Engineering Lead, Asia Pacific

About the role

JLL is seeking an Engineering Lead, Asia Pacific, to drive engineering excellence and portfolio transformation for one of the world's top 5 global industrial companies. The role sits within the global engineering leadership team, partnering with the Global Engineering Director and colleagues across Americas, EMEA and APAC, and covers pharmaceutical, petrochemical and critical operations facilities. It is an on-site position in Singapore.

Key responsibilities

• Report to the Account Director and collaborate with the Global Engineering Director to deliver engineering successfully in the region, overseeing talent management and development.
• Work with the Global Engineering Lead on a rolling Engineering Operations and Maintenance strategy, including transformation to tech-enabled dynamic maintenance, and build a roadmap for upgrading engineering talent.
• Help shape global engineering standards and enterprise-wide strategy.
• Lead engineering operations across critical operations centers and define service delivery standards for engineering products in the region, incorporating operational feedback into product development.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and drive Engineering Risk Management and statutory compliance with QC and HSSE.
• Directly manage all resources delivering Engineering Services, deploy and enforce standard operating procedures, and support accounts in meeting productivity targets.
• Lead, mentor and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Manage relationships with client C-suite, functional leaders and JLL global leadership, lead executive business reviews and strategic planning, and act as escalation point for critical incidents, including root cause analysis.
• Drive adoption of next-generation technologies and stay active in the regional and global JLL engineering community.

Required profile

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent; Master's in Engineering or Business Administration preferred.
• Minimum 12-15 years of engineering operations leadership in facilities management or industrial engineering with progressively senior roles.
• Experience managing pharmaceutical, petrochemical or critical operations facilities with strict regulatory and uptime requirements.
• Track record of large-scale engineering strategies across complex, multi-site portfolios, and managing operations across several countries or a large region, preferably in Asia Pacific.
• Experience in matrixed global organizations, virtual team leadership and leading operational transformations and change management.
• Experience building and leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Required skills

• Professional Engineer license or certifications such as PMP, LEED AP, CFPS, CEM, CMRP, Six Sigma Black Belt advantageous.
• Commercial acumen and risk management in high-consequence environments, strong understanding of regulatory compliance.
• Global mindset, leadership presence, results orientation, adaptability and commitment to safety culture.