Brief Biography
He graduated from Universiti Malaya with a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering. Before graduation, he completed his internship in Top Glove Corporation Berhad in 2016 as a Research and Development Industrial Trainee. He started his career in ExxonMobil Research and Engineering as a Process Monitoring and Analysis Engineer in 2017, contributed to various engineering studies, which resulted in margin improvement from increased yields and energy efficiency. Currently, he is working as an Alkylation Process Engineer, leading engineering benchmarking studies to identify margin improvement opportunities across units via improvement on advanced control applications.
Personal experience when stepping into a career
ExxonMobil provides many pieces of training for fresh graduates to adapt to the company. Although the pressure of working is still high despite the training given, as the company is filled with people with extraordinary capabilities, the competitiveness will prompt one to work harder and become a better self.
For a country to grow, we need a strong industry;
For an investor to be attracted, we need solid graduates;
For sustainable national growth, we need well-developed industries.
The graduate engineer must know about the optimization of the industry for the industry to be at its peak.
Tip 1: You can expect a starting salary of RM3000 - RM4000 on average as a fresh graduate.
Brief Biography
He graduated from Universiti Malaya with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering with first-class honour. He started his career in ExxonMobil in 2013 and managed multiple assignments within the 9 years, which include as a Process Health and Equipment Health Engineer, Resid Upgrading Process Engineer, and Flexicoker Process Contact Engineer. Resid Upgrading Manufacturing Process Engineering Group Lead in ExxonMobil is where he is currently working.
Mr. Toh Beng Leong
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Are there any training or workshops available to assist the transition from the fresh graduate to work-life?
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Is there any potential job or position available for the chemical engineer in your company?
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In your opinion, would the engineers be replaced by AI in the manufacturing and processing industry?
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This is your Project description. Provide a brief summary that will help visitors understand your work.
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Possibility for the engineers to be replaced in the future
Despite the rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence in the industry, the role of engineering in monitoring these systems is still irreplaceable.
Moreover, the demand for resources will escalate following the world population growth, more industries will have to be developed for catering to the increasing demands, this is where engineers will be needed, and thus the role of an engineer will remain significant in the industries.
Personal Advice for the undergraduates and the youngsters
As a university student, it is important to be well-balanced between study life and co-curricular life for one to be well equipped with social skills and knowledge.
The need for pursuing further education (Master’s degree or Ph.D.) depends on one's perspective. One might find that a bachelor’s degree is insufficient for a better career, and one might find that working experiences are more crucial in developing career skills.
Tip 2: The knowledge learned during a bachelor’s degree will serve as the crucial fundamentals during a career. It would be significant to have strong fundamentals before stepping into a career.
Summarised Outcome
Relevance of knowledge learnt in university to the working industry
The fundamental knowledge learned in university is important such as the separations, thermodynamics, heat transfer and mass transfer, etc. Coding and simulation learned also help a lot in daily job
Challenges might faced by the fresh graduates when they step into working industry
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There will be a steep learning curve at work but once we know how to adapt and perform ourselves, things will go our way and those challenges will be overcome.
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Obstacles and challenges are always there for engineers as we continue to look for alternative to be more efficient in delivering the solutions
Availability of training and workshops to elevate yourself
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I believe every company has their own training and onboarding plan to ensure their engineers are onboard properly.
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There will be comprehensive training including sending the engineer to the site to look at the unit.
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Mentor will be assigned to help you onboard
Possibility for the engineers to be replaced in the future
In my opinion, AI might replace humans in some tasks but human possess the ability to think critically
Personal advice for the undergraduates and the youngsters
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As a university student, it is important to be well-balanced between study life and co-curricular life for one to practice social skills, networking and gain extra knowledge.
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Always be humble to learn, never stop learning and don’t be afraid to ask questions
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Look for jobs that you really passionate about
