Expert-Operational Safety

Energy Development Corporation; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Development Corporation, a geothermal energy pioneer in the Philippines, seeks a senior Process Safety and Technical Integrity leader to drive the 2026–2030 PSM roadmap. You will establish corporate policies for CCPS pillars, mandate SCE integrity, update PSI data, and lead multi-disciplinary hazard analyses across geothermal, binary, and BESS assets.

You will also build competency, oversee contractor safety, and drive KPI dashboards for process safety metrics while ensuring robust

Responsibilities

• CCPS RBPS Framework Implementation & Governance: Craft and execute EDC’s 2026–2030 PSM Roadmap through Phase 1 (Stabilization), Phase 2 (Integration), and Phase 3 (Maturity). Establish corporate process safety policies, standards, and guidelines across the 4 CCPS Pillars: Commit, Understand, Manage, and Learn.
• Safety Critical Elements (SCE) & Barrier Integrity: Lead the identification, performance standard development, and re-engineering of Safety Critical Elements (SCEs). Enforce a strict zero-bypass policy on SCEs and establish formal verification schemes for automated emergency isolation interlocks. Collaborate with asset integrity teams to mitigate fluid chemistry issues (low pH, high TSS, scaling) that accelerate asset corrosion.
• Technical Integrity & Process Safety Information (PSI): Audit and update Process Safety Information, ensuring P&IDs, Single Line Diagrams (SLDs), and equipment tagging reflect as-built field realities. Rationalize and manage alarm flood systems to ensure critical operator actions during plant upsets are not overridden.
• Hazard Identification, Risk Analysis (HIRA) & MOC: Facilitate/lead multi-disciplinary Process Hazard Analyses (HAZOP, LOPA, Bowtie) across conventional geothermal, binary assets, and BESS. Institutionalize and govern Management of Change (MOC) and Technical Advice Note (TAN) gates to prevent unmanaged modifications.
• Competency Building & Contractor Oversight: Define Process Safety Competency Matrices for operations, engineering, and control center personnel, specifically for volatile binary working fluids. Establish certification programs and dynamic drills for Control Center Operators. Lead joint hazard assessments and quality/EHS validation protocols for 3rd-party contractors.
• Incident Investigation & Metrics: Facilitate deep-dive Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) on LOPC events and process safety incidents. Establish enterprise-wide leading and lagging Process Safety KPIs and dynamic dashboard metrics.
• Occupational Safety Management & Leadership: Manage enterprise-wide occupational safety programs focused on critical risk mitigation. Oversee occupational safety competency development for all employees. Direct strategic contractor safety management to ensure full compliance with safety standards.

Job description

Responsibilities

• CCPS RBPS Framework Implementation & Governance: Craft and execute EDC’s 2026–2030 PSM Roadmap through Phase 1 (Stabilization), Phase 2 (Integration), and Phase 3 (Maturity). Establish corporate process safety policies, standards, and guidelines across the 4 CCPS Pillars: Commit, Understand, Manage, and Learn.
• Safety Critical Elements (SCE) & Barrier Integrity: Lead the identification, performance standard development, and re-engineering of Safety Critical Elements (SCEs). Enforce a strict zero-bypass policy on SCEs and establish formal verification schemes for automated emergency isolation interlocks. Collaborate with asset integrity teams to mitigate fluid chemistry issues (low pH, high TSS, scaling) that accelerate asset corrosion.
• Technical Integrity & Process Safety Information (PSI): Audit and update Process Safety Information, ensuring P&IDs, Single Line Diagrams (SLDs), and equipment tagging reflect as-built field realities. Rationalize and manage alarm flood systems to ensure critical operator actions during plant upsets are not overridden.
• Hazard Identification, Risk Analysis (HIRA) & MOC: Facilitate/lead multi-disciplinary Process Hazard Analyses (HAZOP, LOPA, Bowtie) across conventional geothermal, binary assets, and BESS. Institutionalize and govern Management of Change (MOC) and Technical Advice Note (TAN) gates to prevent unmanaged modifications.
• Competency Building & Contractor Oversight: Define Process Safety Competency Matrices for operations, engineering, and control center personnel, specifically for volatile binary working fluids. Establish certification programs and dynamic drills for Control Center Operators. Lead joint hazard assessments and quality/EHS validation protocols for 3rd-party contractors.
• Incident Investigation & Metrics: Facilitate deep-dive Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) on LOPC events and process safety incidents. Establish enterprise-wide leading and lagging Process Safety KPIs and dynamic dashboard metrics.
• Occupational Safety Management & Leadership: Manage enterprise-wide occupational safety programs focused on critical risk mitigation. Oversee occupational safety competency development for all employees. Direct strategic contractor safety management to ensure full compliance with safety standards.

Who We Are

Energy Development Corporation is a geothermal energy industry pioneer and the recognized world leader in wet steam field technology. In the Philippines, EDC is the largest vertically integrated geothermal company, delivering 1,475MW of clean and renewable energy. We continue to diversify our renewable energy portfolio through investments in hydropower, solar power and wind energy projects in the Philippines. With almost 40 years of geothermal mastery, EDC is set to deliver the benefits of sustainable geothermal development to communities around the world as it ventures into Latin America and Indonesia. EDC is part of the First Gen Corporation(“First Gen”) Group, which has the largest portfolio of power plants using clean and renewable technology in the Philippines. First Gen’s 16 power generation plants have a combined capacity of 2,763MW. First Gen has one of the cleanest power portfolios in the country with its entire power generation portfolio utilizing fuels such as geothermal steam, water, and natural gas. Wind power complements EDC’s existing power generation assets including the baseload geothermal plants, as well as, the Pantabangan hydroelectric plant, which serves as a peaking plant. EDC has become the leading geothermal energy producer in the Philippines through the successful development and operation of numerous geothermal energy projects. Since 1983, the Company has successfully developed, financed, built, and operated seven geothermal steamfields in five geothermal contract areas, containing both wet and dry steam. These steamfields currently supply geothermal steam to geothermal power plants with an aggregate installed capacity of 1,130 MW. In addition, the Company currently, directly and indirectly, owns and operates eleven geothermal power plants with a total installed capacity of 1,181 MW. EDC, through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Green Core Geothermal, Inc., operates the 192.5MW Palinpinon and 112.5MW Tongonan geothermal power plants. Bacman Geothermal, another indirect wholly owned subsidiary of EDC, operates the 130MW Bacman geothermal power plant. The Company believes this track record has enabled it to develop the expertise needed to assess the feasibility of future acquisitions and greenfield projects, ensure the safe and efficient construction of power plants, and provide for efficient power plant operations.

Our Core Values

We have the best-qualified and trained professionals, technical people and support staff who persist in always bringing EDC to industry leadership. The company’s geothermal team has over 40 years of technical and management experience in the geothermal industry. We also have a core team geoscientists and engineers who are holders of degrees from Geothermal Institutes in Iceland, Italy, New Zealand and Japan. We are guided by the following distinct Lopez Group values:

• A Pioneering Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Business Excellence
• Unity
• Nationalism
• Social Justice
• Integrity
• Employee Welfare and Wellness

We know from generations of experience that it is by living according to these values that a company can be built to last.