ACE Instrument Planner & Execution Engineer

About Aster 

Aster Chemicals and Energy is a leading provider of chemical and energy solutions. Building on the foundation of Singapore’s first oil refinery, the business plays a critical role in supporting supply, commercial performance, and operational capabilities for Singapore and Southeast Asia. Aster has a refinery with capacity of more than 300,000 barrels per day with ongoing asset rejuvenation, alongside a 1.1 million metric ton naphtha cracker on Pulau Bukom, and 2.5 million metric tons of downstream chemical assets on Jurong Island. 

Job purpose:

• Provide instrumentation and DCS/Systems execution support for projects and turnaround instrumentation scope.
• Provide Planning, scheduling, costing & Ordering for approved TA & Project scope
• Must have experience to interact with multiple discipline engineer and operation for planning & execution activities
• Provide technical guidance and support complex troubleshooting during major turnarounds.
• Support technical training to contractors pertaining to Quality Control.
• Provide execution and engineering support for Projects & TA.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that HSSE considerations are consistently treated as high priority throughout engineering, construction, and turnover.
• Maintain compliance with the project & TA safety assurance plan to ensure that work is accomplished in an environmentally sound manner using safe work practices, following company HSSE policies and procedures.
• Participate in the project & TA construction Risk Assessment process prior to contractor mobilization and conduct Safety Observation and Conversations at the job sites to help achieve Goal Zero.  
• Provide support and inputs to contractor risk assessments and mitigation plans supporting the use of tools such as a Job Hazards Analysis and daily Task Hazard Assessments.
• Design, review, and support implementation of instrumentation systems.
• Interpret and work with technical drawings including’s (Single Line Diagrams) P&ID (Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams) Wiring diagrams and loop drawings
• Provide technical support for installation, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Assist in scope gathering, scope optimisation for the TA using the data base.
• Under the direction of the TA Manager the Instrument Engineer is responsible for all and Instrument planning functions of the approved turnaround scope items for the assigned units.
• Provide input into the scheduling of projects & TA to meet project milestones and maintain construction resources to acceptable levels.

Skills and Competencies:

• Diploma/Graduate Degree in engineering discipline (Electrical/Instrument) or equivalent technical work experience in the electrical/instrumentation trade
• Minimum 5 to 10 years of Project execution/construction experience for Instrumentation & Systems. Experience in Bukom and Oil & Gas Added Advantage
• Strong Planning, Coordination and Stakeholder management skills in managing and executing projects with significant Instrumentation and Systems scope. The instrumentation execution engineer is expected to lead the front in all matters of instrumentation execution including the developing of the execution plan.
• Strong understanding of field installation, construction, and commissioning of instrumentation. This includes quality control/full functional testing, complex troubleshooting of field equipment, FAT/SAT.
• Execution Experience in a major turnaround Added Advantage
• Experience with DCS/IPS/SCADA/F&G systems is mandatory. Ability to understand and articulate complexities and risks during new instrumentation/logic tie ins to existing LIVE systems.
• Good analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Strong knowledge of field instruments Installation and troubleshooting.

Location: Pulau Bukom

We thank you for your interest. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a discussion.