Maintenance Lead

Do You Want to Lead a Global Team Where Collaboration Drives Success?

At Hempel, success isn’t just about meeting targets – it’s about collaborating, innovating, and making a real impact.

Join our Engineering team in Malaysia as a Maintenance Lead and drive the change.

What you will do

• Manage and Lead the maintenance team.

• Support Plant Manager with CAPEX and FE - Fix Expenses budgeting

• Participate and contribute in all improvement initiatives such as 6S, Safety Excellence, Winning Together, Waste reduction, etc.

• Place service calls to outside repair/contractor agencies

• Interface and support contractors as needed

• Report safety and environmental incidents.

• Ensure all operators have the relevant training to operate equipment related to their assignments in a safe manner.

• Ensure that all company policies, including all safety policies, are followed.

• Ensure that all quality and work practices, all relevant procedures and SOP’s, are followed.

• Ensure that risks and waste are minimized.

• Work closely with the Supervisors and the Maintenance team to ensure equipment is functioning properly and downtime is minimized.

• Report any mechanical and electrical problems.

• Attend safety meetings.

• Maintain good housekeeping in assigned work areas.

• Other duties as assigned by Supervisors.

Key Tasks

• Planning, organizing and supervising day to day task of maintenancedepartment

• Effectively playing a lead role and be fully responsible in leading the engineering team

• Identify plant CAPEX project needs and seek competitive quotation by working closely with procurement

• Involve in FE budget preparation for repair and maintenance related works and ensure FE are managed within budget

• Plan & execute scheduled preventive maintenance

• Maintain and upkeep all maintenance related data and records as required by Hempel Group

• Minimize dependent to external contractor on carrying out repair or maintenance job

• Work as a team closely with production, QC and other plant department

• Maintain maintenance spare part stocks accuracy

• Work closely with finance to ensure all new asset are tagged and old asset tags are well maintained

• Plan subordinates to participate in daily Tier 1 meeting and personally participate in both Tier 1 & Tier 2 meeting

• Lead continuous improvement project assigned using Hempel Improvement Cycle

• Ensure adherence to site safety all time

What we are looking for

• Diploma/Degree holder preferable in engineering

• Chemical manufacturing or paint processing experience of minimum 5-8 Yrs

• Read, write and speak good local language
  Read, write and speak simple English

Does This Sound Like a Match?

Click the ‘Apply for position’ button and submit your CV and application letter in English via our recruitment system.

Application due

2026-07-31

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Job Functions

Engineering, Manufacturing, Production

Industry

Chemicals

At Hempel, you’re welcomed to a global community of +7000 colleagues around the world. A workplace built on shared trust, mutual respect and support for each other.

We’re on a mission to double our impact. To succeed, we need bright minds and team players. Which is why, from day one, your input, ideas and initiative are not only welcomed, but expected. In return, you will enjoy great opportunities for development in a growing global company – and be part of the solution by contributing to our global impact.

At Hempel, we are committed to everyone feeling safe, valued and treated equally, in an environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work. We believe that inclusion is key to innovation and by bringing together the most diverse perspectives and talents, we can achieve great things, together.