Executive/Senior Engineer, Track Infrastructure Maintenance

SMRT Trains Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SMRT Trains Ltd in Singapore seeks a highly skilled engineer to enhance safety and reliability of railway infrastructure. You will lead workflow improvements for inspection, maintenance, and related activities across track, third rail, points, viaducts, tunnels, stations, and depots.

Expect collaboration with contractors and stakeholders, plus training and occasional cross-divisional rotations. The role requires a degree in engineering, robust leadership, and strong analytical capabilities, with

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical/Mechatronics/Electrical/Electronics/Civil & Structural Engineering or equivalent.
• Railway/system experience preferred.
• English communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Work in SMRT depots, tracks or facilities.
• Rotating or fixed shifts as required.
• Support delivery of daily, short-term and long-term objectives and KPIs.
• Ensure timely completion of duties and projects.
• Collaborate with Operations and Maintenance staff to ensure safe and reliable operations.
• Identify safety and reliability concerns and develop solutions.
• Draft technical work instructions for maintenance activities and quality procedures.
• Propose cost-effective technologies or process changes to enhance performance.
• Assist in reviewing project design specifications for safety and operability.
• Support annual budgeting and workplans.
• Undertake additional tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Shift flexibility

Diagnostics

Reliability engineering

Microsoft Office

Python

MATLAB

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Planning & organization

English communication

Education

Degree in Mechanical / Mechatronics / Electrical / Electronics / Civil & Structural Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Microsoft Office

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

Enhance the safety and reliability of the railway infrastructure system by leading workflow effectiveness and efficiency improvement of its inspection, maintenance, and other supplementary activities. Subject to deployment, the scope can include the track, third rail, point, viaduct, tunnel, station and/or depot infrastructure assets. Conduct defect troubleshooting, failure analysis, reliability trending, engineering studies, maintenance/renewal planning, asset management planning, supply chain management planning, and/or develop solutions to problem statements identified. Provide technical advice to team members as well as resolve complex issues pertaining to the railway infrastructure and/or frontline engineering train faults.

Involved in the engagement and management of contractors and stakeholders in ensuring the achievement of operating standards and quality standards. Conduct training, assessment and develop training material in his/her area of expertise as required. Subject to business needs, professional development, and/or succession planning, be rotated within or across divisions.

Responsibilities

1. Work in any SMRT depots, tracks or facilities.
2. Work in rotating or fixed shifts.
3. Support the division's efforts to achieve daily, short-term, and long-term objectives and Key Performance Indicators.
4. Responsible to ensure the timely completion of all duties and/or projects.
5. Work effectively with Operations and Maintenance staff from the Lines as well as other engineering and projects departments to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient daily operations.
6. Identify safety and reliability concerns of the railway infrastructure system and develop solutions.
7. Draft technical work instructions for preventive and corrective maintenance activities and/or quality procedures.
8. Identify, propose, and implement cost effective technologies, and/or changes to process and/or maintenance regime to enhance railway infrastructure system performance.
9. Support LTA and SMRT projects in reviewing project design specifications and ensure their adequacy for the safety, reliability, maintainability, and operability.
10. Assist in planning of annual budget and workplan.
11. Undertake any other tasks or functions supplementary to the performance of the works assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications & Work Experience

Degree in Mechanical / Mechatronics / Electrical / Electronics / Civil & Structural Engineering or equivalent from a recognised institution

Previous Railway System experience would be advantageous.

Skills

Strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Comfortable to work hands-on in office and site environment alongside other Engineers, Assistant Engineers and Technical Officers. Must also be able to work in different shift timings, when required.

Adept with diagnostics and reliability engineering methods such as FMECA, Fault Tree analysis, Weibull analysis and Damage Tolerance Analysis, etc.

Proficient at Microsoft Office applications. Proficiency in Python and MATLAB would be advantageous.

Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.

Effective organizational and planning skills.

Fluent in written and oral communication skills in English.