As a Lecturer, your contributions go beyond teaching and facilitating learning. You will play a critical role in recognising and nurturing your students' potential and their lifelong learning needs.
Lecturer - Land Transport Engineering (Rail) [ITE College West]
Institute of Technical Education
Fixed Terms
Closing on 25 Aug 2025
What the role is
What you will be working on
In addition to your teaching duties, you will carry out industry or consultancy projects to help you remain relevant in your profession and to evolving changes in industry, and maintain strong linkages with industry with industry and schools. You will also have the opportunity to have industry attachments or experience on a regular basis to update your skills, knowledge and practices of your profession.
What we are looking for
You should be trained in Rapid Transit Engineering or Engineering-related disciplines, with preferably three years of relevant practical experience in the in Mass Rapid Transit or Train Industry. Good knowledge and technical competency in some of the following key area(s) will be an advantage:
- Signalling, Communications and Integrated Supervisory Control System (ISCS) for Train System.
- Automatic Train Operation / Protection, SCADA, Maintenance Management System (MMS), wide area network technologies (e.g. SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, MPLS), wireless LAN technologies, TETRA digital trunked radio, Telephony, video surveillance systems and Centralised Clock system.
- Permanent Way (PWay) and Rolling Stock (RS) System.
- Infrastructure system (e.g. tunnel, viaduct, third rail, guide rail, sleepers and Route Protection), Mechanical and Electronic equipment relating to train system (such as bogie, under- carriage and car interior design).
Those with good and relevant experience can look forward to Senior Lecturer or equivalent positions, with career development opportunities to leadership positions in the Colleges or Headquarters.
About Institute of Technical Education
The Institute of Technical Education is a globally-recognised world-class institution for excellence in technical education. Here, you make an extraordinary difference because ours is a unique Hands-on, Minds-on, Hearts-on College Education. Our awards include the prestigious Singapore Quality Award with Special Commendation and the inaugural Harvard-IBM Innovations Award in Transforming Government, affirmations of transformational leadership and passionate staff who bring us closer to becoming a Global Leader for Innovations in Technical Education.
About your application process
This job is closing on 25 Aug 2025.
If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within Institute of Technical Education or the wider Public Service.