About the role
AI summarisedThe Executive/Senior Engineer for Track Infrastructure Maintenance leads efforts to improve the safety, reliability, and efficiency of railway infrastructure systems. This role involves overseeing inspection, maintenance, defect analysis, and engineering studies across track, third rail, signaling, viaducts, tunnels, stations, and depots. The engineer provides technical guidance, manages contractors and stakeholders, develops training materials, and supports operational and project goals through data-driven solutions and cross-functional collaboration.
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Key Responsibilities
- Enhance the safety and reliability of the railway infrastructure system by leading workflow effectiveness and efficiency improvement of its inspection, maintenance, and other supplementary activities
- Conduct defect troubleshooting, failure analysis, reliability trending, engineering studies, maintenance/renewal planning, asset management planning, supply chain management planning, and/or develop solutions to problem statements identified
- Provide technical advice to team members as well as resolve complex issues pertaining to the railway infrastructure and/or frontline engineering train faults
- Involved in the engagement and management of contractors and stakeholders in ensuring the achievement of operating standards and quality standards
- Work in any SMRT depots, tracks or facilities
- Support the division’s efforts to achieve daily, short-term, and long-term objectives and Key Performance Indicators
- Responsible to ensure the timely completion of all duties and/or projects
- Work effectively with Operations and Maintenance staff from the Lines as well as other engineering and projects departments to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient daily operations
- Identify safety and reliability concerns of the railway infrastructure system and develop solutions
- Draft technical work instructions for preventive and corrective maintenance activities and/or quality procedures
Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical / Mechatronics / Electrical / Electronics / Civil & Structural Engineering or equivalent from a recognised institution
- Previous Railway System experience would be advantageous
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
- Comfortable to work hands-on in office and site environment alongside other Engineers, Assistant Engineers and Technical Officers
- Must also be able to work in different shift timings, when required
- Adept with diagnostics and reliability engineering methods such as FMECA, Fault Tree analysis, Weibull analysis and Damage Tolerance Analysis, etc.
- Proficient at Microsoft Office applications
- Proficiency in Python and MATLAB would be advantageous
- Strong analytical and decision-making abilities
- Effective organizational and planning skills
- Fluent in written and oral communication skills in English