# Senior/ Lead Engineer (Production)

> Cariflex · Singapore, Singapore · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-06

**Salary:** SGD 7,000–9,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Production

## Description

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

## Apply

[Apply at Cariflex](https://apply.workable.com/cariflex/j/49759E3756/apply)

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