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 University of Nottingham Malaysia with a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering with first-class honour. He started his career in Air Liquide Malaysia Sdn Bhd in 2016 as the Customer Engineering SErvices (CES) Engineer before moving on to Leeden National Oxygen Ltd, Singapore in 2019 as the senior project/ maintenance Engineer. Currently, he is working as a project engineer in Gas Ancillary Services Pte Ltd, handling marine projects involving non-destructives tests for LNG vessels and supporting gas-related operations.
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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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
Salary range of fresh graduates
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Fresh graduates in Malaysia will make around RM2.5k-RM3.5k per month
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Oil and gas companies offer around RM4.5k per month
A potential area for a chemical engineer to explore
As a chemical engineer, you can expect to be in the following departments:
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Process
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Projects
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Operations
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Safety
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Quality
Possibility for the engineers to be replaced in the future
For the next 20-30 years, AI will not replace humans, but no doubt AI can compute and calculate solutions or algorithms faster than us
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 better equipment with social skills and knowledge. Work hard, play harder.
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Pursuing further education (Master’s degree or Ph.D.) would be helpful for one who is interested in being a lecturer or researcher. Experience is much prioritized for engineers working in the industry.
Tip 1: Only 5 to 10% of what we learned in university applies to the job. Apart from that, we learned much more from experience in the industry, your managers, and mentors
Tip 2: Not that difficult working with other people and working on tasks given by superiors, always try adapting to the industrial practices
Tip 3: There is one thing AI cannot replace humans in – decision-making
