Maintenance Excellence Lead

Are you our next creator of change?

Do you want to be part of creating solutions for mitigating climate change? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Together we will accelerate transformation for a more sustainable future.

We are looking for you,
Maintenance Excellence Lead
to our Maintenance team in the Singapore Tuas Refinery.

You will focus on maintenance excellence management. In this job you will work closely with Maintenance sub-teams and various departments in the organization. In our team, you will be the work process focal and support the Maintenance process to be carried out in an effective and efficient manner. You will work closely with other engineers in the sub-teams in Singapore and collaborate with engineers in other locations such as Finland and Rotterdam. You will also lead improvements in productivity, contract performance, cost and digitalization to achieve top tier performance. Together with you and your expertise, we can make an impact today and keep our promises for tomorrow.

Reasons to join

Real impact right now. We create solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. We live by our values every day; we care, we have courage, we cooperate.

Safety and caring. We value safety always and everywhere. We want our work to feel good and do good. At Neste, we nurture a culture where everyone is welcome and feels safe, respected and encouraged to be their unique true selves.

Exciting growth. Transformation brings new possibilities, fostering both courage and curiosity. As a global company, collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. We support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities.

More about the job
Your role in our team / in creating a sustainable future

• Ensure work preparation for all work orders. Build/Use a library of comprehensive task lists for Maintenance planning. Keep right level of backlog which is tied to reliability performance of the plant
• Manage SIMOPS between maintenance and maintenance MOCs during BAU period.
• Ensure an accurate daily and lookahead schedules, enabling integrated activities planning/scheduling to achieve resource optimization/efficiency across all site activities.
• Manage multi-craft planners and scheduler to handle BAU and facility work planning, based on the priority set and backlog health.
• Lead continuous improvement in planning and scheduling via task list development/utilisation, standard jobpack, accuracy in planning vs actual, harmonizing efforts via cross-site collaboration with Rotterdam, Finland, etc.
• Lead continuous improvement in contractor productivity, contracts performance, cost reductions via deep-dive analysis, adoption of digitalization tools & methods, improved ways of working and collaboration across the various departments and contractor partners.
• SAP key user and Maintenance process focal point.
• Ensure accurate service contractor management across whole refinery.
• Ensure centralized logistics support for BAU, central maintenance services and Turnarounds. 

Keys to success in this role / The best combination to succeed in this role

• Degree/Diploma in Engineering or equivalent
• 10 - 12 years relevant experience in Oil and Gas industry or equivalent
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in leading a team.
• Skill in Maintenance execution, planning and scheduling
• Skill in SAP and P6 Primavera scheduling tools
• Knowledgeable with international standards, petroleum /petrochemical plant materials and equipment

Other strengths we value
● Good stakeholder management and collaborative skillset
● Strong analytical with continuous improvement mindset.
● Leadership qualities with good interpersonal people management skills to manage conflicts

Let’s get you started
We look forward to receiving your CV and application (with a salary request) by 24 Aug 2025. We will do our best to contact you after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a possible aptitude assessment. (The person selected for the position must pass a health examination. A security clearance is obtained with your consent.)

Neste in brief
Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) creates solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. The company is the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, enabling its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste refines waste, residues and other
renewable raw materials to high-quality renewable fuels at its refineries located on three continents. The company’s annual renewable fuels production capacity will be increased to 6.8 million tons in 2027.

Neste has high standards for sustainability and the company has consistently been recognized by several leading
sustainability indices. In 2024, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 20.6 billion. Read more: neste.com