planning, scheduling and control will behighly desirable for this position.

This position requires working evening shifts from 3:15 PM to 11:30 PM.

Cochlear Malaysia provides shared services to support Cochlear’s global operations. The growing team of professionals in Malaysia provides critical support in areas such as IT infrastructure and applications, development and testing, business intelligence development and support, procurement, customer service, service and repairs and returned device analysis engineering.

For over 30 years, Cochlear has been the global leader in implantable hearing solutions and has helped 750,000recipients worldwide. This is an exciting and challenging time to join Cochlear, as we strengthen our expandingglobal business to support sustained growth and drive continual improvement. We look forward to yourcontribution in helping us achieve this goal by embracing change, demonstrating a global mindset, promotinginnovation, thinking towards the future, and going beyond what you thought was possible.

For over 30 years, Cochlear has been the global leader in implantable hearing solutions and has helped 750,000recipients worldwide. This is an exciting and challenging time to join Cochlear, as we strengthen our expandingglobal business to support sustained growth and drive continual improvement. We look forward to yourcontribution in helping us achieve this goal by embracing change, demonstrating a global mindset, promotinginnovation, thinking towards the future, and going beyond what you thought was possible.