Around 500 new jobs to be created as ST Engineering opens new aircraft maintenance facility

ST Engineering inaugurated a new aircraft maintenance facility in Singapore on Friday, October 9, announcing it will create more than 500 jobs when fully operational. The S$170 million ($133 million) Changi Creek facility, ST Engineering's second-largest aerospace site in Singapore, is equipped with drones and autonomous mobile robots.

This new facility, occupying 84,000 sq m, will boost the company's widebody aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capacity by 40%, potentially servicing 100 additional widebody aircraft annually. President of commercial aerospace Kevin Chow stated that the facility demonstrates ST Engineering's confidence in Singapore as an air hub, stating, "We're investing in the future and serving the growth of the market through Singapore.

This is not just another hangar." The facility aims to raise productivity by 25% in the long term, with drones conducting visual inspections, artificial intelligence models identifying corrosion and defects, and 3D-printed aircraft parts reducing wait times. Automation, including humanoid robots and autonomous guided vehicles, will streamline the movement of aircraft parts, tools, and materials, potentially freeing up 7,800 manhours per year.

ST Engineering aims to scale these technology solutions to other facilities, both domestically and internationally, within one to two years.