Job Responsibilities:
- Team up with chemists to lead a team of lab analysts and technician in executing daily laboratory operations, ensuring compliance with accreditation standards and quality system implementation.
- Identify and drive initiatives to enhance laboratory operational efficiency and productivity.
- Manage laboratory inventory and equipment, including consumables/spare-parts inventory, equipment calibration, troubleshooting, and maintenance planning, to meet quality and operational requirements consistently.
- Play a key role in product management of specialty materials for semiconductor wafer fabrication and related industries.
- Provide support in new product development processes (R&D), analytical metrology, and quality assurance for all products.
- Collaborate with other departments on continuous improvement projects to achieve business objectives.
- Foster and maintain strong customer relationships, offering product expertise, providing technical support for new product developments and addressing technical emergencies.
- Cultivate and strengthen relationships with external parties, including research collaboration partners and material suppliers, for existing and new product development.
- Perform Quality Control (QC) responsibilities, including conducting quality tests, inspections, and analyses to ensure product integrity and compliance with standards and specifications.
- Investigate deviations, out-of-specification results, and quality-related issues, and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) as necessary.
- Develop and validate analytical methods for the testing of chemical compounds, ensuring accuracy, precision, and reliability.
- Maintain and calibrate laboratory instruments and equipment, ensuring they are in proper working condition for accurate testing and analysis.
Job Requirements:
- PhD or minimum Master's Degree in Chemistry or a related field.
- Working experience or significant exposure to specialty chemicals or semiconductor wafer fab supplier environments is considered an added advantage.
- Strong hands-on instrumentation experience such as ICP/MS, GC/MS, UV-Vis, GC/FID/TCD, IC, HPLC, GFAA, ICP/OES, NMR, and other measurement tools.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Hardworking, able to multi-task, and willing to work long hours.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and a strong sense of ownership.
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritize workload, be systematic, and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to travel when required.
