We are partnering with a Tier 1 corporate real estate services provider on a Critical Services Manager mandate, overseeing mission‑critical engineering systems across a Southeast Asia corporate portfolio, based in Singapore.
You will be the regional technical authority for critical environments, safeguarding uptime, resilience and risk control for a high‑stakes corporate client across multiple markets.
What you will lead:
- Own the reliability and performance of electrical, mechanical, HVAC/ACMV and life safety systems across sites in SEA.
- Set and enforce engineering standards, maintenance strategies and operational controls that drive high availability and operational continuity across the region.
- Provide governance over engineering designs, method statements and work plans from vendors, QPs, PEs, LEWs and consultants, ensuring no new operational risk is introduced.
- Oversee and improve critical environment controls, including work authorisation processes, risk assessments, method statements and safe delivery of high‑risk works.
- Lead or support incident investigations and root cause analysis, then embed lessons learned into standards, playbooks and training across all sites.
- Act as regional SME and trusted advisor to country FM teams, senior leadership and client technology stakeholders on all matters related to critical engineering risk.
- Provide technical oversight of vendors, challenge proposed methodologies and support vendor capability assessments for critical engineering services.
- Contribute to operating and capital budgeting for critical systems, supporting lifecycle planning, asset replacement strategies and cost optimisation efforts.
- Review projects, fit outs and infrastructure changes that impact critical systems, ensuring robust shutdown planning, contingencies and operational risk controls are in place.
- Provide technical leadership during incidents or system failures, guiding troubleshooting, recovery and post incident improvement actions.
- Reinforce HSE compliance and promote safe execution of all high‑risk work within critical environments.
What you bring:
- Degree in Engineering or a closely related discipline.
- Strong track record in critical facilities or mission‑critical environments, for example financial services, trading floors, data centres or similar.
- Deep technical understanding of electrical, mechanical, HVAC/ACMV and fire or life safety systems in complex, 24/7 operations.
- Experience working with and challenging vendors, QPs, PEs, LEWs and engineering consultants on technical proposals and methods.
- Proven ability to lead and coach engineering or FM teams across multiple sites, setting expectations on standards, risk management and incident response.
- Comfort operating in a regional, matrixed setup, balancing client standards, account requirements and local site realities.
- Strong stakeholder skills, able to advise senior non‑technical stakeholders and act as a technical gatekeeper for operational risk.
- Solid financial awareness around operating budgets, lifecycle planning and capital investment for critical engineering assets.
Why this role:
- Regional remit across Southeast Asia with direct influence on business continuity and risk.
- Senior visibility with both the service provider's leadership and an international corporate client.
- Opportunity to set the standard for critical environment engineering and resilience, without carrying design liability.
If you believe this opportunity is right for you, please send your CV in English to Fourie Smuts by using the Apply Now button below.
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