Production Engineer

Job Description:

• Supervise, monitor the progress of work and motivate a team of production floor workers such as welders, machinists, metal cutters, etc. in a steel fabrication factory.
• Identify Problems and Improve Process, develop new and cost-effective ways to improve quality and productivity. Developing new ways, improving existing process, providing additional training or adopting better manufacturing processes.
• Must be able to read and understand technical engineering drawing, able to carry out material take off and understand material specification.
• Reinvigorate by demonstrating hands on work activities for all subordinates such as marking, cutting, rolling shape, mould, fit up, grinding, heating, welding, machining, assembly and test dimension tolerance measurements to evaluate weld quality and conformance to specifications to fabricate assembling parts and components of pressure vessels.
• Inspect grooves, angles or gap allowances, using micrometre, calliper and precision measuring instruments.
• Ensure hand tools and equipment’s are operated correctly to avoid injuries at work.
• Ensure re-works or repairs are made for defective or parts not conforming to specification after inspections and tests are made by QA/QC inspectors.
• Monitor quality of welders’ jobs and train new welders to fabricate parts according to Welder Procedure Specification.
• Coordinate allocation of work according to each production process such as cutting and welding, to maximize optimum production time an avoid setbacks or backlogs to ensure on time and produce good quality end products.
• Check for all finished products to be clean, grind, polish and bathe in acid solutions and apply protective paint or coatings.
• Work closely with Production Manager by overseeing that daily operational processes are performed efficiently and ensure improvement of workers’ performance by constantly give on the job hands on training especially also for new production workers or trainees.
• Compliance to Quality Control Manual, safe work instruction and safety requirements.
• Coordination with QC department, contractors, purchasing department and others departments.
• Carry out any other duties or ad hoc tasks as assigned by Management.

Job Requirement:

• Minimum Diploma/ Degree in Mechanical Engineering/Steel Fabrication or related qualifications.
• At least five year of work experiences in manufacturing or steel fabrication industry.
• Experience in directing and supervising production personals, able to lead a team of workers to achieve production targets and minimize wastage.
• Preferably bilingual in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
• Meticulous and great attention to details.
• Good organizational and analytical skill to ensure work processes carried out by subordinates are efficient and effective.
• Ability to understand cost containment and budgetary principles.
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.