Job Description

• Industry/ Organization Type: Manufacturing (Consumer Appliances)
• Position Title: Technical Support Assistant
• Working Location: Pasir Ris
• Working Hours: 5 days (Mon – Fri, 8.30 am – 6.30 pm)
• Salary Package: Basic salary up to $3,500 + AWS + Overseas Allowances + Variable Bonus
• Duration: Permanent Role

Key Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot various hotel guestroom appliances such as safes, minibars, kettles, hairdryers, irons, and clocks.
• Manage the entire spare parts inventory and improve inventory control processes.
• Handle technical issues for local and overseas hotel customers and generate investigation reports.
• Collaborate closely with certification and sales colleagues to address challenges.
• Participate in testing, evaluating, and implementing new products.
• Visits to overseas customers/distributors to provide technical support.

APPLY NOW!!!

• A diploma or degree in electrical and/or mechanical engineering is advantageous.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• A hands-on, eager-to-learn, and progressive attitude.

Please apply through ANY of the following methods:

• Submit your application by clicking the APPLY button;
• Email your resume to Job(at)anradus.com.sg. Please indicate #69028 on the email subject.

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Anradus Pte Ltd | EA License No. 20C0161 | Angel Lim | EA Reg No.: R1769781

Technical Programmer |

Responsibilities:

• We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual with expertise in MS SQL, PowerShell, C++, Unix Scripting, REST API development,.
• The ideal candidate will contribute to developing, implementing, and maintaining robust solutions tailored to our business needs.

Key Requirement:

• 3 to 5 Years of experience In field of Software Engineering
• Proficiency in MS SQL for database management and development.
• Hands-on experience in PowerShell scripting for automation.
• Strong knowledge of C++ programming and object-oriented design.
• Expertise in Unix Scripting for server management.
• Familiarity with REST API architecture and development.

Interested candidates, please send your CVs on [email protected]

Regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

CEI: R1988671

EA License: 14C7275

UnaBiz is the leading IOT company in Singapore. HQ in Singapore, with office in Taiwan, Japan, France, Spain and providing IOT solution globally.

Join the company that supplies solutions to established local / MNC like SIA, CBRE, JLL, Shiseido, TotalEnergies, Certis, Engie, and many more!

Job Descriptions:

• Execute sales strategies to penetrate the target market and expand the customer base.
• Conduct presentations and demonstrations that showcase the features and benefits of our smart workspace solutions.
• Manage relationship with clients to understand their unique needs and tailor solutions that align with their business objectives.
• Work closely with technical experts to design customized solutions that address client challenges.
• Provide regular updates on sales activities, pipeline, forecasts, and performance metrics to senior management.

Job Requirements:

• Candidate must possess at least Diploma/Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field.
• Experience in hospitality would be an added advantage
• Self-motivated and results-oriented, with a proactive attitude toward problem-solving.
• Willingness to travel locally for client meetings and industry events as required.
• Highly motivated, resourceful, and independent worker who is proactive and customer-focused.
• Fresh graduatesare welcomed!

Rewards:

• Opportunities for career advancement
• Free lunch in office provided
• Free transport to/from office

1. development of new repair project

2. supervise engineers' work & train engineers to improve their skill

3. report to management

4. at least bachelor graduation

5. at least 20 years of experience

6. Fluent English and Korean

7. strong technical back ground

8. design jig and test batch to confirm repair work

Responsible for the quality and timely completion of QP(S) supervision works.

The Resident Technical Officer shall be directly responsible to the Consultant (Architect) / Project PM for the duration of the construction of the Works.•

As part of the site supervision team i.e. RTO, in compliance to (i) BCA Regulatory & Control Act & (ii) in accordance to LTA Terms of Reference & contract requirements.

• Liaise positively with client, consultants & authorities for the benefit of the company.

• Promote and safeguard the reputation & positive image of the company.

• Accredited with IES, min. 5+ years supervision experiences including experience in piling works, prestressing, highways bridge, elevated viaduct, MRT station, road works, deep excavation & tunneling works.

• Candidates with relevant CAG & DSTA experiences are recommended to apply.

WORK LOCATION :MULITIPLE LOCATION (Prefer Driving licencse)

NIGHT SHIFT or Rotating shift.

