Senior Technical Services Engineer (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 skilled engineer to join their dynamic team, providing technical support and process optimization for plant operations. In this role, you will be instrumental in enhancing system performance, troubleshooting issues, and implementing innovative engineering solutions. Your expertise will drive equipment reliability and availability, ensuring optimal operation of the plant. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to make a significant impact in the energy sector, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field is required.
• 5+ years of experience in power/utilities plant operations and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and process expertise to optimize plant operations.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues to enhance efficiency.

Skills

Technical Support

Process Optimization

Data Analytics

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Reliability Methodologies (FMEA, RCM)

Job description

Purpose and Scope

Provide technical support, performance and process expertise to ensure continued efficient operation, good plant availability, reliability and optimization as a member of the Engineering team.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Technical Support

• Review technical documents.

• Work closely with operations, maintenance, business improvement, safety and procurement teams for improvement projects scoping alignment and execution coordination and review the selection of vendors.

• Review risk analysis on plant and equipment.

• Review the development and implementation of processes for asset integrity management systems.

• Facilitate the provision of discipline engineering support to plant O&M team to resolve issues that arise in the plant requiring expertise beyond the plant level and liaising with the OEMs/ vendors for problem solving. (eg. RCA)

• Formulate strategies for plant integrity and inspection with the maintenance team.

• Verify cross-functional integrity audit findings and recommend corrective and preventive measures.

• Drive equipment reliability and availability reviews to maximise equipment utilisation.

• Provide recommendations for equipment efficiency improvements, including new versus rebuilt equipment, existing versus new technologies and labour versus automation to achieve best value engineering solutions.

• Strategise the use of data analytics across the plant and derive actionable insights for alternative engineering solutions.

Performance and System Optimisation

• Monitor and analyse system performance, carry out troubleshooting and optimization (Steam production, Boiler etc).

• Work closely with the O&M team, establish and continuously improve the monitoring matrix to enable detection of short term and long-term process and performance abnormality.

• Lead the performance test data analysis, identify the gap and improvement area, recommend the actions for rectification and follow through the implementation for closure.

• Establish, improve and monitor the plant and system mass balance (heat, material, and water etc), identify the abnormality such as leaks, uncounted loss, meter/instrument inaccuracy, and efficiency deterioration etc. Lead and coordinate other stakeholders to rectify the issues.

• Provide technical expertise in the optimization initiative conceptualization and implementation. Keep track of the performance and cost savings benefits qualification and post implementation review of optimization initiatives.

• Provide technical and operation insight to support in plant improvement projects and new energy-from-Waste projects including process engineering review, calculations for mass/energy balances, equipment sizing, key equipment selection, material compatibility considerations and other duties assigned for process and engineering evaluation.

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field (Mechanical Engineering/ Chemical Engineering/ Electrical Engineering etc)

• Proven experience (minimum 5 years) in power/utilities plant operations and maintenance

• Experience in handling projects will be an advantage

• Knowledge of reliability methodologies, including FMEA, RCM, and condition-based maintenance

• Familiarity with relevant industry standards and best practices

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

• Independent with initiatives, resourceful and positive attitude

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

• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills