Mechatronics Job Opportunities...

Brief explanation of job scope

[ Technical Side ]

1) Maintenance Engineering Assistant/Engineer
- usually involve preventive maintenance of machines, with repairing involve in a later stage.
- Reporting to a leader of the team, maintenance usually has a team dedicated to a particular area in the factory.
- Starting Pay wise - can be anything from $1600 - $1900
- Working hrs - usually shift pattern in 12hrly with allowance
- Overtime - more than you can ever imagine, thus with allowance & basic pay can easily hit $3K - $4K.
- Suitable for people who like to repair machines.
- Career prospect - EA -> Snr EA -> Lead -> Maint Supervisor

2) Process EA/Engineer
- Process EA deals with the process flow of a manufacturing plant, ensuring that Quality is in place & Yield is maintained.
- Usually work alone or maybe in pairs, Reporting to an Engineer, Process EA usually have to be in the line to prepare data & reports for Engineers to present.
- Starting Pay wise - $1600 - $1800
- Working hrs - also shift pattern
- Overtime - would say less than Maint
- Suitable for people who like to improve process
- Career Prospect - EA -> Snr EA -> AE -> Engineer
- Easier to "Shine" than Maint as decisions are to be made by you sometimes.

3) Facilities EA/Engineer
- Maint the basic environment of a building, like aircon, airflow, cleanroom status, water pipes, gases, lift etc etc. When nothing happens, you can do whatever you want... but when situation happens you have to react.
- like maint, work in a team but team is smaller and you in charge of whole building instead of a particular area.
- Starting Pay wise - $1600 - $1900
- Working hrs - also shift pattern
- Overtime - less than Maint/Process
- Suitable for people who can handle ad-hoc situations
- Career prospect - EA -> Snr EA -> Lead -> Maint Supervisor

4) Equipment EA/Engineer
- Deal with vendors on machine improvement or qualifying of new machines. When Machine is buyoff, it will be hand over to the maintenance side for up keeping and servicing.
- Starting Pay wise - $1600 - $1900
- Overtime - less than Maint/Process
- Suitable for people who likes to handle vendors and a bit of project planning and management involved.
- Career prospect - EA -> Snr EA -> AE -> Engineer

[ Supporting Group ]

5) Production Supervisor
- Production Sups handle the daily operations in the line, including man, machine, method, materials and workplace moral
- Usually works under a Production Manager / Snr Sup. Production Sup has subordinates under him to take charge.
- Starting Pay wise - $1700 - $2000
- Working hrs - also shift pattern / normal working hrs
- Overtime - also need to cover for other sups on mc/leave
- Suitable for people who like to lead and work with almost everyone in the factory.
- Career prospect - Sup -> Snr Sup -> Production Manager

6) Planner
- Planners plan the requirements for production in terms of product demand and sales forecast. Usually prepares the MPS & Machine conversion plan.
- Usually works under a Planning Manager / Master Planner.
- Starting Pay wise - $1700 - $2000
- Working hrs - Normal-working hrs
- Overtime - when you can't finish your work.
- Suitable for people who like to plan and coordinator with others to get things done.
- Career prospect - Planner -> Snr Planner -> Master Planner/Manager

7) Buyer
- Buyer works with external vendors to get quotations & prepare the purchasing ledgers. Usually work in a team but different buyers in charge of different materials.
- Usually works under a Purchasing Manager.
- Starting Pay wise - $1700 - $2000
- Working hrs - Normal-working hrs
- Overtime - when you can't finish your work.
- Suitable for people whom like to be selective in purchasing and interact with outside vendors.
- Career prospect - Buyer -> Snr Buyer -> Purchasing Manager

Other Positions.

8) Customer Service
9) Sales Engineer
10) Service Engineer