Senior Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Waste to Energy (Based in Jurong Island)

SembWaste Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Mechanical Engineer to support operations at an Energy from Waste plant. This role involves planning and executing maintenance works while ensuring compliance with safety standards and statutory requirements. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and experience in a power plant or oil & gas environment. You will lead a team, troubleshoot critical issues, and implement innovative solutions to optimize plant operations. If you are proactive, detail-oriented, and possess strong leadership skills, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 3+ years in power plant or oil & gas.
• Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule maintenance works while leading technicians.
• Troubleshoot major plant issues and drive cost management.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Detail Oriented

Proactive

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Purpose and Scope

You will provide mechanical maintenance works to support the operations of the Energy from Waste plant.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule corrective and preventive maintenance works. Include liaising with operations, prioritize jobs, mobilize work force, spares and allocate resources

• Lead technicians in implementing in preventive and corrective maintenance

• Trouble shoot critical or major plant issues, participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) studies, plant improvement initiative, and drive cost management.

• Implement management initiatives to optimize the assets and seek to continuously improve on the methods, procedures and update with the latest developments in the market by adopting a suitable approach like proactive initiatives viz predictive and preventive maintenance activities and default actions like failure finding, redesign and run to failure

• Review budget, monitor spending against budget. control cost

• Upkeep risk registers, take part in safety walkdowns, implement safety initiatives, and ensure that good safety practices are practiced by all parties’ maintenance work

• Develop and establish maintenance procedures, risk assessment and method statements for all maintenance activities to ensure safe execution

• Ensure that maintenance works, and plant equipment comply with Statutory Requirements

• Successful candidate can be appointed as part of the Company Emergency Response Team (CERT) (training will be provided)

• Other ad-hoc duties as assigned

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Degree in Mechanical engineering

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Power Plant environment or oil & gas industry

• Organized and detail oriented

• Good Team player and able to deliver results within tight deadlines

• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

• Proactive in keeping up with new technologies and looking for solutions to optimize plant operations

• Independent with initiatives, resourceful and positive altitude

• Possess good leadership skills

• Good attitudes and willing to learn from experienced people

• Willing to conduct literature researches for problem solving and carry out root cause analysis