Japanese Speaking Production Engineer Manager

Job Description

The Engineer is responsible to ensure the continuity of production & utilities operations by minimize the downtime as well as ensuring the machine & equipment efficiency and safety activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing assistance to the superior to help meet the target, as well as ensure efficient and safety activities.
• Take good communication and team work among the team, and establish the firm Engineer team with Superior.
• Well communicate with Superior to plan and implement plant improvements and expansion.
• Plan for machineries expansion / investment.
• Discuss and negotiate as well as attend to new machineries installation.
• Ensures that maintenance technicians are adequately trained, equipped and motivates so that the maintenance program can be accomplished in as safe, timely and cost effective manner.
• Ensures that all maintenance technicians are trained on the most updated version of the operating procedures.
• Monitor operations of plan equipment, utilities and systems.
• Utilize Japanese speaking skill to smoothen the overall communication with Japan Head Office and Japanese staffs.
• Take proper action based on the approval and instruction from the management
• Upkeep equipment, machineries in optimum and systems constantly to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate solve problems in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Communicate regularly with superior on on-going job relating matters / issues and reporting to them immediately should there be any abnormal situations arises.
• Job organizing and planning for Production Engineering Staff. This includes planning, assign, organize for daily task and supervise.
• Communicates regularly with all maintenance technicians, both individually and as a group, to ensure good two-way communication concerning maintenance issues.
• Direct, maintain and enforce the safety programs for maintenance department, review safety record to uphold standards of maximum safety for all maintenance technicians.
• Plan maintenance schedule for all machine in the plant. Ensure that the preventive maintenance is carried out strictly as scheduled.
• Coordinates activities with Plant Operation and any relative Departments.
• To assist the management in the development of the FSMS plan and to validate the effectiveness of the established plan. To maintain and review the FSMS plan.
• Oversee repair of damaged machineries.
• Manage any new project that to be assign in term of proposal report, scheduling, installation and testing.
• Good communication and cooperation with others department colleagues to make sure daily jobs are on track and smoothly. 
• Maintain an updated knowledge of companys goals, vision, and values to ensure appropriate prioritizing.
• Participating in any companys events.
• Assist to develop new market.
• Love and understand the culture of Kewpie.

Skills & Experiences

• Degree in Electrical, Mechatronic Engineering or equivalent
• 10 years experience in the engineering field
• Fluent in Japanese (above N2 level), English, Malay
• Be physically fit and comfortable to work in highly hot and cold area (-18C to + 45C)