You will be working directly with our experienced systems and network engineers, gaining broad technical and operational knowledge across all aspects of the trading platform and technology stack. Our internship program is the primary way we identify top young system engineers for our Technology Operations teams, paving the path toward earning full-time opportunities at Jump.
Incumbents will be work directly with our experienced systems and network engineers, gaining broad technical and operational knowledge across all aspects of the trading platform and technology stack.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• The Tech Ops Intern will work with traders, operations, exchanges, and developers to optimize the trading environment and investigate and solve system issues.Build automation to manage and improve the production trading environment and proactively monitor the overall health and performance of the trading platform
• Work closely with our world-class technology organization to:Analyze and troubleshoot complex system, software, and networking infrastructure issues
• Design, implement and optimize network infrastructure for proprietary low latency trading applications at various data centers throughout the world
• Work closely with risk management and trading teams to coordinate changes and manage incidents
• Manage and assess operational risk of change control into the production environment
• Define and document process and procedure
• Other duties as assigned or needed
  

SKILLS YOU’LL NEED:

• Major in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field
• Experience working with Linux/UNIX OS including advanced commands and shell scripts
• Practical working knowledge of python
• Understanding of networking concepts such as routing, multicast, ethernet
• A rigorous, detail-oriented approach to operations
• Ability to operate and communicate clearly under pressure
• Desire to work in a collaborative, team environment with a positive can do attitude
• Reliable and predictable availability
  

Be a part of something BIG!

Domain Ownership: Contribute to the overall ABAP development, basis, portal, authorization (SAP), and integration strategy of the SAP solutions (S4HANA & SuccessFactors) in the Singtel group (Singtel / NCS / Optus). While the core applications are S4HANA and SuccessFactors, the candidate should have the capabilities to easily adopt new non-SAP technologies like iValua and CCH Tagetik and others. The candidate must possess the vision and hands on experience to formalize, standardize, govern, and evolve the design and standards in these SAP and non-SAP technology areas with the objective to deliver best practice, efficient, dependable, and cost-effective solutions to support the solutions.
The candidate must possess extensive knowledge on a wide array of SAP and non-SAP technologies and is expected to define and enforce development standards, basis administration policies, authorization setup and governance, portal and interface standards, and integration policies, standards and tools. The candidate is expected to know the functionalities and capabilities of common COTS applications that integrate into SAP and non-SAP solutions and evaluate their fit for use.

Supporting the multiple SAP and non-SAP functional teams to deliver business solutions to their stakeholders, this candidate plays the critical role of ensuring the best fit technical solutions for all delivered solutions.

Project Delivery: Overall responsible for the design and delivery of SAP technical solutions in the Singtel group. Review all technical requirements in projects and change requests. Ensure technical delivery in projects and change requests are completed on time and with no defects.

Team Management: Manage a global Application Managed Support outsource team to ensure that both inhouse and outsource teams work efficiently together.

Operational Excellence: Ensure SAP development, authorization, and integration changes are timely addressed and delivered within expected SLAs. Ensure continuous improvements to the technology and processes through proactive review and optimization initiatives. Recommend and implement major improvements that have significant benefit to IT or the business.

Make an Impact by:

Domain Ownership: Together with the functional teams, drive and establish a technology landscape roadmap with the objective to bring more value and efficiency to our solutions. Review all technical requirements in change requests and projects.

KPI: A 3 year technology landscape roadmap for the Singtel group’s SAP and non-SAP applications to support and anticipate the future needs of the business.
Project Delivery: Support delivery of projects with timely resources and relevant expertise. Contribute to delivery of projects that are on time, in scope, and below budget.

KPI: All tasks executed by the technical team are delivered on time, and below budget. Defects after go live (1st month) should not have more than 5 hours spent on defect resolution. Project satisfaction score by stakeholders should positive.

Team Management: Establish a truly integrated team (inhouse and outsource AMS) that work seamlessly across geographical locations. Maintain a highly effective team by ensuring poor performers are replaced promptly.
KPI: Identify areas that team members can work seamlessly regardless of systems/location. Team is able to share work and resources regardless of systems or locations.
Operational Excellence: Ensure that systems and services are running according to agreed SLAs. Constantly deliver improvement initiatives that add value to both IT and the business.
KPI: 90% of Incidents are addressed within SLAs. Recommend and implement 2 internal improvement initiatives that will increase IT efficiency by 20%. Recommend and implement solutions that will result in IT cost savings for the business by at least $250K every year.

Skills for Success:

• Bachelor or higher degree Computer Science or IT with a solid 6+ years of relevant experience in SAP ABAP/FIORI/HANA Development and SAP PI/PO/CPI
• At least 6 years with consulting companies as a technical consultant/specialist for SAP Development and Integration for at least 3 major projects.

Review electrical engineering drawings and refer issues requiring changes.

