Manager, Surface Finishing Engineering

Pandora Group
Bangkok
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Industrial, Process & Manufacturing EngineeringExperience: 8-12 yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Coaching","Continuous improvement","Root-cause analysis","Process capability"]

Lead and manage surface finishing and plating engineering for jewelry products, ensuring consistent quality (color, thickness, adhesion, corrosion resistance) while meeting cost, productivity, and delivery targets. Drive process engineering from new product introduction through mass production, improving process capability via continuous improvement, automation/digitalization, and chemical efficiency. Partner cross-functionally to resolve production issues, maintain quality/process control, and build team technical capability.

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Manager, Surface Finishing Engineering

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Job Summary

Lead and manage surface finishing and plating engineering for jewelry products, ensuring consistent quality (color, thickness, adhesion, corrosion resistance) while meeting cost, productivity, and delivery targets. Drive process engineering from new product introduction through mass production, improving process capability via continuous improvement, automation/digitalization, and chemical efficiency. Partner cross-functionally to resolve production issues, maintain quality/process control, and build team technical capability.
Location: Bangkok
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Industrial, Process & Manufacturing Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead daily plating and surface finishing operations for jewelry products, ensuring processes meet specifications for color, thickness, adhesion, and corrosion resistance while resolving production issues.
  • •Drive technical readiness for new products by defining finishing processes, running trials/validation, and supporting production ramp-up.
  • •Lead process engineering and continuous improvement initiatives to improve productivity, quality, and cost, including root-cause analysis on plating defects.
  • •Ensure quality and process control compliance, implementing corrective and preventive actions for plating defects such as color variation and adhesion/thickness issues.
  • •Partner with chemistry teams to manage plating chemistry and bath conditions, and manage capacity/planning and people leadership including safety and compliance.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's or Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Surface Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
  • •8–12+ years of experience in manufacturing, plating, surface finishing, or electroplating.
  • •Proven experience managing production and technical/process engineering teams.
  • •Strong knowledge of plating processes, process control, and quality management with structured problem-solving skills.
  • •Ability to discuss/interpret surface analytical results (e.g., XRF, SEM/EDX, ICP, XPS) is a plus.
Experience:8-12 yearsManufacturingPlatingSurface finishingElectroplatingJewelry
Education:
Skills:LeadershipCoachingContinuous improvementRoot-cause analysisProcess capability
Languages:EnglishThaiVietnamese
Tech Stack:XRFSEM/EDXICPXPSAutomationDigitalizationSmart manufacturing

Company Brief

Pandora Group
The Pandora Group (Pandora A/S) is the world's largest jewelry brand, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Industry: Luxury Goods
Headquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark
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