Executive & Senior Engineer, Mechanical, Electrical & Engineering

SMRT Trains Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport company in Singapore seeks an Executive/Senior Engineer for its Component Servicing Centre. This role ensures the safe and quality operation of workshops and optimizes activities to meet reliability targets. Responsibilities include management support, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering and strong leadership skills. Experience in railway servicing is a plus. Join a team dedicated to delivering safe and reliable services.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering from a recognised institution.
• Experience in railway or component servicing works would be advantageous.
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe, quality operations in workshops.
• Assist in management and supervision of work teams.
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting and technical investigations.
• Review Work Instructions and Risk Assessments.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Technical skills

Decision-making

Organisational skills

English communication

Education

Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Job description

Company description

SMRT Trains Ltd was incorporated in 1987 and operates Singapore's first mass rapid transit system. Today, we manage and operate train services on the North-South Line, East-West Line, the Circle Line, the Thomson-East Coast Line, and the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit. With over 5,000 employees, more than 250 trains, and 141 km of rail tracks across 108 stations, we serve millions of commuters daily.

We have set our core values to be Integrity, Service & Safety and Excellence. SMRT is committed to provide safe, reliable and comfortable service for our commuters.

Job description

Job Purpose

The Executive/Senior Engineers in the Component Servicing Centre (CSC) shall be responsible to ensure safe, quality and optimized operations of the workshops to support the MKBF reliability target of the SMRT Trains. The CSC is responsible for the diagnostics and testing as well as repair and overhaul of mechanical, electrical and electronic components of the trains and other related systems. The engineer shall be required to independently plan, schedule, coordinate and optimize workshop activities and manage safety, supervision and welfare of the work teams.

Responsibilities

1. Work in any SMRT Maintenance Depots or facilities and comply with all Safety Requirements.
2. Work in rotating or fixed shifts.
3. Assist the Section Manager for the management, supervision and safety of the work teams in the Component Servicing Center. He shall manage staff welfare, participate in hand‑on works and implement safety improvement initiatives.
4. Assist the Section Manager for the planning, scheduling, coordination and optimization of workshop resources and activities to ensure that production, quality, reliability and safety KPIs are met and support the MKBF reliability target of the SMRT Trains.
5. Perform hands‑on troubleshooting of faults, technical investigation, failure trend analysis and liaise with key stakeholders including maintenance, engineering, system management departments and LTA to develop and implement technical solutions and modifications.
6. Review Work Instructions and Risk Assessments to ensure relevance and adequacy.
7. Work with Engineering and System Management Departments to perform obsolescence management for the workshop.
8. Responsible to perform continuous improvement initiative to enhance the capability and quality of the workshop.
9. Responsible to Section Manager to ensure that internal processes are in place and enforced in accordance with policies, procedures, circulars and manuals stipulated in SMRT Trains.
10. Perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications & Work Experience

Degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics Engineering or equivalent from a recognised institution.

Experience in railway or component servicing works would be advantageous.

Skills

Strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Comfortable to work hands‑on in a maintenance workshops environment alongside other Engineers, Assistant Engineers and Technical Officers.

Able to work independently and as a team effectively adjusting oneself flexibly to different work situations.

Strong technical skills and decision‑making abilities.

Effective organisational and planning skills.

Fluent in written and oral communication skills in English.