Assign job tasks and work as per electrical project schedules.

Review all electrical drawings with Leadmen performing on assigned jobs to them.

Stimulate fabrication standards to ensure quality work attained from assigned staff.

Recruit, guide, train, monitor and terminate assigned employees as required.

Recommend effective solutions specified particular weight related to employment status of employees.

Schedule, assign, plan and supervise electrical shop personnel performance on different electrical projects.

Plan and prepare work and equipment usage schedule

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist in ensuring costumes meet performance standards and are prepared according to schedule
• Construct, alter, embellish, and repair costumes and costume-related items, with a focus on integrating animatronic and robotic elements (Install, maintain, troubleshoot)
• Supervise team in repair and fabrication works, including the use of materials, methods of construction, and the necessary time for building complex costumes with animatronic features
• Collaborate with vendors to repair costumes to meet schedules (non-animatronics/animatronics) when needed
• Provide work schedules to the team to ensure timely completion of tasks
• Assist in coordinating the production of costumes with designers, external vendors, hair and makeup, and the workroom, particularly for projects requiring animatronic or robotic expertise
• Communicate with various show experience team members to support fittings and design planning for daily operations and special events, ensuring all technical requirements are met
• Monitor and maintain costume workshop supplies, with an emphasis on materials needed for electrical and robotic costume components
• Conduct training sessions for team members on the safe use and maintenance of animatronic and robotic technologies

Job Requirements:

• Diploma or equivalent with 4-5 years of related experience in theatrical, film, television, resort, or theme park industries, with a focus on animatronics and robotics
• Without Diploma or equivalent: 6-7 years of related experience in the same industries, emphasizing expertise in animatronics and electrical systems
• Thorough understanding of backstage etiquette and the ability to teach others, especially in the context of technical costume components
• Skilled in painting and carpentry techniques
• Experience in designing, fabricating, and integrating animatronic and robotic elements into costumes and props
• Familiar with safety protocols related to electrical and mechanical systems in a theatrical environment

• To review all Authority's and Contractor's drawings
• To provide all relevant endorsements required by the relevant authorities
• Supervise all works including all civil and architectural works, plumbing, sanitary, drainage, irrigation and sewer system, commuters facilities, road works, trial trenches and utilities diversion etc.
• To coordinate the contractor, AC, QP(D), relevant agencies, including interfacing contractors and consultants etc for the works
• To review, evaluate and assess all formwork structure, formwork support systems systems and gantry crane and submit evaluation report endorsed by a PE
• To review and supervise safety, environmental and health matters
• To supervise the installation of instrumentation
• To supervise sanitary and plumbing installations, pump drainage works etc
• To review, evaluate and assess the monitoring of instrumentation and interpretation of the results and provide analytical results/presentations
• To review Contractor's design and supervise all works associated to micro-tunneling and mining, Flyover works, sewer diversion (including shaft construction and pipe-jacking operations.

Requirements:

• Diploma or Degree in Civil and Structural Engineering
• At least 4 years’ of experience, of which 3 years experience in either geotechnical works or airport construction.
• Possess a valid RTO cert by IES Singapore

Objectives of the Position:

• Drive sales growth and manage sales operations across Singapore, Malaysia, and Batam.
• Strategically develop the General Industry business segment in Southeast Asia to achieve sustainable growth and profitability.
• Lead technical service and field support across all business segments, ensuring high-quality service delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Oversee and coordinate laboratory activities in Southeast Asia to align with business objectives and customer needs.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Sales Management and Development:

• Identify and develop new business opportunities to ensure sustainable growth.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and key decision-makers.
• Manage business contracts, including negotiation and alignment with profitability goals.
• Launch new products in collaboration with internal teams, ensuring customer readiness.
• Provide training and share technical knowledge with customers and distribution partners.
• Maintain sales opportunities, leads, and reports using CRM tools.
• Ensure accurate demand forecasting and timely responses to customer inquiries.

2. General Industry Business Development:

• Develop and implement strategic growth plans for the region.
• Work closely with distributors, agents, and internal teams to achieve business objectives.
• Provide guidance and support to the sales team to meet regional targets.
• Monitor distributor and agent performance and ensure alignment with business goals.

3. Market Intelligence and Strategy:

• Analyze market trends, customer needs, and competitor activities in Southeast Asia.
• Implement value-added selling strategies to differentiate offerings.
• Collaborate with global and regional teams to align market initiatives.

4. Technical Services and Field Support:

• Lead technical service and support activities across Southeast Asia.
• Supervise and mentor technical teams to ensure effective troubleshooting and knowledge transfer.
• Conduct technical training for customers and internal teams to enhance skills and expertise.
• Collaborate with regional teams to standardize processes and share best practices.

5. Laboratory Oversight:

• Coordinate lab activities in the region to meet customer and business objectives.
• Work with lab teams to evaluate processes and optimize applications.
• Support innovative solutions through collaboration with lab teams and customers.
• Ensure labs comply with corporate and regional standards, including 5S housekeeping practices.

6. Compliance and Governance:

• Ensure all activities comply with corporate governance, safety standards, and local regulations.
• Maintain accurate compliance documentation and reporting protocols.

Job Requirements:

Education:

• Degree in Chemistry or a related field.

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years in technical, sales, or commercial roles, with a focus on surface treatment or similar industries.
• Proven ability to manage technical field support, process optimization, and application support.
• Experience overseeing laboratory operations and fostering innovative solutions.
• Demonstrated success in building customer relationships and leading teams.
• Effective in multi-cultural and matrix organizational settings.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Comprehensive understanding of surface treatment processes.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in CRM tools and demand forecasting.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities in a dynamic environment

ENGIE Services Singapore is a leading provider of Integrated Facilities Management solutions (IFM), property management, operations and maintenance, specialized rail engineering works, sustainable solutions and FM Consultancy services. With strong presence in various counties across South East Asia, we operate across mission-critical industries - aviation, transportation, healthcare, education, government and commercial.

ENGIE understands the integrated role of facility management and the value of it can be expanded beyond the traditional approach. As a total FM, specialized engineering and sustainable real estate solutions service provider, ENGIE offers a comprehensive range of technical, digital and support services customisable to best suit your unique needs.

Job Description:

• Monitor, maintain and coordinate the operations of data centre electrical/ mechanical infrastructure and building monitoring systems.
• Conduct daily site inspections, record readings and data logging of data centre equipment to ensure proper operation and checklist verification.
• Provide 24X7 first level onsite response to any M&E incident accordingly to contractual obligation.
• Perform troubleshooting of mechanical and electrical equipment malfunctions and perform ad-hoc repair as and when necessary.
• Report operations abnormality and perform escalation with follow-up on improvement plan promptly.
• Create quotation, work orders, coordinate vendor/supplier repairs/replacement on the data centre sites.
• Adhere to data centre operations work rules, policies and procedures that include but not limited to emergency operating procedures (EOPs), emergency drill procedures, standard operation procedures (SOPs), methods of procedures (MOPs) incident management, maintenance management, vendor management and document control standards.
• Maintain proper documentation and service reports are filed and submitted to customers for auditing and tracking purposes.
• Plan the annual master planned preventive maintenance schedules and provide guidance for addition to, deletion or modification of existing maintenance routines.
• Maintain and monitor the appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) and external service level agreements (SLA's) to measure and improve onsite operations
• Oversee the execution of planned maintenance works performed by appointed vendors/subcontractors to ensure maintenance meets satisfactory level and are in accordance with the signed contract agreement.
• Provide onsite support to customer requests, incidents, can change and problem management activities.
• Manage and handle ticket management and queue monitoring.
• Schedule weekly meetings with customer and its appointed subcontractors with proper minutes taken to review and discuss service levels, operational issues as well as planning for future work.
• Prepare customer weekly progress report and track status of deliverables.
• Prepare incident report accordingly to contractual service level agreement.
• Support yearly performance review session with customer.
• Coordinating all changes to the DC infrastructure that may affect the service levels of any other service areas within the DC premises.
• Accountable for all site inventory management such as tools, test equipment, replacement parts, materials, spare parts and consumables used and sorted at the site.
• Adherences to all quality, health & safety, environmental policies and customer house riles.
• Perform any other ad-hoc tasks associated with the maintenance, upgrading, repairs, addition or modification of the facilities, as instructed by the management.
• Ensure that all information security management system related policies, procedures and specified requirements are implemented and complied to.
• Any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements:

• At least a Post Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Electrical/Electronic), Engineering (Industrial), Engineering (Mechanical) or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years Data Centre facilities experience
• Operational experience with critical facility equipment/ system that includes but not limited to transformers, generators, DRUPS, UPS, PDU, Chiller System, CRAH and Fire System
• Work independently with minimum of supervision
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good organizational skills with the ability to maintain all facility related documentation. Detailed and careful in submissions and reporting
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Has a good safety mindset and displays good WSH behaviour

Job Description

• Recognized Diploma in Civil/Structural Engineering acceptable for registration with the PE Board, Singapore.
• Accredited with IES/ACES with a valid Resident Technical Officer Practicing Certificate.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in construction, preferably in steel and precast building construction.
• Must be familiar with local Regulations/Codes for Civil and Structural related to building projects.
• A good team player and experience in assisting Resident Engineer in supervision.
• Ability to resolve site and technical issues, prepare and document detailed site progress reports.
• Knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, and AutoCAD are preferred.

Job Requirements

• Assist the Resident Engineer in supervision and inspection of construction work on site
• Monitor project progress schedule and quality standards, ensure safety on site
• Maintain and update site records on project progress
• Inspect and monitor quality of architectural finishing material delivered to site
• Check all drawings (including authority submission drawings and shop drawings)
• Ensure works are carried out in accordance to statutory requirements

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Development Lead to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader having a proven track record in leading and mentoring development teams, building high-quality applications using Java, Spring Boot, and SQL. This role requires a strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), agile methodologies, and a passion for delivering exceptional results in a collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of developers, ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality code that meets business requirements and adheres to customer standards.
• Act as the primary technical authority for projects, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and technical requirements.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in coding, testing, and software design.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve code quality.
• Champion agile principles and practices within the development team, actively participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Development

• Design, develop, and maintain applications using Java, Spring Boot, and SQL.
• Build and maintain scalable, secure, and efficient back-end services and APIs.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Ensure software meets both functional and non-functional requirements, such as scalability, performance, and security.

Project Management

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to gather and define requirements.
• Estimate development efforts, prioritize tasks, and manage deliverables to meet project deadlines.
• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement within the development lifecycle.
• Monitor and report on team progress to stakeholders.

Team Collaboration

• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
• Mentor junior team members and provide technical guidance to enhance their skillsets.
• Facilitate communication between team members, business stakeholders, and other technical teams.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in software development, with at least 3 years of experience leading and mentoring development teams.
• Proficiency in Java and frameworks like Spring Boot.
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL and relational database systems such as MariaDB.
• Experience with microservices architecture and containerization tools like Docker/Kubernetes.
• Working experience with testing tools like JUnit, TestNG, Spock, Mockito, etc
• Build cloud solutions with the best industrial practices - elastically scalable, proper fault tolerance, highly reliable, highly secured, and easily managed architecture
• Strong working experience with RESTful API design and implementation.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies
• Understanding of DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Grafana, or ELK stack.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as PCF or OpenShift is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• Experience working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Benefits Summary:

• Up $9000
• 5 Days work week
• Working Location: Central
• MNC with good working environment

Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical implementation of AppDynamics solutions and translating into technical plans
• Coordinate with customers' technical team to deliver the business objectives
• Work closely with AppDynamics R&D and customer support team to address any issues and improvements
• Guide and leading the team members to deliver the results
• Any ad-hoc duties as required

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Responsibilities:

• Work with application team on challenges to existing batch workflow in Automic and file transfer rule in IBM Sterling with tightened security and address BAU batch and file transfer issues.
• Support for Automic AWA and File Transfer BAU change requests, incidents, and IT projects.
• Support on Audit requirements for batch workflow in Automic and file transfer rule in IBM Sterling by providing detailed RFIs for the client Application systems.
• Support interface connectivity across client internal systems and connectivity with client external partners like Collection Agencies, Government Agencies etc.
• To perform SPS MSSL market trial on-boarding for the active Market Retailers as per User request.
• Support Automic Upgrade project for SIT and UAT Testing.
• Support the ITS SCO and applications team on SFX / Automic Skillset transformation by providing guidance in file transfer event setup and batch job design, creation, and modification.
• Automate the on-boarding and off-boarding trading partner in SFX.
• Improve the provisioning process for Automic and SFX project environment.
• Automate the migration process from QA to PROD for file routing rules.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience with Automic AWA for batch workflow management with IBM Sterling for managing file transfer rules.
• Knowledge of SFX (Secure File Exchange)
• Strong understanding of file transfer protocols (SFTP, FTPS, AS2).
• Ability to automate processes and migration (QA to PROD).
• Familiarity with system upgrades and performing SIT and UAT testing.
• Understanding of security and compliance in file transfers and batch workflows.
• Experience in audit support and providing detailed RFIs.
• Ability to manage interface connectivity with internal and external partners (e.g., Collection Agencies, Government Agencies).
• Experience with incident management and resolving BAU issues.
• Strong collaboration skills with internal teams and external stakeholders.