Team Lead, Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I)

About the role

Chevron is accepting online applications for a Team Lead, Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) on Jurong Island, Singapore, until 27 October 2026. The role leads and supervises a team of about seven E&I technicians, acting as the primary frontline maintenance representative for Operations. It covers day-to-day coordination, technical leadership, resource management, workforce development and after-hours callback support.

Key responsibilities

• Safety leadership: enforce Permit to Work, LOTO and safety requirements, authorise work, review risk assessments and job safety analyses, lead incident investigations and maintain housekeeping and spill prevention standards.
• Team leadership: coach and mentor seven technicians, run competency verification and validation, manage training roadmaps and support succession planning.
• Operations interface: act as the first line of communication between Operations and Maintenance, respond to maintenance requests and coordinate resources for planned and reactive work.
• After-hours support: assess callback requests, mobilise technicians and provide decision support during emergencies and plant upsets.
• Maintenance execution: oversee preventive, predictive, corrective and breakdown maintenance, reduce rework and drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Work management: prioritise work by risk and impact, manage contractors, overtime and manpower, and use SAP and maintenance management systems.
• Facilities support: oversee HVAC, chiller, building electrical, lighting, fire detection, CCTV, solar and other facility systems, and support regulatory inspections and audits.
• Continuous improvement: audit, standardise best practices and support digitalisation and automation of maintenance.

Required profile

• Diploma in Electrical & Electronics or Instrumentation Engineering, or a related discipline; candidates with relevant ITE qualifications and more than 10 years of maintenance experience in petrochemical, chemical, refinery, pharmaceutical or similar industries will also be considered.
• Minimum 5-8 years of maintenance experience in process industries and 2-3 years supervising maintenance personnel.
• Proven experience managing frontline teams and contractors, coordinating between Operations and Maintenance, and handling emergencies and after-hours support.
• Experience with industrial instrumentation, PLCs, electrical distribution, reliability methods and maintenance planning.
• Leadership competencies: coaching, mentoring, conflict resolution, decision making under pressure, strong communication and an ownership mindset focused on safety and reliability.

Required skills

• Industrial instrumentation and process control systems
• PLC and automation systems
• Electrical distribution systems
• Reliability and troubleshooting methodologies
• SAP or equivalent CMMS

The selected candidate will be based at the Chevron Oronite plant on Jurong Island, Singapore, on the local payroll. Relocation is not considered within Chevron parameters.