Maintenance & Turnaround Planner

22 May 2026
Location: 

Singapore, SG, 118810

Job Category:  Manufacturing

 

About ACE 

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 Description: 

  • The primary role will focus on improving and standardizing Aster’s maintenance and turnaround planning practices.
  • Provide planning support for various plant unit maintenance activities in Aster, including delivering training and coaching for new personnel in the role.
  • Collaborate with discipline engineers to review existing work plans and continuously enhance them to improve efficiency and enable more productive site execution. 

 

Job responsibilities: 

  • Ensure full compliance to site Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) standards, procedures, and requirement to achieve Goal Zero and make a safe place to work.
  • Intervene any unsafe act proactively and courageously on site and take part in creating healthy environment for people to work safely. 

 

Maintenance and Turnaround Planning: 

  • Drive high standard of personal accountability & performance to deliver the Site & Department goals and target.
  • Contribute and participate actively in site reliability improvements
  • Provide feedback on the effectiveness of preventive maintenance generated from site processes.
  • Identify waste elimination and LEAN maintenance opportunities for maintenance and work with relevant key stakeholders to implement gap closure plans. 
  • Use SAP Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) in compliance with the Company maintenance and business processes. 
  • Lead initiatives to enhance and standardize maintenance and turnaround planning practices in Aster. 
  • Support site Maintenance planning activities including Preventative Maintenance, Corrective Maintenance activities, shutdown and pitstop planning.  
  • Support site Turnaround planning activities.  
  • Carry out any other related duties as and when required. 

 

Job requirement: 

  • Diploma/University Degree in Engineering with 3 to 8 years’ experience in the Petrochemical industry. 
  • Experience in maintenance and turnaround execution (TA) and the detailed work scope required in various maintenance activities including a sound understanding of
  • Maintenance and Turnaround processes. 
  • Working knowledge of SAP CMM will be desirable. 
  • Experience and understanding on the various Maintenance/Turnaround contracts and contractor to be able to plan various activities accordingly. 
  • Ability to build effective working relationships across various department, PUs and with various contractor on site.  
  • Strong communication and written skills.  
  • Meticulous and team player. 

 

Location: Pulau Bukom 

 

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

 

Job Number:  927