Reliability Engineer – Jurong Island

About the role

Sembcorp is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support the reliability and maintenance optimisation of its power generation and water treatment assets on Jurong Island. The role will focus on data‑driven analysis, root‑cause investigations and the development of robust maintenance strategies to enhance plant availability and support the company’s low‑carbon transition.

Key responsibilities

• Support asset reliability and maintenance optimisation across power generation assets (GT, HRSG, BOP, BESS) and water assets (wastewater treatment, effluent recovery, NEWater).
• Perform reliability analysis (data analysis, RCA, FMEA) to identify failure modes, root causes and improvement opportunities.
• Identify critical electrical and instrumentation assets and potential Single Point of Failure (SPOF).
• Analyse equipment performance, failure history and plant data (including predictive monitoring tools) to detect degradation trends and prevent failures.
• Develop and optimise maintenance strategies, including preventive, predictive and reliability‑centered maintenance (RCM).
• Track and report reliability KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, availability, OEE) and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to projects that enhance plant availability, reduce forced outages and optimise spare‑parts management.
• Support implementation of digital reliability tools and data‑driven monitoring systems for predictive asset maintenance (PAM).
• Maintain reliability‑related procedures, SOPs and workflows.
• Provide reliability engineering support for operations, maintenance activities and new plant/system modifications.
• Assess reliability risks of GT & ST electrical systems, generators, transformers, HV/LV switchgear, MCCs, UPS, PLC/DCS/SCADA interfaces, flow measurements and critical electronic control systems.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance and Digital teams to implement reliability initiatives.

Required profile

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation & Control System Engineering or equivalent.
• 4–8 years of experience in reliability, maintenance or plant engineering (power/utilities/process industry preferred).
• Basic knowledge of thermal plant systems (GT, HRSG, BOP; BESS is an advantage).
• Familiarity with reliability methodologies (RCA, FMEA, RCM, SPOF analysis).
• Ability to analyse plant and equipment data for performance and reliability improvement.
• Exposure to digital tools, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance systems (oil analysis, dissolved gas analysis, thermography).

Required skills

• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Reliability‑Centered Maintenance (RCM)
• Single Point of Failure (SPOF) analysis
• Predictive maintenance
• Oil analysis
• Dissolved gas analysis
• Thermography
• PLC
• DCS
• SCADA
• HV/LV switchgear
• Motor Control Centers (MCC)
• UPS systems
• Generators
• Transformers
• Gas Turbine (GT)
• Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG)
• Balance of Plant (BOP)
• Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
• Data analysis