SCA Specialty Chemicals Hiring! Full Time Chemical Engineer (Electroplating) in Johor, Earn up to MYR 5,000 - Ricebowl

To provide technical, laboratory and field support for the Company's electroplating chemicals and surface-finishing products, ensuring customers achieve stable plating performance and product quality. The position will also support chemical analysis, troubleshooting, product development and technical documentation.

1. Customer Technical Support

• Provide technical support to customers using the Company's electroplating chemicals.
• Visit customer plating facilities when required to inspect plating lines, tanks, operating conditions and chemical dosing systems.
• Assist customers in establishing and maintaining appropriate plating bath operating parameters.
• Monitor and advise on:
• Chemical concentration
• pH
• Temperature
• Current density
• Voltage
• Plating time
• Anode condition
• Agitation
• Filtration
• Bath contamination
• Assist customers in chemical bath make-up, replenishment and chemical dosing.
• Provide recommendations to improve plating quality, productivity and bath stability.
• Attend to customer complaints and investigate plating defects.

2. Plating Bath Analysis

Conduct routine laboratory analysis of customers' plating baths and Company's chemical products, including where applicable:

• Metal concentration
• Free acid
• Total acid
• Free alkalinity
• Total alkalinity
• pH
• Specific gravity
• Chemical concentration
• Additive concentration
• Conductivity
• Chloride and other contaminants
• Other parameters required for specific plating processes.

Maintain proper records of all analytical results and report abnormal results promptly.

3. Electroplating Troubleshooting

Investigate plating defects such as:

• Poor adhesion
• Burning
• Roughness
• Pitting
• Blistering
• Peeling
• Uneven plating
• Poor coverage
• Colour variation
• Staining
• Low plating efficiency
• Excessive deposit thickness
• Poor corrosion resistance
• Poor salt-spray performance

Identify possible causes and recommend corrective actions.

The technician should distinguish whether the problem is related to:

Chemical → Bath condition → Equipment → Process → Material → Pre-treatment

rather than automatically assuming that the chemical is the cause.

4. Laboratory Responsibilities

• Carry out laboratory testing of raw materials, finished products and plating baths.
• Prepare chemical solutions and laboratory samples accurately.
• Conduct titration and other wet-chemical analyses.
• Maintain laboratory equipment and ensure instruments are properly calibrated.
• Prepare test panels and conduct laboratory plating trials.
• Record test conditions and results accurately.
• Maintain laboratory chemicals, reagents and reference standards.
• Follow laboratory safety procedures and chemical handling requirements.

5. Product Development & R&D

Assist the Company in:

• Developing new electroplating chemicals.
• Improving existing formulations.
• Conducting laboratory trials.
• Evaluating alternative raw materials.
• Comparing Company's products against competing products.
• Developing replacement products for imported/commercial plating chemicals.
• Optimising product performance and cost.
• Conducting stability tests.
• Establishing product specifications and QC test methods.

6. Production & Quality Support

Work closely with production and QC personnel to:

• Establish production specifications.
• Verify raw-material quality.
• Check finished-product quality.
• Investigate production deviations.
• Provide technical instructions for chemical preparation.
• Assist in troubleshooting production problems.
• Ensure products meet agreed specifications before release.

7. Customer Trial & Product Introduction

• Support product trials at customer facilities.
• Prepare trial plans and technical recommendations.
• Monitor trial results.
• Collect customer feedback.
• Prepare trial reports.
• Recommend adjustments to formulation or operating parameters.
• Assist the sales team in technically presenting products to customers.

8. Technical Documentation

Prepare and maintain:

• Technical Data Sheets (TDS)
• Safety Data Sheets (SDS), where required
• Product specifications
• Certificate of Analysis (COA) requirements
• Laboratory test procedures
• Bath analysis reports
• Customer trial reports
• Troubleshooting reports
• Chemical dosing instructions
• Technical recommendations.

9. Sales Technical Support

Work closely with the sales team to:

• Provide technical information for quotations.
• Recommend suitable products for customer applications.
• Attend customer meetings where technical knowledge is required.
• Support new customer development.
• Conduct product demonstrations and technical presentations.
• Identify opportunities for new products and applications.

10. Technical Service Records

Maintain proper records of:

• Customer visits
• Customer complaints
• Bath analysis
• Chemical consumption
• Trial results
• Corrective actions
• Product recommendations
• Follow-up activities.

Customer technical information must be treated as confidential.

Pay: RM3,000.00 - RM5,000.00 per month

Experience:

• Electroplating Industry : 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person