Engineer, Turnaround & Projects

Brunel; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunel on Jurong Island seeks an experienced Engineer, Turnaround & Projects to plan, coordinate, execute, and close out major plant turnarounds and project activities. The role emphasizes safe, reliable, and cost-effective execution while supporting plant improvement and capital projects.

The candidate will coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, and E&I teams, manage contractor performance, and support cost tracking, MC, commissioning, and handover activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of maintenance or turnaround experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemicals, or related process industries.
• Experience participating in at least two major plant turnarounds exceeding 150,000 man-hours preferred.
• Experience in gas processing plants, ASU, SMR, or gasification facilities advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed turnaround work scopes and schedules.
• Prepare execution work packs, methodologies, manpower requirements, equipment, tools, and logistics.
• Conduct site verifications and technical reviews to ensure work readiness.
• Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, and E&I teams for turnaround preparation and execution.
• Support procurement of long-lead materials, specialist services, and rental equipment.
• Participate in readiness reviews, risk assessments, and scope freeze activities.
• Coordinate daily shutdown activities to ensure safe and efficient execution.
• Monitor contractor productivity, schedule adherence, quality, and milestone achievement.
• Identify execution risks and implement recovery plans where required.
• Resolve field technical issues in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Support progress reporting, control room coordination, startup, commissioning, and plant handover activities.
• Support day or night shift operations during major turnaround events.
• Support execution of plant modification, reliability improvement, and minor CAPEX projects.
• Coordinate engineering reviews, procurement, installation, and contractor management activities.
• Develop and monitor project schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
• Support Management of Change (MOC), commissioning, mechanical completion, and project close-out documentation.
• Coordinate contractors and vendors to ensure safety, quality, and project requirements.
• Monitor contractor performance, manpower utilization, and project expenditures.
• Support cost tracking, project justification, and management reporting activities.
• Participate in post-turnaround reviews and lesson-learned sessions.
• Drive improvements in turnaround planning, execution methodologies, and maintenance practices.
• Support development of engineering standards, templates, and procedures.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Turnaround coordination

Safety & compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Diploma holders with extensive relevant experience

Tools

SAP EAM

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Engineer, Turnaround & Projects to support the planning, coordination, execution, and close-out of major plant turnarounds and project activities at our Jurong Island facility. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering safe, reliable, and cost-effective turnaround execution while supporting plant improvement and capital projects.

Key Responsibilities

Turnaround Planning & Engineering

• Develop and maintain detailed turnaround work scopes and schedules.
• Prepare execution work packs, methodologies, manpower requirements, equipment, tools, scaffolding, lifting plans, and logistics arrangements.
• Conduct site verifications and technical reviews to ensure work readiness.
• Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, and E&I teams for turnaround preparation and execution.
• Support procurement of long-lead materials, specialist services, and rental equipment.
• Participate in readiness reviews, risk assessments, and scope freeze activities.

Turnaround Execution

• Coordinate daily shutdown activities to ensure safe and efficient execution.
• Monitor contractor productivity, schedule adherence, quality, and milestone achievement.
• Identify execution risks and implement recovery plans where required.
• Resolve field technical issues in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Support progress reporting, control room coordination, startup, commissioning, and plant handover activities.
• Support day or night shift operations during major turnaround events.

Project Engineering

• Support execution of plant modification, reliability improvement, and minor CAPEX projects.
• Coordinate engineering reviews, procurement, installation, and contractor management activities.
• Develop and monitor project schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
• Support Management of Change (MOC), commissioning, mechanical completion, and project close-out documentation.

Contractor & Cost Management

• Coordinate contractors and vendors to ensure compliance with safety, quality, and project requirements.
• Monitor contractor performance, manpower utilization, and project expenditures.
• Support cost tracking, project justification, and management reporting activities.

Continuous Improvement

• Participate in post-turnaround reviews and lesson-learned sessions.
• Drive improvements in turnaround planning, execution methodologies, and maintenance practices.
• Support development of engineering standards, templates, and procedures.

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minimum of 5 years' maintenance or turnaround experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemicals, Industrial Gases, or related process industries.
• Diploma holders with extensive relevant experience may also be considered.
• Experience participating in at least two major plant turnarounds exceeding 150,000 man-hours is preferred.
• Experience in gas processing plants, ASU, SMR, or gasification facilities will be advantageous.

Technical Competencies

• Knowledge of maintenance planning and execution for rotating equipment including: Steam Turbines, Centrifugal Compressors , Reciprocating Compressors, Screw Compressors, Multistage Pumps
• Familiarity with static equipment such as pressure vessels, boilers, storage tanks, piping systems, valves, and safety relief valves.
• Understanding of engineering standards and codes including API and ASME.
• Knowledge of SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

Brunel International S.E.A. Pte. Ltd

UEN No.: 199603098 | EA Licence No.: 16S8067

Shinu Alexander | EA Personnel Registration No.: R1657042