BMM 4032

Local Industry Development

&
Career Opportunities
 Local Industry & Career Opportunities
in the Private Sector
❑ Manufacturing Industries:
➢ Automobile industry;
➢ Aircraft industry;
➢ Electrical equipment (air-conditioning, refrigerators, TVs, etc);
➢ Electronic industry;
➢ Industries producing parts of the above;

➢ Agricultural industry;
➢ Endless list;

❑ Services Industries:
➢ Mechanical and Electrical Consulting firms (M&E) (→ process engineering)
➢ Environmental Management Services (EMS);
➢ Energy Service Companies (ESCOs);
(Maintenance Companies (Office Buildings, Shopping Complexes, Government Ministry & Office Buildings)

❑ Energy & technology-related industries

(Energy Chain: exploration, research, production, generation, installation):
➢ Oil and gas industry (exploration, production, refinery, transportation);
➢ Power plants industry (generation, transmission, distribution)
➢ Biofuel (biodiesel, ethanol)
➢ RE Technologies (Wind-turbines, PV systems (wafers and module production), micro-hydro, biomass).
➢ Energy Services Companies (ESCOs), emerging more recently
(Energy Efficiency measures, RE Technology installations, Solar Farms
Potentials of Automotive Industry Growth
in Malaysia
 Comparison of Ratio of Automotive
Purchases in the 4 ASEAN Countries in 2020

• Malaysia → 1 out of 60 people

• Thailand → 1 out of 180 people
• Indonesia → 1 out of 530 people
• Philippines → 1 out of 770 people
• AIROD (1985) : Providing Aircraft Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO).
(AIROD > Aircraft Inspection , Repair and Overhaul Depot),.

• SMEA (1992) > Manufacturer of metal parts and assemblies for aircraft
and defence industry worldwide (in Sungai Buloh);

• ACM (1998) > Aerospace Composites Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a JV between

Boeing Company and Hexcel Corporation, manufacturing flat bodies,
leading and trailing edges, and ailerons (in Kedah);

• MIAC (2005) > Malaysia International Aerospace Centre, established in

2005 (former Subang International Airport);

• Spirit Aerosystems (2008) > manufacturing parts and assemblies for Airbus
including A320.

• ATSB (ATSC) (Aerospace Technology Systems Corp Sdn Bhd a JV with

Russian aircraft industry to support & enhance MIG and Sukhoi aircraft
maintenance, repair & upgrading.
Career Opportunities in the
Government Sector
 Career Opportunities in the Public Sector
(Planning & Operations)
❑ Ministry of Works
➢ Jabatan Kerja Raya - Mechanical Engineering Division

❑ Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications

❑ Ministry of Transport

❑ Ministry of Science

❑ Ministry of Defense

❑ Economic Planning Unit

➢ (Nerve-centre of the country - SECTIONS to do the planning)
 Ministry of Works, Malaysia

❑ Established during the British colonial time in 1872 to build

infrastructure for socio-economic development and political systems of
the British Government in the Straits Settlement comprising of
Singapore, Malacca, Perak, Seberang Perai and Penang;

❑ MoW is the nation’s engine of infrastructure development. The

Ministry is responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring and
maintaining national infrastructure development.

❑ MoW is home to the various national board of professionals in

Malaysia; including Board of Engineers (BEM), Board of Architects
(BAM), and Board of Quantity Surveyors.
 Departments in Ministry of Works, Malaysia
❑ Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR)
❑ Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM)
❑ Board of Highways, Malaysia (Malaysian Highway Authority) (MHA)
❑ Board of Quantity Surveyors, Malaysia
❑ Board of Architects, Malaysia (BAM)
❑ Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)

MHA: To supervise and execute the design, construction, regulation,

operation and maintenance of inter-urban highways, to impose and
collect tolls, to enter into contracts and to provide for matters connected
there-with)

CIDB: To facilitate and regulate the growth of the construction industry.

Act 520 extends CIDB`s function as an enforcement authority on
construction product quality.
 Public Works Department (JKR)
❑JKR is the foremost technical department in national
infrastructure development. JKR provides
multidisciplinary expertise that ensures best practice
in technical consultancy, project management and
asset/facilities maintenance management;

❑JKR is responsible for construction and maintenance

of public infrastructure in Malaysia such as federal
and state roads, bridges, public government
buildings, electricity, waters and much more;
 Branches in JKR
❑ Building Branch (responsible for designing, building and
maintaining govt buildings incl. public govt offices, schools,
hospitals, etc);
❑ Road Branch (responsible for designing, building and maintaining
roads such as federal roads, state roads, bridges, interchanges);
❑ Slope Branch (responsible for monitoring and maintaining hill slope
areas);
❑ Electrical Branch (responsible for designing, installing, wiring
electrical components such as installation of street lights, traffic
lights on roads, electrical wiring for govt buildings);
❑ Mechanical Branch, (responsible for designing & installing
mechanical systems in govt buildings, and to maintain machinery);
❑ Military Works Branch (responsible for building and maintaining
military bases and camps in Malaysia, whether army, navy and air
forces);
❑ Water Works Branch ( responsible for the planning, development,
operation and maintenance of water supply services);
 Career Opportunities in other
Government Sector
❑ Ministry of Energy, Green Technology & Water (KETTHA)
(e.g. Greentech Malaysia)

❑ Ministry of Transport (e.g. JPJ)

❑ Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (e.g.

SIRIM)

❑ Ministry of Defense

❑ Economic Planning Unit

➢ (Nerve-centre of the country - Various SECTIONS to
do the planning)
 Malaysia’s
Economic Transformation Programme (ETP)
ETP is Malaysian Government’s new blueprint starting from 10th Malaysian
Plan (2011 - 2015) to push Malaysia to become a developed (rich) nation
by 2020.

❑ National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) jointly identified by private &

public sectors to kickstart the Economic Transformation Programme;

❑ These NKEAs represent economic sectors that will drive the highest
possible income over the next ten years;

❑ Focus on these NKEAs will ensure that high impact projects, together
with policy support and incentives from the government,

❑ ETP and NKEA will collectively contribute towards Malaysia achieving

its goal of becoming developed nation by 2020.
12 National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) in the 10th Malaysia Plan (annc. early 2010)

Objective to push Malaysia to become a developed (rich) nation by 2020.