Project Instrument 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 Project Instrument Engineer will be part of the Aster Engineering team responsible for delivery of the Aster site projects. This engineer will provide leadership and expertise on all aspects of control and automation to the projects. Also ensuring integration of the brown field projects into current facilities and other ongoing projects seamlessly. 

This person will work in Aster multidiscipline project engineering team. Once construction starts the engineer will act as a technical assurance engineer to ensure the implementations are carried out as per design and meet the project premise. 

The candidate is required to have knowledge on various International Codes & Standards.  

As a Project Instrument Engineer, your responsibilities will include:  

Job Responsibilities:

HSSE Responsibilities:  

• Ensure projects comply with relevant HSSE legislative and Aster group requirements.
• Report / Intervene any unsafe behaviour or unsafe operating conditions observed while working in the plant.
• Participate in project HSSE reviews as and when necessary.
• Ensure that all staff and contractors under his charge adhere to HSSE rules & regulations and procedures. 

Other responsibilities: 

• Responsible for the Instrumentation in the site project delivery team.
• Responsible to support the project managers in Detailed Design with General Engineering
• Contractor, in-house design office and Specialist Vendor Engineering Contractor.
• Support project managers for +/-10% cost estimate.
• Responsible for procurement of all BPCS, SIS, PLC systems, Instruments and Valves.
• Responsible to issue PO to all the services required.
• Responsible for managing all the interfaces with various parties (operations, HSSE, OT Security, process engineer technologist, contractors etc.) 
• Carry out Factory Acceptance Test/ Site Acceptance Test/ Kick Off Meetings when required.
• Work with various Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure Aster work processes are implemented.
• Review and approve Instrument discipline project documents produced by Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCm) contractors and assume the technical assurance role
• Ensure lesson learned from past projects are applied during design phase and capture the lesson learned in the database for records.
• Responsible for producing Issue for Approval/ Issue for Construction documents for in-house run projects.
• Responsible to handover IFC documents & equipment to construction and handshake with them.
• Managing Quality Assurance for instrument engineering discipline during construction works.
• Participate in the Pre-Start-Up Safety review and support Commissioning and Start-up for commissioning the assets.
• Responsible to submit the As-built documentation to design office and handover copy of that documentation to maintenance for run and maintain.
• Responsible for execution mitigation planning and risk assessment for all projects execution. 
• Work with Site OT Security and Vendors SME in complying with Aster OT security
• requirements are met for Control System project and design premises are executed as intended. 

Job requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in delivering Instrument scopes in the capital projects. 
• Instrument engineer with strong experience in field instrumentation and system (Distributed Control System/ Programmable Logic Controller) experience. 
• A proven track record of results in project delivery environment. 
• Experience in commissioning/start-up phase. 
• Experience in Safety Instrumented Systems

Work Location: Bukom

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