Resident Engineer

Arup Singapore Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Arup Singapore Pte Ltd is seeking a Resident Engineer (contract) to provide on-site supervision for civil and structural works in the Singapore Marina Bay area. The role requires managing site staff, maintaining records, and ensuring compliance with project specs and Building Control regulations.

Start date in November 2026. The successful candidate will supervise ERSS and foundation works, lead a team of site staff, and coordinate with the Employer and contractors to meet project goals and

Qualifications

• Experience supervising civil/structural construction works on large projects.
• Ability to manage site staff and clerks of works and ensure compliance with specs and Building Control regulations.
• Proven track record in coordinating with contractors and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Supervise construction works in alignment with project specifications and Building Control regulations.
• Manage and oversee a team of site staff or clerks of works, ensuring their performance meets project requirements.
• Maintain detailed records of site activities, staff attendance, and administrative matters, ensuring discipline and punctuality.
• Assist in approving overtime requisitions and ensure proper supervision of works, either personally or by allocating site staff.
• Support the Employer in monitoring contractor schedules, site safety, and record-keeping, and submit all relevant reports to project stakeholders.

Skills

Site supervision

Team leadership

Regulatory compliance

Client coordination

Job description

Joining Arup

Arup is a global consultancy with extensive technical and advisory expertise. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment.

We have a vacancy to be a part of a commercial project in the Singapore Marina Bay area. The works include ERSS and foundation works, top-down basement construction, steel podium structures, 55-storey tower, underground connections to existing structures, steel link bridges and relevant external/civil works.

As a Resident Engineer (RE), you will provide essential on-site supervision for the construction of civil and structural works, ensuring compliance with project specifications, drawings, and Building Control regulations. You will play a key role in managing site staff, maintaining administrative control, and supporting the Employer in all construction-related aspects to achieve high-quality project outcomes.

This is a contract position.

The Opportunity

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

• Supervise construction works in alignment with project specifications and Building Control regulations.
• Manage and oversee a team of site staff or clerks of works, ensuring their performance meets project requirements.
• Maintain detailed records of site activities, staff attendance, and administrative matters, ensuring discipline and punctuality.
• Assist in approving overtime requisitions and ensure proper supervision of works, either personally or by allocating site staff.
• Support the Employer in monitoring contractor schedules, site safety, and record-keeping, and submit all relevant reports to project stakeholders.

Is this role right for you?

• Accredited with IES-ACES-SSSS with a valid Resident Engineer Practicing Certificate
• Minimum 8 years of experience as Resident Engineer.
• Experience in supervision of construction of ERSS and foundation works, top-down basement construction, steel structures, post-tensioned floors structures and external works.
• Able to resolve site and technical issues, prepare and document detailed site progress reports.
• Good supervisory and leadership skills with, with experience in leading a team of Resident Technical Officers.
• Shift works expected (day/night shift rotation).
• Expected start date of employment: November 2026.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair, and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Arup provides an environment where you will make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.