Senior Project Engineer - Power Generation (KL)

Location: Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Being part of Cummins means working alongside today’s most innovative thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems. We are proud to offer learning and development opportunities designed to promote individual performance and spark purpose and trust within our teams. We look to hire the best and then help you to become even better. Thank you for your interest in continuing to grow your Cummins career!

We are looking for a talented Senior Project Engineer - Power Generation to join our team in Puchong, Malaysia. This will be following Onsite with flexibility work model.

This dual product/project focused position leads the overall technical coordination of lower complexity product development activities and is accountable for the project management of technical risk and quality of the product up to and including early production. This position integrates the requirements of the many interdisciplinary and cross functional stakeholders of product development, often involving difficult decisions that impact cost and delivery without sacrifice to the quality expectations of the value package profile.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

Key Responsibilities:

• The successful applicant will be responsible delivering medium to large engineering projects in the power generation space. This role requires a blend of Electrical power engineering, control systems engineering, systems engineering, commissioning, mentoring and project/task management skills. This role will have no direct reports.
• This role requires travel both within Malaysia and occasional international travel. This typically involves travel to a Cummins or sub-supplier or to a construction site, and providing engineering expertise in the construction phase or witnessing or performance of testing/commissioning. Some work sites may be in remote areas.
• In support of wider power generation projects, the successful applicant will have the opportunity to lead a multi-discipline team of engineers and to support other Lead Engineers in the development of major projects.
• Obtains input and negotiates with program leadership, customers, customer teams, product engineers or technology teams to deliver robust prototype and production designs, technical risk mitigation plans, and coordinated deliverables of new or current product change activity. 
• Other important stakeholders of this role include preferred partner suppliers, manufacturing, purchasing, technical leadership and marketing teams. 
• Makes decisions in the areas of design and project risk trade-offs that impact program cost or delivery without sacrifice of quality expectations. 
• Main focus will include working in business processes of of Product Preceding Technology (PPT), Value Package Introduction (VPI) or Current Product Support (CPS) and using tools such as Product Development Six Sigma (PDSS), iDFMEA, Voice of the Customer and Voice of Other Stakeholders (VOC/VOX), Integrity, MS Office Suite, New Unique and Difficult (NUD) and project risk 9-box and Value Package Introduction - Project Portfolio Management (VPI-PPM), all required to support high quality decision making. 
• Provides independent leadership of smaller business impact projects or ownership of complex components, products, systems or services with greater elements of ambiguity over the senior or lead engineer level and with full accountability to the project team. 
• Delivers independent execution of established and emerging work processes and systems, while still developing technology or product knowledge. 
• Leads the development and improvement of work processes and systems across a functional discipline area within a business unit site. 
• Coordinates and directs work amongst technicians and temporary student employees, assists in the transfer of knowledge to lesser experienced engineers through either indirect (scope of influence) or direct management of a small, local group of engineers. 
• Provides support and guidance to influence technical direction within a project team and continues to develop proficiency in the competency areas critical to success in the role. 
• Operates as a recognized specialist in a discipline or product area within the immediate team.

About Us

Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.Being part of Cummins means working alongside today’s most innovative thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems. We are proud to offer learning and development opportunities designed to promote individual performance and spark purpose and trust within our teams. We look to hire the best and then help you to become even better. Thank you for your interest in continuing to grow your Cummins career!