Senior/ Lead Engineer (Production)

Lead plant-wide Production 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: 1. 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..). 2. 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 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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