Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia
Accomplished Engineering & Facilities Manager with 18 years of experience in steel and heavy industrial environments. Proven success in plant maintenance, project scheduling, and cost optimization. Skilled in leading multidisciplinary teams, coordinating equipment installation, and implementing system improvements to enhance reliability and operational efficiency. Strong technical background with a degree in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering.
Lead a team of 15 staff, from Technicians to Senior Engineer, reporting to the Assistant General Manager. • Oversee civil and structural maintenance of buildings, steel structures, roofing, and concrete foundations. • Lead preventive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance programs to ensure reliability and minimize downtime. • Plan, schedule, and monitor project timelines to ensure maintenance and repair works are completed on time and within resources. • Supervise contractors and vendors for civil and structural works, ensuring quality and safety compliance. • Work with the Quantity Surveyor Engineer on budgeting, cost estimation, and project evaluation. • Ensure all works comply with safety, quality, and company standards. • Manage outdoor housekeeping such as road and drainage cleaning, grass cutting, bush trimming, and landscaping. • Lead in-house teams in maintaining a clean, safe, and sustainable plant environment through daily and weekly activities. • Oversee waste handling, pest control, and environmental cleanliness in compliance with company and regulatory requirements. • Drive continuous improvement in maintenance efficiency, cost control, and workplace safety.
Lead a team of 12 staff, from Technicians to Senior Engineers, reporting to the General Manager. • Plan and coordinate all maintenance activities including analyzing equipment needs, reliability issues, developing preventive & predictive maintenance programs. • Manage, lead and develop high performing maintenance team that meets maintenance objectives and minimize unplanned breakdown. • Monitored project progress and resource allocation to ensure timely execution of repair and improvement works. • Identifying and implementing proactive maintenance strategy that ensures efficient operations eg: Preventive maintenance schedule, inspection checklist & effectiveness review. • Develop Standard Operating Procedures & Work Instruction for maintenance works & activities. • Spare parts management including control stock inventory level & critical spare parts identification. • Maintenance budget management including maintenance expenses monitoring and budget control.
Lead a team of 50 staff, from Technicians to Assistant Manager, reporting to the Chief Operation Officer. • Manage entire production & supporting department (Rebuilt Truck Division, Forklift Division, Body Works Construction Division, Quality Assurance, Purchasing department & Technical Engineering Department). Provide support to all department to ensure each of the department to achieve targeted KPI & goals. • Lead team to achieve targeted production output by anticipates process bottlenecks, clarify priorities & identify risks. Establish incentive plan to encourage and motivate team to achieve higher productivity. • Continuous improvement on production efficiency by implementation of PDCA cycle. • Develop & review production program and SOP to achieve production target & company objectives. • Develop & implement new production line for new launched product. Accountable for safety, quality & productivity target. • Review, analyze & manage monthly expenses to achieve cost effectiveness purpose. • Work with Compliance Department (Safety & Health Department, QMS Department) to ensure operating activities are comply to related Safety & QMS requirement. • Identifies the best tools and technologies to manage workflow and optimizes implementation and deployment.
Lead a team of 120 staff, from Technicians to Assistant Manager, reporting to the Plant Director. • Develop and establish maintenance work procedures and job safety analysis to enhance safety and to ensure zero accidents. • Identify and develop efficiency for maintenance activities wherever feasible assuring efficient and reliable operations, processes and equipment. • Lead & supervise all engineering work such as equipment improvement & modification. To ensure all the equipment operates in proper, safe and achieve KPI. • Plan and organize corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance. Develop & review preventive maintenance schedule for all equipment to minimize downtime due to unplanned breakdown and ensure optimum efficiency. • Plan, schedule, and monitor project timelines for all maintenance and repair works to ensure on-time completion and resource optimization. • Maintenance budget planning & maintenance cost review to optimize maintenance performance & cost effectiveness including management in spare part inventory monitoring & control. • Lead a group of maintenance staffs to achieve Maintenance department’s objectives and goals in term of: Equipment Downtimes, Continuous Improvement Project, Maintenance Cost Saving.