Senior Engineer – Senior Principal Engineer (Land Planning Branch)

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain long-term plans to support future energy infrastructure requirements.
• Identify, assess, and safeguard land, sea space, underground corridors and wayleave requirements for critical energy infrastructure.
• Support national planning exercises, including long-term and medium-term infrastructure planning initiatives.

• Lead or support feasibility studies, master planning studies, and technical assessments for future energy infrastructure developments.
• Assess land suitability, infrastructure readiness, development constraints, and implementation risks.
• Plan and facilitate the development of strategic energy infrastructure, including:
  • Power generation facilities
  • Electricity import infrastructure
  • Electricity and gas transmission networks infrastructure  
  • Hydrogen and other emerging energy infrastructure
• Manage consultants and review technical, planning, and environmental study outcomes.

• Assess and secure suitable landing sites
• Identify and evaluate feasible land and subsea cable corridors.
• Coordinate with agencies, developers, and infrastructure owners to optimise and safeguard land and subsea cable corridors.
• Support planning and implementation of supporting infrastructure required for cross-border electricity imports.

• Engage government agencies, infrastructure owners, developers, and other stakeholders on energy infrastructure planning matters.
• Develop and review policies, frameworks and planning guidelines relating to:
  • Energy infrastructure land needs
  • Wayleave and corridor safeguarding
  • Infrastructure development and implementation
  • Land optimisation and underground space usage
• Prepare management papers, policy recommendations and submissions for senior management and inter-agency platforms.

• Coordinate planning and implementation issues across agencies, consultants, developers and licensees.
• Represent EMA in inter-agency working groups, project committees and technical discussions.
• Facilitate resolution of complex technical, land, planning and implementation issues to support timely infrastructure delivery.

Requirements

• Education in Engineering, Urban Planning, Infrastructure Planning, Environmental Engineering, Geography, Real Estate, Public Policy or a related discipline would be preferred

• Experience in one or more of the following areas is a bonus:
  • Energy infrastructure planning
  • Electricity generation, transmission or distribution systems
  • Electricity imports or cross-border infrastructure
  • Gas infrastructure planning
  • Utilities planning
  • Land use planning
  • Infrastructure development or project planning
  • Environmental, regulatory or public sector planning
  • Feasibility studies and master planning

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to analyse complex technical, planning and policy issues and develop practical recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to engage and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Self-driven, adaptable and able to manage multiple workstreams in a dynamic environment.

We are looking for candidates with strong systems thinking and an interest in shaping Singapore's future energy landscape. Successful candidates should be comfortable working across technical, planning and policy domains, and capable of bringing together agencies, industry stakeholders and specialists to develop integrated solutions for complex infrastructure challenges.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the long-term planning and development of nationally significant energy infrastructure.