Mechanical & Static Equipment Engineer

About Aster

Aster Chemicals and Energy (Aster) is a leading provider of chemical and energy solutions in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Aster is a joint venture led by Chandra Asri in partnership with Glencore Group. Building on the foundations of Singapore’s first oil refinery, our facilities on Pulau Bukom and Jurong Island serve as the nation’s hub for integrated refining and petrochemical production. Aster Bukom operates a 237,000 barrels per day refinery and a 1.1 million tonne per year ethylene cracker, while Aster Jurong Island produces essential petrochemicals that support industries across the region.

With over 60 years of heritage, Aster is shaping the future by driving progress and creating new opportunities for our people.  From advancing energy solutions to driving petrochemical innovation, we welcome you to join us in our journey that reflects our commitment to sustainability and operational excellence in an evolving industry landscape.

Together, we can achieve more—come be a part of it.

About the job

The Mechanical and Static Equipment Engineer is a part of the P&T team in the Engineering division of the Bukom Manufacturing Site, with focus on supporting Bukom.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day specialist mechanical engineering support, e.g., piping standards, Storage Facilities, Fired Equipment and Pressure vessel issues, for the Production Unit to deliver the Refinery Business Objectives.
• Develop, Lead Implementation and Maintains Bukom Engineering Practices (BEP) on Static Equipment and ensures full compliance of mechanical engineering practices with statutory obligations, Engineering Codes of Practices and Aster standards.
• Focal point for developing / updating mechanical engineering policies and guidelines. Develop and Maintain Static Equipment Maintenance procedures. Assume Leader role in implementation of new procedure.
• Provide mechanical engineering inputs for new Capital/Revamp Projects during the Pre-FEED phase of project (i.e. Select phase) or act as Champion to develop the scope of new Capital/Revamp Projects.
• Provide asset owner PUDT with mechanical engineering support to deliver the Refinery Business Objectives.
• Lead and facilitate in Causal Learning Investigation/Root Cause Analysis of major/complex equipment/system problems and provide recommendations to ensure the reliability of these equipment.
• Develop and lead implementation of Asset Master Plan for the Refinery including ECC and utilities units.
• Make proactive contributions for improvement of the maintenance or plant reliability to Production Unit Managers in ensuring technical integrity of the assets, lead and championing reliability improvement programs in the refinery.
• Drive sustainable development and reliable execution of Bukom Total Flange Assurance program. SME for the site TFA process and procedure.
• Develops comprehensive discipline scope for TA and SD scheduled for assigned unit. Provides mechanical support during TA and conduct technical post-mortem reviews of TA execution.
• Lead search and implementation of new technologies, methods and tools to assure safe and productive execution of maintenance tasks.
• Perform Engineering Design verification for existing equipment such as vessels, columns, tanks and heat exchanges using PV Elite, Code Calc software. 
• Provide FFS assessment services for static equipment or piping as per API 579 where required. Proficient with the use of Signals FFS.
• Review and approve the mechanical design of temporary repairs.
• To identify the bad actors and potential threats in static equipment and piping across the site with the support of Operations / Maintenance / Technology teams to arrive with mitigations plan.
• Evaluate technical acceptance of deviation/derogation of mechanical items before it is passed to higher Technical Authority for approval.

Job requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 3 years of professional experience delivering or supporting asset integrity work in assets
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Field Engineering / Construction- / Asset- Support experience
• Equipment Integrity & Fitness for Service
• Investigation of Equipment / Piping Failure

Work Location: Bukom

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