How to become a technical or Engineering services manager

Official title: Technical/Engineering services manager (excluding transport)

Also called: Engineering and maintenance manager (excluding transport), Engineering manager (excluding transport), Engineering services manager (excluding transport), Engineering services project manager (excluding transport), Industrial engineering department manager, Mechanical engineering service manager (excluding transport), Production engineering manager, Technical manager (excluding transport), Technical services manager (excluding transport), Telecommunications engineering service manager, Director, Engineering and Maintenance Department Manager

Technical/Engineering services manager (excluding transport) manages and deploys technical and engineering resources. He/she manages the provision of technical services internally or to customers and business partners to install, maintain and repair equipment and systems. He/she formulates strategies to ensure the technical competitiveness of the organisation’s products in the market, and drives the engineering development of products. He/she may also provide technical expertise in troubleshooting technical issues in products or equipment.

Ways in

• University: Engineering degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Quality control/assurance manager
• Manufacturing manager
• Construction manager
• Supply and distribution/Logistics/Warehousing manager
• Procurement/Purchasing manager
• Transport/Technical operations manager (excluding port and shipping operations)

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Questions people ask

How do I become a technical or Engineering services manager?

Ways in include: Engineering degrees.

Will AI change the work of a technical or Engineering services manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026