Cho Kin Wai

Result orientated materials engineering professional with 4 years experience in Marine construction industry and 4+ years experience in thermal spray technology.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer in SAESL May 2022- Present

• Resolve day to day production cell matters such as quality issue (8D, RRCA) and introducing controls to prevent recurrences.
• Induce lean manufacturing / six sigma concept to production team.
• Develop PFMEA for production cell & drive continuous improvement projects in production, such as cost reduction, safety, improvement first pass yield, bring in new technology to improve TAT.
• Tool calibration / validation review.
• Deploy capability (including NPI) – Responsible for production readiness of new product manufacturing capabilities or methods of manufacture.
• Resolve technical issue that raise in-day to-day production.

Senior Application Engineer in Praxair Surface Technologies Pte Ltd Jan 2018-Apr 2022

• Responsible in development and implementation of coating processes for new projects. (NPI)
• Develop and maintain accurate records of process validation, process procedures and fixture and tooling.
• Program ABB robots for effective blasting and coating operation.
• Metlab coating microstructure evaluation.
• Develop effective tooling systems to complement production process.
• Design and implement safe and efficient Job Instructions (JIs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) through collaboration with cross functional team.
• Responsible in the transfer of approved processes to the production team.
• Provide training to technicians for coating new product process (NPI).
• Perform required process capability studies, equipment installation qualifications, and process validation.
• Participate in project team meetings, NADCAP audits such as safety inspections, STOP card, Job Safety Analysis.
• Perform root cause analysis on parts failure or customer claims (NCR) and implement effective corrective/preventive actions.
• Plasma equipment troubleshooting and calibration.
• Support in sales: provide quotation on coating enquires of new potential customer.

Senior Production Engineer in Sembcorp Marine Ltd. Jan 2013- Jul 2017

• Supervising and promoting quality or work.
• Educating and training subordinates and subcontractors to improve skills and productivity.
• Promoting safety consciousness and ensure that safety is maintained at all times.
• Ensure work assigned are completed properly, efficiently and according to schedule.
• Planning men power of department for overall projects in the yard.
• Ensure project cost of department is within budget.

Degree in BEng (Hons) Materials & Manufacturing Engineering (second Upper)