TAR & Project Engineer (1 Year Contract)

About the role

The Turnaround & Project Engineer is responsible for supporting the planning, engineering coordination, execution and close-out of the 2027 Mechanical Turnaround and selected plant improvement projects.

The role focuses on developing turnaround work packages, coordinating multidisciplinary activities, managing contractors, monitoring execution progress and ensuring safe, quality and timely delivery of turnaround scopes. The engineer will also support the execution of minor CAPEX and reliability improvement projects before and after the turnaround.

During the 2027 Turnaround period, the engineer will be required to support day or night shift execution to coordinate field activities, resolve technical issues and drive schedule recovery where necessary.

Key responsibilities

Turnaround Engineering & Planning

• Develop and maintain turnaround worklists in collaboration with Operations, Maintenance and Engineering teams.
• Review turnaround scope and prepare detailed execution packages including methodology, manpower requirements, equipment, special tools, cranes, scaffolding and logistics.
• Perform field verification to confirm scope, access requirements and execution methodology.
• Coordinate engineering reviews to ensure all required drawings, procedures, permits and technical documents are available before execution.
• Assist in developing integrated turnaround schedules and identify critical path activities.
• Participate in turnaround readiness reviews, scope freeze meetings and risk assessments.
• Support procurement of long lead materials, specialist services and rental equipment required for turnaround execution.
• Coordinate pre-turnaround activities to ensure work fronts are ready for execution.

Turnaround Execution

• Coordinate daily turnaround activities to ensure work progresses safely, efficiently and according to schedule.
• Monitor contractor productivity, work progress and milestone achievement.
• Identify schedule risks and propose recovery plans where required.
• Resolve site technical issues together with Maintenance, Operations and Engineering teams.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary activities involving Mechanical, E&I, Civil, Inspection and Operations teams.
• Monitor execution quality and ensure compliance with engineering standards and plant procedures.
• Support turnaround control room activities including progress reporting and schedule updates.
• Participate in shutdown, startup and commissioning activities after completion of maintenance works.
• Support night shift turnaround execution during the April 2027 outage as assigned.

Project Engineering

• Support execution of minor CAPEX, reliability improvement and plant modification projects.
• Coordinate engineering design reviews, procurement, contractor activities and installation works.
• Prepare project schedules, monitor progress and ensure timely completion.
• Coordinate Management of Change (MOC) activities where applicable.
• Participate in commissioning, mechanical completion and project close-out documentation.

Contractor & Cost Management

• Coordinate contractors and vendors to ensure work is executed safely and efficiently.
• Verify contractor progress, manpower utilization and completed work quantities.
• Monitor turnaround and project expenditure against approved budgets.
• Support preparation of project justifications, one-pager proposals and management presentations where required.

Continuous Improvement

• Participate in turnaround post-review sessions and capture lessons learnt.
• Identify opportunities to improve turnaround planning, execution methodology and contractor performance.
• Support development of standard turnaround procedures, templates and engineering documentation.

About you

• Experience in Mechanical Engineering with at least 5 years' of maintenance experience in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical industry or Diploma holder with 10 years' maintenance experience Oil & Gas / Petrochemical industry preferred
• Experience in at least two plant outages of over 150,000 labor hours
• Experience in a Gas Plant such as Gasification/SMR/ASU is an advantage

The right candidate can expect competitive base salary + allowance + completion bonus.