Senior/ Lead Engineer (Production)

Lead plant-wideProduction overall technical activities, to ensure safe, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective plant operation. Provide technical leadership in troubleshooting, process optimization, production planning, operational improvement, and capability development. Support Production Manager and Production Supervisor in achieving production targets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process Safety, and HSE
• Champion process safety and operational discipline within Production
• Lead/support HAZOP, MOC, PSSR and incident investigations
• Identify production-related process risks and ensure corrective actions are implemented
• Ensure production activities comply with operating procedures and site HSE requirements
• Lead and/or support compliance with applicable Singapore WSH requirements, eg MHI Safety case, and site standards (ISO audit, SS651, etc..)
• Production Performance
• Monitor, analyze, and report (monthly) plant KPIs including production rate, yield, quality, downtime, raw-material consumption, energy/utility consumption, and production losses
• Identify bottlenecks, process constraints, sources of production loss, significant performance gaps and lead improvement plans
• Ensure operating parameters remain within approved operating limits
• Provide technical guidance during abnormal process conditions and product-quality deviations
• Technical Troubleshooting
• Lead investigations of complex or recurring production problems
• Develop sustainable corrective and preventive solutions, rather than temporary fixes
• Perform and/ or review root-cause analysis using methods such as 5-Why, etc
• Coordinate troubleshooting involving Production, Maintenance, Reliability, Technical, Quality and HSE
• Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement
• Identify opportunities to improve plant capacity, yield, cycle time, energy consumption, reliability and operating cost
• Lead production trials and plant optimization activities
• Evaluate improvement opportunities based on technical feasibility, risk and business impact, and quantify operational and financial benefits from improvement projects
• Monitor improvements after implementation to verify sustainable results
• Support MEES requirement for water-cooled chilled water systems to meet prescribed energy efficiency levels, with compliance, reporting, and monitoring obligations under the Energy Conservation Act
• Operational Excellence
• Review operating procedures and operating envelopes
• Identify opportunities to improve operating discipline and standardize best practices
• Support startup, shutdown, turnaround and abnormal operating conditions
• Provide technical support for production readiness following maintenance or plant modifications
• MOC & Improvement initiative/ project
• Lead/ Represent Production input to Management of Change (MOC) for plant modification and improvement projects
• Participate in design reviews, HAZOP, commissioning and startup
• Ensure new or modified equipment can be safely and effectively operated by Production
• Participate in design and operability reviews
• Evaluate operational impacts of process/equipment modifications
• Lead PSSR before introduction of changes into operation to ensure Plant readiness for commissioning and startup
• Ensure procedures and training requirements are addressed following modifications
• Technical Leadership & People Development
• Provide technical guidance to Production Engineers and production personnel
• Coach and/ or guide engineer in troubleshooting, data analysis and operational problem-solving
• Support development of operator/technician training materials
• Transfer process knowledge and lessons learned across Production teams
• Startup, Shutdown & Turnaround
• Coordinate with cross functional departments, and provide technical support for plant startup, shutdown and turnaround activities
• Develop/review operational readiness and startup plans
• Support and/ or lead final equipment inspection prior return to Production for startup.
• Lead PSSR to ensure Plant readiness for commissioning and startup
• Lead and/or support and troubleshoot process instability during startup.
• Operating Procedures & Standards
• Lead and/or development, and technical review of SOPs and operating instructions
• Review critical operating parameters, control limits and operating envelopes
• Standardize good operating practices among shift teams
• Capture and incorporate lessons learned from incidents and operational problems
• Others
• Support Production Manager budgeting
• Any other job/ work assignment(s) from Production Manager
  
  

Requirements

• 8-10 years experience in chemical manufacturing, preferably polymer, rubber or petrochemical operations
• Leading Shutdown/ Turnaround experiences
• Demonstrate strong process-safety and operational-discipline leadership
• Excellent Leadership, Planning & Problem-Solving skills
• Effective written & verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of Singapore Regulations & Industry HSE practices & Process Safety Basics
• Prior experience in Six Sigma, Lean, 5S, and continual improvement programs are preferred
• Demonstrated capability in troubleshooting, optimization, MOC/PSSR and production improvement
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent relevant engineering discipline
• Experienced with MHI safety case reporting
• Preferably Energy Manager certified (SCEM)
  
  

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Training & Development
• Performance Bonus