The posting
Requisition ID: R000071816 Job Location: Singapore - Jurong Island
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Purpose of the Role
Lead and supervise a team of approximately seven Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Technicians to safely execute maintenance activities, support plant operations, and improve equipment reliability. The role serves as the primary frontline maintenance representative for Operations, providing day-to-day coordination, technical leadership, resource management, workforce development, and after-hours callback support to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.
Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:
1. Safety Leadership
- Provide visible safety leadership and ensure all maintenance activities are executed in compliance with Permit to Work (PTW), LOTO, and company safety requirements.
- Review and authorize maintenance work activities, ensuring hazards are identified and appropriate controls are implemented.
- Develop, review, and approve risk assessments, job safety analyses, and work execution plans to ensure risks are effectively managed.
- Conduct field engagements, safety observations, and interventions to reinforce safe work practices.
- Lead incident investigations, lessons learned sharing, and closure of corrective actions.
- Ensure high standards of housekeeping, spill prevention, waste management, and worksite discipline.
2. Team Leadership & People Development
Lead and supervise a team of approximately seven E&I Technicians.
- Set clear expectations and ensure accountability for safety, quality, productivity, and work execution.
- Conduct regular coaching, mentoring, and performance discussions with team members.
- Develop workforce capability through structured competency development plans, on-the-job coaching, and training programs.
- Perform competency Verification & Validation (V&V) and field audits to assess technician capability, work quality, and compliance with safety and maintenance standards.
- Ensure required technician qualifications, certifications, and competencies remain current.
- Identify technical skill gaps and work with Learning & Development to establish training and progression roadmaps.
- Support succession planning and development of future technical specialists and team leaders.
- Foster a positive team culture built on ownership, professionalism, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
3. Operations Interface & Frontline Maintenance Leadership
Serve as the primary maintenance focal point for Operations.
- Act as the first line of communication between Operations and Maintenance for E&I-related issues.
- Provide timely assessment and response to maintenance requests, equipment issues, and operational concerns.
- Coordinate maintenance resources to support plant priorities while balancing planned and reactive work.
- Ensure effective communication of equipment status, maintenance activities, risks, and operational constraints.
- Participate in plant operational reviews, daily coordination meetings, and shutdown planning activities.
After-Hours Support & Callback Management
- Function as the frontline maintenance coordinator for after-hours maintenance support.
- Assess callback requests and determine appropriate response strategies.
- Mobilize technicians and coordinate required maintenance resources during plant upsets and equipment failures.
- Provide leadership and decision-making support during emergency and urgent maintenance situations.
- Ensure efficient escalation and communication during off-hours events.
4. Maintenance Execution & Reliability
- Lead safe and efficient execution of preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance activities.
- Ensure maintenance work is completed right-first-time through proper planning, supervision, and technical oversight.
- Monitor maintenance quality and drive reduction of recurring failures, rework, and repeat notifications.
- Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and bad actor elimination efforts.
- Drive execution of corrective actions to improve reliability and equipment performance.
- Ensure accurate documentation, maintenance history, and timely work order closure.
5. Work Management & Resource Planning
- Prioritize maintenance activities based on plant risk, operational impact, and resource availability.
- Coordinate closely with planners, schedulers, and material coordinators to optimize maintenance execution.
- Review job plans, maintenance procedures, and resource requirements to improve work efficiency.
- Manage manpower deployment, contractor utilization, overtime requirements, and daily work assignments.
- Ensure effective use of SAP and maintenance management systems for planning, scheduling, execution, and documentation.
6. Facilities & Asset Support
Oversee maintenance activities associated with facility systems including:
- HVAC and chiller systems
- Building electrical distribution systems
- Lighting systems
- Fire detection and alarm systems
- CCTV and access control systems
- Building utilities
- Solar power systems
Additional responsibilities include:
- Coordinate contractor support and ensure reliability of facility infrastructure.
- Support regulatory inspections, audits, and statutory compliance requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement of facility reliability and energy performance.
7. Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence
- Identify opportunities to improve maintenance processes, work practices, and workforce productivity.
- Participate in audits, assurance activities, and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Drive standardization and implementation of best practices across maintenance activities.
- Support digitalization, automation, and data-driven maintenance improvements.
Required Qualifications:
- Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Candidates with relevant ITE qualifications and more than 10 years of maintenance experience in petrochemical, chemical, refinery, pharmaceutical, or other related process industries will also be considered.
- Minimum 5-8 years of maintenance experience in petrochemical, chemical, refinery, pharmaceutical, or related process industries.
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience supervising or leading maintenance personnel.
- Demonstrated experience managing frontline maintenance teams and contractor resources.
- Proven experience coordinating between Operations and Maintenance organizations.
- Experience handling maintenance emergencies, plant upsets, and after-hours support situations.
- Familiarity with SAP or equivalent Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
Technical Knowledge:
- Industrial instrumentation and process control systems.
- PLC and automation systems.
- Electrical distribution systems.
- Reliability and troubleshooting methodologies.
- Maintenance work management and planning processes.
- Risk assessment development and hazard management practices.
Leadership Competencies:
- Team leadership and people development.
- Coaching and mentoring.
- Conflict resolution and stakeholder management.
- Decision making under pressure.
- Strong communication and coordination skills.
- Ability to influence across functions and organizational levels.
- Strong ownership mindset with a focus on safety, reliability, and operational excellence.
Work Location
Selected candidate will be based in Chevron Oronite plant on Jurong Island, Singapore.
