Lead Maintenance Engineer

Dyson Institute; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson Institute in Singapore is seeking a Lead Maintenance Engineer to drive end-to-end maintenance and equipment reliability across SAM. You will lead site-level maintenance systems, improve uptime, reduce repeat failures, and strengthen standards while building long-term technical capability.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, EHS, suppliers and technical teams to deliver safe, efficient and sustainable operations and to support new equipment introductions and

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in maintenance or equipment engineering in advanced manufacturing.
• Strong problem-solving and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead equipment reliability across multiple lines and improve OEE, MTBF, MTTR and yield.
• Develop and standardise preventive and predictive maintenance frameworks.
• Own complex technical escalations and perform root-cause analysis.
• Create maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides and engineering docs.
• Coach engineers and technicians; build team capability.
• Support equipment readiness for new equipment introductions and ramp-up.
• Manage maintenance costs, spares strategy, and service contracts.
• Drive Lean, TPM, Six Sigma for downtime reduction and productivity.
• Ensure compliance with EHS, regulatory and Dyson standards.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Equipment reliability

Troubleshooting

PLC

Lean Six Sigma

Project leadership

Education

Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics engineering degree

Tools

PLC systems

Robotics

Servo systems

Vision systems

Job description

About us At Dyson, we are driven by technology, engineering excellence and the ambition to solve problems others ignore. Our Singapore Advanced Manufacturing site plays a critical role in delivering highly automated manufacturing capability, and we are looking for a Lead Maintenance Engineer to strengthen our equipment reliability, maintenance strategy and technical capability across multiple production lines. This role goes beyond day-to-day line support. You will lead site-level maintenance systems, drive equipment reliability performance, and provide technical leadership to ensure our manufacturing operations continue to run safely, efficiently and sustainably.

About the role As Lead Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the end-to-end maintenance and equipment reliability strategy across SAM. You will work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, EHS, suppliers and technical teams to improve equipment uptime, reduce repeat failures, strengthen maintenance standards and build long-term technical capability within the team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and drive equipment reliability performance across multiple lines, improving OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and yield through structured interventions.
• Establish and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance frameworks, ensuring standardisation and effectiveness across SAM.
• Own and lead complex technical escalations, driving deep root cause analysis for major breakdowns, repeat failures, and quality-impacting issues.
• Develop and standardise maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides, and engineering documentation to ensure consistency and audit readiness.
• Build and strengthen maintenance team capability, providing coaching, technical guidance, and structured training to engineers and technicians.
• Lead equipment readiness and reliability input for new equipment introduction, commissioning, and production ramp-up.
• Manage and optimise maintenance costs, including spare parts strategy, vendor performance, and service contracts.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, TPM, Six Sigma, and reliability engineering methodologies to reduce downtime and improve productivity.
• Ensure compliance with EHS, regulatory, and Dyson standards, maintaining safe maintenance practices and audit-ready systems.

About you

Degree qualified in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or a related Engineering discipline. Experienced in maintenance or equipment engineering within an advanced manufacturing environment, ideally across multiple production areas. Strong background in equipment reliability, downtime reduction, maintenance strategy and technical problem solving. Confident troubleshooting automated equipment, including PLCs, robotics, servo systems, vision systems, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and control systems. Able to apply structured problem‑solving tools such as 5 Whys, FMEA, Fishbone analysis and failure analysis. Effective in stakeholder management, vendor engagement, coaching and communicating technical issues clearly across different audiences. Highly accountable, resilient and comfortable working in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment. Ability to distinguish between coloured wires, signals, indicators, or labels, which is required and critical for safe performance of duties.

Benefits

You will be part of a highly collaborative engineering and manufacturing environment where ideas, ownership and continuous improvement matter. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on site reliability, technical standards and the capability of our maintenance teams, while supporting the delivery of Dyson’s advanced manufacturing ambitions.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds. Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.