Technical Project Specialist

Helen of Troy; Kedah; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer products company in Malaysia is seeking a Technical Project Specialist to lead new product development projects. The role involves ensuring that projects meet quality, cost, and schedule criteria. Candidates should have extensive experience in engineering, strong leadership skills, and knowledge of mechanical engineering processes. Fluency in English and Chinese is required. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work with a variety of innovative kitchen products.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in engineering or project development in the manufacturing industry.
• Experience with kitchen tools (OXO product line) is preferable.
• Ability to lead and drive technical communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead new product development projects.
• Ensure projects meet schedule, cost, and performance metrics.
• Provide technical oversight to product design teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance efficiency.

Skills

Leadership skills

Good analytical and troubleshooting skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of plastics and metal materials

Familiarity with CAD software (Creo or SolidWorks)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Overview

Join our Asia Pacific Operations in Malaysia as our Technical Project Specialist, and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell, PUR, Braun, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, and Revlon. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere every day!

Look around your home, and you'll find us everywhere: In your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better. We are powered by knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking people committed to developing a culture of inclusion. Whether you are just starting your career or in need of a challenge, we recognize, develop, and empower talent!

Basic Purpose

This position is responsible to lead APO team for any new product development projects plus resolving engineering and manufacturing issues to ensure the development can meet the quality requirement.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the whole project, including schedule/cost and performance;
• Support the creation of mechanical architecture for new products and related accessories;
• Provide technical oversight to product design team to inspire innovation and drive data-based engineering decisions.
• Provide technical data to Product Definition and Industrial Design team for tradeoff analysis during early development.
• Validate initial designs via analysis, prototyping and testing to increase efficiency of our development process.
• Work with Quality Assurance and Test Engineering to define and implement validation testing plans and ensure products meet reliability requirements.
• Interface with Program management to ensure that cost, schedule and performance targets are achieved.
• Act as the primary PD interface cross-functional teams (i.e. ID, Product Definition, QA, Operations, EE, RF/Antenna, suppliers and partners, etc.)
• Ensure successful development of mechanical tooling and production part qualification (i.e. first-article inspections, manufacturing process capabilities, material certifications, etc.)
• Collaborate with operations and quality teams to audit mechanical suppliers and external partners.
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve processes and increase business efficiency.
• Have good knowledge for home appliance or medical device safety/regulatory requirement.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent, Master degree is preferred;

Experience or Skills Required

• Min 15 years working experience in Engineering or project development in manufacturing industry
• Working experience in Kitchen tools (OXO product line) is preferable
• Min 8 years working experience in the company with 3rd party vendors
• Working experience in both company and factory is preferable
• Good knowledge with characteristics of commonly used plastics, metal materials, tooling, manufacturing processes
• Hands on experience on big projects transfer, to South East Asia is preferable
• Hands-on experience on product reviewing and validation,
• Good analytical skills and troubleshooting skills
• Good communication and alignment with BU/facture for tech communication, trouble shooting
• Good leadership skills, can lead factory/APO team to move forward
• Familiar with CAD software, Creo or Solid works
• Good command of both spoken and written English and Chinese;
• Willing for business trip in SEA countries.