Project 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

Responsible to manage and deliver the portfolio of site capital projects assigned to him/her. He/She must have a good understanding of the workflow of the capital project processes and the required deliverables for the various phases of the capital project life cycle. He/She will need to drive the development and execution of assigned capital projects in accordance with HSSE requirement, technical specifications, quality requirement within the committed schedule and budget.  He/She is also required to lead and work with the various assigned disciplines engineers and the construction teams to successfully deliver the portfolio of the site capital projects.

Job Responsibilities:

• Deliver best in class Capital Projects execution in line with Capital Projects Realization Framework Standards, Flawless Project Delivery process and Aster Jurong Island’s construction standards. To provide leadership in the capital projects/TA planning and execution to achieve projects/TA premises.
• Champion and drive safety aspects of program on all assigned Capex projects (Asset Integrity (AI), Maintain Margin (MM) & Growth categories). Lead, manage, integrate, develop, execute & deliver all multi-disciplinary capital projects for the site.
• Provide leadership and develop project execution strategies/plans, contracting & procurement strategies and execute all aspects of capital projects from Engineering kick-off till Handover/Closeout. Coordinate constructability reviews and integrate operational / maintenance / human factor aspects in design for all assigned capital projects.
• Manage project construction through Site Construction Manager and Site Construction Team or external resources such as Engineering, Procurement & Construction Management contractors. Ensure all aspects of the capital projects field execution comply with relevant local HSSE legislative, ISO14001, OSHA18001 and Aster group requirements.
• Champion cost and productivity initiatives by incorporating best practices and learning from previous projects, Turnaround and externally from the industries.
• Track and monitor plan/actual project status to ensure timely development, execution, and closing out including as-built documentation submission. Drive timely report on progress status to customers and stakeholders.
• Liaise and work closely with various digitalization initiatives workstream leads to facilitate the utilization of digitalization tools and platforms to improve the efficient execution of capital projects in Aster Jurong Island.

Job requirements:

• Degree in Mechanical or related Engineering field.
• Minimum 5 years relevant experiences in project management and execution.
• Knowledge and application of planning tools like Primavera P6, MS-Project, Excel, Word, Access and SAP are essential.
• Must have hands-on project or maintenance experience in petrochemical plants or refineries.
• Knowledge or interest in digitalization tools/programs; data science architecture and platforms, automation technologies.

Work Location: Jurong Island

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