Manager / Senior Manager, Signal, Communication & Control Engineering

SMRT Trains; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public transport operator in Singapore seeks a Manager/Senior Manager for Signal, Communication & Control Engineering. The role involves leading a team to develop engineering solutions for reliability issues in Supervisory Control Systems. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and over 8 years of relevant experience. Strong technical and leadership skills are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• More than 8 years of experience in Supervisory Control System related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead team in defect investigation and analysis.
• Review preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Support project design specifications for safety and reliability.
• Coach and develop team's technical skills.
• Manage knowledge of systems and report safety concerns.

Skills

Integrated/supervisory control system design

Computer IP network troubleshooting

Industrial protocols (MODbus, OPC, PLC)

Client-server platform understanding

Diagnostic and reliability engineering methodologies

Leadership and interpersonal skills

Analytical decision-making

Fluent in English communication

Education

Bachelor degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Job description

Manager / Senior Manager, Signal, Communication & Control Engineering

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 Purpose

The Manager / Senior Manager, Supervisory Control System Engineering, is to provide leadership and management to his team. The team is expected to provide engineering solutions to reliability problems affecting Supervisory Control system and their associated equipment. He will be required to coach and guide the team in defect troubleshooting, failure analysis, reliability trending, and develop engineering solutions to the problems identified; ensuring that each system and sub‑system is performing within the defined reliability targets. He will also have to collaborate with other internal and external stakeholders on engineering and maintenance efforts and ensure high system reliability and availability.

Responsibilities

• Effectively lead his team to work effectively with Ops and Maintenance staff from the Lines as well as other engineering departments to investigate defects. They are to develop methods, propose modifications and improve maintenance strategies to rectify them.
• Lead his team in analyzing and trending condition monitoring and defect data to identify reliability concerns. They are to develop methods, propose modifications and improve maintenance strategies to overcome them.
• Vet and review technical work instructions for preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Review and update System Hazard log and Risk register.
• Identify and implement cost effective technologies to enhance SMRT Supervisory Control system performance.
• Support LTA and SMRT projects in reviewing project design specifications and ensure their adequacy for the safety, reliability, maintainability and operability. To provide other engineering support to the projects, as required.
• Responsible for his team's technical competency, safety, welfare, learning and development. He is to coach, nurture and develop his team in engineering and management skills.
• Responsible for the effective knowledge management of the systems under his charge.
• Identify and report any safety concerns at the workplace.
• Undertake any other tasks or functions that are incidental or ancillary to the performance of the works, as assigned by supervisor.
• Work in any SMRT line or Maintenance Depots.

Qualifications & Work Experience

• Bachelor degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
• More than 8 years of experience in Supervisory Control System related field.

Skills

Technical skills include:

• Good understanding of integrated/supervisory control system design and interface requirement.
• Good understanding of computer IP network. Ability to troubleshoot and analyze network issues.
• Good understanding industrial protocols, such as MODbus, OPC, PLC and serial interface.
• Good understanding on various client-server platform.

General skills include:

• Adept with diagnostic and reliability engineering methodologies, such as Weibull Analysis, Failure Mode and Effect Criticality Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, and Best practices in Maintenance Science.
• Good leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and decision‑making abilities.
• Fluent in written and oral communication skills in English.