Electrical Maintenance Engineer – HV/LV & Switchgear

SembCorp Utilities Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sembcorp Utilities Pte. Ltd. is seeking an experienced electrical maintenance professional to support power generation and industrial plants in Singapore. The role focuses on preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, with responsibilities for HV/LV switching, fault analysis, and contractor supervision.

You will ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency of electrical systems, participate in outage planning, and contribute to energy transition initiatives with the team.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum relevant experience in power generation, utilities, petrochemical, oil & gas, or industrial plants.
• Lead and manage preventive, corrective, and routine electrical maintenance activities.
• Drive equipment reliability, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance outages, contractor activities, and resource allocation.
• Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, OEM, and company requirements.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute the scheduled, routine, PM & CM maintenance activities within schedule and cost and OEM improvement program.
• Inspect plant electrical equipment/condition as per SOP and report to Team Lead.
• Conduct troubleshoot/fault diagnosis/failure analysis to determine cause of failure and report to Team Lead.
• Develop Risk Assessment and mitigation measures for every Maintenance job in the plant.
• Apply for Permit to Work (PTW) as the Competent Person (CP) for every Maintenance work in the plant.
• Able to perform 230kV and 6.6kV switching operations as the Electrical Authorized Person (EAP).
• Able to perform isolation and de-isolation of high voltage (>1000 volts) equipment as the Electrical Authorized Person (EAP).
• Supervise contractors and liaise with other maintenance crafts and operations technicians to execute maintenance activities.
• Withdraw and prepare spares from warehouse for job execution.
• Maintain strategic and inventory spares in the warehouse to ensure sufficient maintenance spares are available.
• Prepare daily updates on Maintenance activities for the day to all stakeholders (operations).
• Successful candidate can be appointed as part of the Company Emergency Response Team (CERT) (training will be provided).

Skills

Electrical switching operations

MV/LV switchgear

HV/LV motors

230kV switching

VFDs

HVAC

Overhead crane

UPS & battery chargers

Electrical protection systems

PTW (Permit to Work)

EAP certification

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Sembcorp Utilities Pte. Ltd. is seeking an experienced electrical maintenance professional to support power generation and industrial plants in Singapore. The role focuses on preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, with responsibilities for HV/LV switching, fault analysis, and contractor supervision.

You will ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency of electrical systems, participate in outage planning, and contribute to energy transition initiatives with the team.