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This role is designed for high-potential hires within 3 years of working experience who are passionate about safe operations, product quality, operational discipline and continuous improvement.\nYou will gain hands-on exposure to end-to-end plant operations, including blending, filling, tank farm, raw material receiving, production scheduling, laboratory interface, maintenance coordination and performance management. You will be expected to learn fast, ask good questions, take ownership of improvement actions and demonstrate the behaviours needed to become a future manufacturing leader.\nWhat you will deliver\nHSSE\nPut safety first in every decision and activity, demonstrating visible commitment to safe, compliant and reliable operations.\nUnderstand and follow site HSSE requirements, including risk assessment, control of work, permit-to-work, management of change, emergency response and contractor safety expectations.\nParticipate in safety conversations, inspections, incident learning, near-miss reporting and corrective action follow-up.\nIdentify unsafe conditions or behaviors, speak up with care and take timely action to prevent harm to people, the environment and assets.\nQuality\nUnderstand that quality is critical to our customers and to the Castrol brand, and help ensure products are manufactured right first time.\nFollow approved procedures, work instructions, formulations, sampling requirements and quality control processes.\nSupport investigation and prevention of quality incidents, contamination risks, rework and customer complaints.\nWork closely with the laboratory and operations teams to ensure timely testing, release and issue resolution.\nProduct knowledge\nBuild strong foundational knowledge of lubricant products, base oils, additives, formulations, packaging formats and customer application requirements.\nUnderstand the impact of product characteristics on blending, filtration, flushing, filling, lab testing, storage and handling.\nLearn how product knowledge supports safe handling, quality assurance, production efficiency and customer satisfaction.\nProcess\nDevelop practical understanding of lubricant manufacturing processes, including raw material receiving, tank farm management, blending, transfer, filling, warehousing interface and finished goods dispatch.\nFollow standard operating procedures and help improve process discipline, documentation accuracy and shift handover quality.\nSupport root cause analysis and corrective actions for process deviations, equipment issues, delays and operational losses.\nLearn how to balance safety, quality, service, cost and sustainability in daily production decisions.\nManufacturing excellence\nContribute to continuous improvement activities that reduce losses, improve productivity, strengthen operational discipline and enhance plant competitiveness.\nSupport manufacturing excellence programs such as 5S, autonomous maintenance, focused improvement, visual management, standard work and waste elimination.\nUse data and shop floor observation to identify improvement opportunities in cycle time, changeover, flushing, line efficiency, material usage, energy consumption and labor productivity.\nDemonstrate a “learn, improve and share” mindset by capturing lessons learned and helping embed best practices across teams.\nScheduling\nLearn how production schedules are built and executed to meet customer demand, service level, capacity, material availability and operational constraints.\nWork with planning, production, warehouse, laboratory and maintenance teams to support schedule adherence and timely issue escalation.\nUnderstand the importance of sequence planning, tank availability, line capacity, raw material readiness and changeover efficiency.\nHelp track daily plan achievement, identify causes of schedule loss and support actions to improve reliability of execution.\nKPI and performance management\nUnderstand key plant KPIs across HSSE, quality, service, cost, productivity, inventory, waste and people capability.\nSupport daily, weekly and monthly performance reviews by preparing data, identifying trends and following up actions.\nUse KPI insights to drive practical improvements and support fact-based decision making on the shopfloor.\nDevelop the habit of owning commitments, closing actions on time and communicating progress clearly. What you will need to be successful\nBachelor’s degree or above, preferably in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Safety or a related discipline.\n3 years of experience or less in manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, quality, operations or related fields.\nStrong learning agility, ownership mindset and willingness to spend time on the shop floor.\nGood analytical capability, problem-solving mindset and ability to work with data and KPIs.\nGood communication skills in Chinese and English, with confidence to work across functions and levels.\nPositive attitude, curiosity, resilience and willingness to be stretched through hands-on assignments and cross-functional exposure.\nLeadership development expectation\nThis role is not only about completing daily production tasks. You will be expected to grow from “learning the operation” to “owning improvement” and eventually to “leading through others”. Success will be measured by your ability to demonstrate safe and disciplined behaviors, build trust with frontline teams, solve real business problems and show readiness for broader manufacturing responsibilities.\nEducation\nChemical, Petrochemical, Petrochemical Engineering preferred\n985/211 bachelor or equivalent\nWorking Experience - Lubes, Chemical, Fine chemical, Petrochemical, Within 3 Years\nCastrol behaviors we expect\nPut safety first and care for people.\nDo the right thing, even when it is difficult.\nPrioritize the team and build strong working relationships.\nStay curious, learn fast and challenge constructively.\nTake ownership, deliver commitments and make a positive impact.\nThink like a future leader: connect daily actions with customer value, plant performance and Castrol’s growth.\nTravel Requirement:\nNo travel is expected with this roleRelocation Assistance:\nThis role is not eligible for relocationRemote Type:\nThis position is not available for remote workingSkills:\nAgility core practices, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Digital Fluency, Supply chain management, Sustainability awareness and action Legal Disclaimer:\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. 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