Grid Manager

Aboitiz Power Corporation (Power); Davao City; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Aboitiz Power Corporation (Power) is seeking a Grid Manager in Mintal, Davao City to oversee the generation assets of the grid and work with the Operations & Maintenance team to ensure reliable, cost-efficient operations. This managerial role offers opportunities to develop skills in a purpose-driven environment while delivering strong community impact.

The position emphasizes asset management, budgeting, and cross-functional leadership to optimize performance and safety across all grid

Qualifications

• Experience in grid operations and asset management preferred.
• Strong leadership and budgeting skills.
• Knowledge of DOE/grid compliance is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage generation assets of the grid and ensure reliability.
• Maximize revenue from generation with efficient water use and reduced costs.
• Oversee OPEX and CAPEX budgeting for long and short term.
• Lead maintenance programs and cost-saving initiatives.
• Monitor plant performance, reports, and compliance with regulations.
• Coordinate with operations teams to improve availability and safety.

Job description

Grid Manager

Location: Mintal, Davao City

Job Level: Managerial

Business Unit: Hedcor, Inc.

Power your future with AboitizPower.

As Grid Manager, you will be managing the generation assets of the grid and contribute directly to transforming energy for a better world. You will work closely with the Operations & Maintenance team to deliver results, create positive community impact, and develop your skills in a supportive, purpose-driven environment.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Managing the generation assets of the grid

• Maximize revenue from generation based on available water at reduced operating cost

• Minimize generation losses and maintenance costs

• Maintaining industry-standard availability and reliability plant factors or higher.

• Manage OPEX and CAPEX of the grid

• Prepare OPEX and CAPEX budget for long term and short term period

• Develop plans or strategies for improvement on the hydropower systems and review/check the annual budget for presentation and approval.

• Organizes work activities of the grid, ensures proper utilization of resources, and monitors implementation of job orders.

• Controls grid operation costs, implements cost-saving measures and encourages the reduction of kilowatt-hour losses through the introduction of Quality Improvement Projects and the development of multi-skilled personnel.

• Reports hydro plant performance with regards to production, budget commitments, kWhr losses update, and other relevant information/reports required by immediate superior.

• Assists in the formulation of company policies and procedures, safety rules and regulations, and ensures implementation of the same.

• Improves the line of communication between team leaders and team members, and between departments; leads and motivates subordinates in the accomplishment of yearly targets/goals; promotes teamwork and maintains harmonious relationships among his subordinates and helps in settling grievances among his team members, if any.

INVENTORY, SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS

• Ensures availability and accessibility of appropriate resources, tools, equipment, transportation, and services to ensure sustained optimized operations and maintenance of the grid.

• Periodically reviews current plant spare parts inventories and recommends procurement of the same to minimize generation losses in cases of planned or corrective maintenance.

ASSET MANAGEMENT

• Acts as Asset Manager and implements grids’ specific Asset Management Plan.

• Manages and maintains grids’ specific asset registry.

• Conducts the asset condition assessment.

• Manages assets in accordance with design performance & specifications including legal, environmental, and safety requirements.

• Conducts asset prioritization and criticality for grid-specific asset strategies through FMECA-RCM.

• Develops and implements grids’ specific asset strategies.

• Develops grids’ specific spares management system in coordination with SCM

• Conducts root-cause analysis of asset/s through RCFA and asset system/s failures or incidents; identifies lessons learned including recommendations to the Technical Teams and AM Committee.

• Prepares budgetary requirements in accordance with Finance's budgeting process.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Develops and enhances maintenance and operations capability and qualifications in the workforce to ensure sustainability and development of the maintenance and operations functions.

• Identifies reviews and recommends training needs of staff to enhance skills, abilities, knowledge/awareness, and teamwork.

• Evaluates the performance and contributions of direct reports based on targets.

RISK MANAGEMENT

• Develops and maintains emergency response and management plans to ensure risks are managed and mitigated

• Ensures that all accidents are thoroughly investigated, the root causes determined and corrective actions taken to prevent recurrence

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Reviews and recommends operations plans, annual budget, and projections for the succeeding year based on forecast, including preparation and monitoring of CAPEX.

• Monitors monthly expenditures for Operations and Maintenance and provides variance explanations to Management as needed.

IMPROVEMENT

• Ensures that the principles of quality management are inculcated into the operation to drive continuous improvement in all aspects of operations and maintenance by encouraging Quality Improvement Projects from Team Leaders

• Ensures that internal audits are conducted periodically on operations and maintenance procedures including safety aspects, non-conformance reports are documented and corrective measures are implemented as necessary

COMMUNITY AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Assists and participates in Community Relations Programs approved by Management to maintain and improve relationships with host community residents and local government unit officials

COMPLIANCE MONITORING TO GOVERNMENT REGULATORY

• Ensures compliance of the plants to the DOE, ERC, Grid Code, EPIRA Law, ERB, NGCP, PSALM, and WESM requirements, as with ECC, EPSA, and all MOA obligations

• Helps ensure that all necessary permits and licenses for an unhampered operation of the plants are secured and complied with

OTHER RELATED TASKS

• Complies with company policies and procedures, safety rules and practices.

• Evaluates the performance of subordinates on a periodic basis to determine performance levels and areas for improvement.

• Ensures that the division conforms to the company’s Integrated Management Systems, policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.

• Ensures that the corresponding processes within the controllable functions are delivering their intended outputs.

• Ensures the promotion of customer focus throughout the organization.

• Ensures that the integrity of the quality management system is maintained when changes to the quality management system are planned and implemented.

• Ensures that the responsibilities and authorities related to the International standards for relevant roles are assigned, communicated, and understood within the organization.

• Reports any Integrated Management System events/incidents or potential events or other risks to the organization.

• Protects information assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, destruction, or interference by:

• Storing documents, forms, contracts, manuals, books, and other documents in locked storage rooms/steel cabinets.

• Maintaining confidentiality and integrity of all plant records necessary for operations and maintenance.

• Performs any other related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned from time to time by the immediate superior consistent with the purpose of this role.

To Succeed in this Role, we need someone who:

• Strategic Differentiators

  • Predictive Maintenance

  • Outage Planning and Optimization

  • Data Analytics for Troubleshooting

  • Critical Spares Identification and Optimization

  • Safety Management

  • Asset Management and Life Cycle Planning

  • Data Analytics for Generation Forecasting

  • Data Analytics for Failure Detection