Assistant Manager, Technical Development, Malaysia & Singapore
- Petaling Jaya, Selangor
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Providing process optimization to achieve good parts through on-site trial processing techniques to achieve high-quality parts through on-site trials.
- Oversee efforts in injection moulding processes and support secondary processes in extrusion.
- Advising customer the suitable machine tonnage and screw selection for sustainable production
- Apply knowledge of material characteristics in relation to application and good understanding of customer requirements translated into material selection.
- Interpret material properties and translate them into applications based on customer requirements, including flammability, mechanical, thermal, electrical, rheological, chemical, and physical properties.
- Bringing up value proposition of various plastic materials (Specialty, Engineering and Commodity Plastics) in relation to application and part design.
- Recommend Mould/Tooling modification and root cause, to improve moulding and productivity to achieve a broader processing window.
- Tooling/Mould fabrication advice in relation to soft TPU, Glass filled Engrg Plastics and high surface finishing
- Interpret CAE results and guiding customer toward gating design and location for wider processing window.
- Contribute to part design by applying foundational design for manufacturing principles:
- Provide recommendations for part design improvement and effectively communicating insights to customers
- Implementation of Segment Marketing Road Map
- Transferring know-how related to Application and Material to frontlines.
- project development to meet targets
- promoting BASF through technical events,
- developing success stories for selected projects,
- addressing customer complaints on technical issues
- Bachelor's degree in Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, or Production Engineering, or a diploma with relevant experience in the plastics and/or chemical industry; a major in plastics is a plus.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in the plastics or plastic resin industry, with a preference for candidates with experience in technical service support or similar roles, and experience working with OEMs or contract manufacturers in plastics engineering or injection moulding management.
- Strong knowledge of processing and moulding, with expertise in polymer processing, troubleshooting, tooling design, and auxiliary processing equipment; familiarity with other processing techniques, such as extrusion, is a plus.
- Basic understanding of engineering thermoplastics, specialty plastics, and thermoplastic polyurethane is required, along with hands-on experience.
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