Position Title:  Asset Engineer

Asset Engineer

BE A PART OF A REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI’s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges – in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning.

Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday and we’ll give you lots of responsibility. You’ll help us improve, inject innovation and create new ways of working. You’ll be solving supply chain problems that span the whole world: a smoke-free world.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Contract Type: Permanent
• Work location: Philip Morris Korea, 67, Sanmakgongdannam 12-gil, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do

YOUR ‘DAY TO DAY’

• Asset Strategy & Lifecycle Management

• Maintain and continuously update the asset register; integrate new equipment with required risk assessments and full documentation that meets legal and internal standards.
• Ensure machine documentation is complete, controlled, and available.
• Own the machine standardization plan linked to process improvements, rigorously applying Change Management.

• Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

• Lead maintenance planning and scheduling to maximize equipment availability.
• Ensure maintenance processes and data are captured in SAP/CMMS and logbooks with accuracy and discipline.
• Coordinate with Production and Engineering to prepare technical specifications for new machinery; review and authorize purchase documentation to meet best practices for equipment, ergonomics, and business requirements.

• Reliability Engineering & Loss Elimination

• Develop and/or refine proactive, cost‑effective maintenance strategies (e.g., TBM/CBM/PdM) using suitable techniques and procedures.
• Analyze frequent downtimes, conduct root‑cause analysis, and implement sustainable countermeasures to eliminate or drastically reduce losses.
• Review the reliability of equipment that is difficult, costly, or safety‑risky to maintain and recommend the right technical and economic actions.

• Technology Ownership & External Interfaces

• Create and maintain master data, monitor data integrity, and drive changes where needed.
• Own one technology for the total site/cross‑BUs; participate at the early design stage for new technologies.
• Act as SPOC for CoE & OEM, serve as VSU team member, and contribute to the Technology Owners community at regional/global level.
• Lead Reapplication Management (RM) for the owned technology, ensuring effective benchmarking and reuse of proven solutions.

• Cost & Inventory Management

• Build and manage the annual maintenance and spare‑parts budgets with maintenance supervisors and production; ensure timely, proper execution.
• Define spare‑parts requirements and set min–max stock levels across equipment, balancing availability and cost.
• Participate in supplier scouting to identify improvements in cost, quality, and service.

• Technical Governance, Compliance & Safety Culture

• Ensure compliance with EHS/Sustainability and all corporate/legal standards, preventing personnel, asset, or societal loss.
• Promote an interdependent, transparent safety culture that favors preventive/predictive approaches aligned with OPEN+/IOS.
• Uphold documentation quality (standards, specifications, approvals) and enforce disciplined governance for new machinery purchases and changes.

• Collaboration, Capability Building & Ways of Working

• Communicate loss‑elimination priorities, plans, and responsibilities in a timely manner to secure cross‑functional alignment.
• Act as a Pillar Member; partner with the Line Lead to implement standard work processes (e.g., PM, Breakdown Elimination).
• Ensure self‑ and team‑qualification through step‑up cards per IOS/OPEN+, enabling autonomous/self‑sufficient teams.
• Coach and deliver on‑the‑job training to build preventive/predictive skills, technical mastery, and troubleshooting capability.
• Take ownership of your training plan and comply with the Qualification Matrix.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
• At least 4 years of experience in production/maintenance/engineering
• Work experience in an international company is preferred
• Clear & strong communication skills
• Fluent in Korean and English
• Proficiency with MS Office (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with SAP/CMMS for maintenance processes and master data (preferred).

Special Considerations

We encourage application from veterans eligible for employment support under the Act on Preferential Treatment or persons with disabilities under the Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation Act.

WHAT WE OFFER

Our success depends on the men and women who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Be able to work in flexible work schedule and receive competitive compensation & benefits including Group life and accident insurance, Welfare card etc.

HOW TO APPLY

• Go PMI career site, "www.pmi.com/careers" and set ‘South Korea’ and search for the job
• Click ‘Apply Now’ button and ‘Upload a File’ for new applicants
• Upload your English Resume either in Word or PDF format (merge your files into one file named as your English name, i.e., CV Gildong Hong)
• Fill in basic information such as employment and education
• Create password and submit application

At PMI, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and inclusion and workplace diversity. Our focus is on creating an environment where our employees from across the globe can be their true selves at work, contribute their best, support each other, and drive the innovation and consumer-centricity needed to help us to achieve our vision of a smoke-free future

That means a work environment where personal situations are understood, differences are valued, and everyone is treated with fairness and respect. We are promoting an environment where every voice is heard and valued, regardless of gender identity, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them visible or invisible.