Production Manager Internship
Job Summary
We are looking for a hands-on Production Manager to run day-to-day operations on our shop floor, managing scheduling, quality, and materials. You will work closely with ownership to build and maintain standard operating procedures to ensure consistent quality and output. This is a crucial role offering real ownership and the opportunity to shape how our furniture manufacturing factory runs.
Responsibilities
- Plan and manage daily and weekly production schedules
- Own quality control and enforce inspection checkpoints
- Manage materials, inventory, lumber grading, and receiving
- Supervise, train, and schedule shop floor workers
- Maintain and improve standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Required Skills
- Production management experience in a workshop environment
- Knowledge of woodworking processes and quality standards
- People management and small team supervision
- Strong organization and detail orientation
- Basic proficiency with spreadsheets and documentation
Job Details
What You'll Do
- Plan and manage the daily/weekly production schedule, sequencing jobs against order deadlines and flagging conflicts before they become late deliveries.
- Own quality control on the shop floor — set and enforce checkpoints (e.g. final inspection before packing), and catch defects before they reach the client.
- Manage materials and inventory: oversee receiving and grading of lumber and other raw materials, track consumables, and reorder at the right time.
- Supervise, train, and schedule shop floor workers; onboard new hires and sign off when they're ready to work a station independently.
- Enforce workplace safety practices and lead safety induction for new workers.
- Maintain and improve our SOPs and job aids — you'll be the process owner who keeps documentation current, not just a user of it.
- Make routine floor-level decisions independently (job re-sequencing, minor material rejections, training sign-offs) and know exactly when to escalate to ownership (e.g. client change requests, one-off deviations from a written SOP).
- Coordinate with the design/sales side to keep production timelines aligned with client commitments.
Requirements What We're Looking For
- Hands-on experience running or supervising production in a furniture, cabinetry, joinery, or similar manufacturing/workshop environment. We're flexible on years of experience — what matters most is that you've actually run a shop floor and can do it independently from day one.
- Working knowledge of woodworking processes and quality standards (or a fast learner with strong general production management skills).
- Comfortable managing people directly — scheduling, training, and holding a small team accountable to quality and deadlines.
- Organized and detail-oriented, especially around materials tracking and quality checkpoints.
- Clear communicator, comfortable documenting processes (SOPs, checklists) rather than keeping know-how in your head.
- Able to make sound day-to-day decisions on the floor and knows when a call needs to go to ownership instead.
- Basic proficiency with spreadsheets/documents for scheduling and inventory tracking.
- Nice to Have: Prior experience setting up or working with SOPs / standardized processes in a small manufacturing setting. Familiarity with lumber grading and material receiving. Bilingual (Bahasa Malaysia / English).
What We Offer
- Statutory benefits (EPF, SOCSO, EIS).
- Annual leave, medical benefits, other perks.
- A role with real ownership — you'll shape how the factory runs, not just execute the SOP.