Regional Engineering Program Lead – APAC

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Singapore.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic and operational engineering leadership for the client's JAPAC portfolio.

• Ensure the safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient operation of building services, infrastructure, and critical engineering systems.

• Lead engineering operations, technical governance, asset management, reliability, and continuous improvement efforts.

• Collaborate with the Account Director to align global engineering standards, regional priorities, and client expectations.

• Oversee and coordinate regional engineering and project delivery initiatives.

• Lead, support, and develop regional engineering teams, focusing on staffing, competencies, performance management, and succession planning.

• Implement global engineering standards, procedures, best practices, and technical governance.

• Supervise electrical, mechanical, HVAC, UPS, generators, HV/LV systems, and related infrastructure.

• Drive compliance, assurance, planned preventive maintenance, and reactive maintenance activities.

• Serve as the regional escalation point for engineering issues and coordinate incident response.

• Oversee the performance and quality of specialist service providers.

• Establish and maintain contingency arrangements, emergency response plans, and switching protocols.

• Lead asset management, reliability, lifecycle planning, and CMMS initiatives.

• Develop and maintain a rolling five-year capital asset replacement plan.

• Identify and manage engineering and infrastructure risks.

• Provide engineering insight into capital investment planning and infrastructure enhancements.

• Support initiatives focused on energy efficiency, sustainability, and environmental performance.

• Oversee the Regional Projects Lead and the delivery of both technical and non-technical projects regionally.

• Review project business cases, scopes, technical requirements, budgets, schedules, and delivery strategies.

• Coordinate engineering, facilities management, project delivery teams, and service providers.

• Monitor project milestones, financial commitments, quality, risks, and escalations.

• Ensure project commissioning, documentation, asset-data updates, and operational handover.

• Provide regional performance reporting and management recommendations.

• Assist with budget planning, expenditure management, cost optimization, and financial forecasting.

• Lead team engagement, performance reviews, capability development, and knowledge sharing.

• Promote safety, accountability, technical excellence, continuous improvement, and client service.

⛳️ Requirements

• Recognized degree, diploma, or equivalent professional qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related engineering field.

• Strong understanding of building services systems, engineering maintenance practices, critical infrastructure, and facilities management operations.

• Knowledge of building regulations, statutory compliance obligations, health and safety standards, and engineering best practices across various jurisdictions.

• Extensive experience in engineering leadership, technical services, or facilities management within a complex, multi-site, or regional operating environment.

• Experience managing and developing multidisciplinary, geographically dispersed teams within matrix reporting structures.

• Experience overseeing engineering services in business-critical, high-profile, or technically complex facilities.

• Experience in delivering and supervising technical and non-technical projects, including infrastructure upgrades, capital works, and operational improvement initiatives.

• Understanding of project delivery principles, including scope, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and operational handover.

• Experience managing engineering asset registers, CMMS data, asset condition assessments, lifecycle replacement strategies, and capital expenditure planning.

• Proficiency in financial management, operational budgeting, cost optimization, and commercial decision-making.

• Experience within integrated facilities management contracts, including service performance, client expectations, KPIs, and governance.

• Familiarity with energy management, sustainability practices, and engineering innovations.

• Strong engineering judgment and strategic and analytical thinking capabilities.

• Effective leadership, influencing, stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.

• Strong organizational and prioritization abilities.

• Ability to identify operational risks, resolve complex issues, and drive continuous improvement.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

• Relevant technical certifications, professional engineering accreditations, or Authorised Person qualifications are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

• AI-assisted application insights and candidate-role matching.