Outage and Projects Director

AboitizPower; Makati; Vor Ort; PHP 3.500.000 - 6.000.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

AboitizPower in the Philippines seeks a senior leader to define and govern fleet-wide outage strategies and Capex projects across hydro, geothermal, solar, and pumped storage. You will oversee multi-site outage governance, drive portfolio management, and coordinate with asset management across renewables to improve safety, cost, and timelines.

You will bring 18–20 years of power-generation experience, plus executive leadership skills to guide cross-functional teams and ensure project readiness

Qualifikationen

• 18–20 years in power generation and technical management across renewables.
• Experience leading fleet-wide outage governance and Capex oversight.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering; MBA preferred.

Aufgaben

• Define standardized outage governance and readiness monitoring across fleet.
• Lead mandatory gate reviews and post-outage evaluations.
• Oversee Capex project portfolio and PMO governance across sites.
• Manage stakeholder relationships across multiple sites and units.
• Ensure safety, quality, schedule, and cost performance in outages.

Kenntnisse

Outage strategy

Governance & portfolio management

Multi-asset governance

Executive leadership

Financial management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

MBA preferred

Jobbeschreibung

To define, standardize, and govern Outage Management best practices and outage readiness monitoring across the entire Renewable Group fleet (Hydro, Geothermal, Solar, Run-of-River, and Pumped Storage), while providing strategic portfolio management, governance, and oversight for Capex project readiness, execution, and finalization.

Define and Standardize Outage Management Best Practices Across the Fleet

• Define, establish, and continuously refine standardized Outage Management best practices, procedures, standards, tools, and digital technologies across all Renewable assets (Hydro, Geothermal, Solar, Run-of-River, and Pumped Storage).
• Develop standards for shutdown and unplanned outage management.
• Provide an outage fleet plan for a 3-year look ahead by coordinating with the various BUs.
• Optimize outage plans with Central Operations and Trading.
• Implement fleet-wide outage readiness monitoring (ORI/OEI frameworks) and governance structures to ensure predictable, safe, and efficient outage execution across all technologies.
• Establish standard lifecycle governance processes for identification, long-term planning, scheduling, execution, and control of major overhauls, shutdowns, and routine outages across the Renewable Group.
• Formulate strategic policies to optimize outage duration, minimize generation loss/downtime, and control outage expenditure across all operating facilities.
• Drive continuous improvement of cost, time and performance through Industry Intelligence internal and external to organisation
• Develops process that reduce downtime and outage durations and the cost to carry out the activities in the plan before and during planned outages.
• Defines the procedures and processes for steps in the Outage Management for the Outage gate review process

Conduct Reviews and Investigations

• Lead mandatory gate review processes, pre-outage readiness reviews, and post-outage evaluations across all Renewable business units to ensure compliance with standardized governance.
• Facilitate cross-site sharing of lessons learned and industry benchmarks to drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, schedule, and cost performance across all generation technologies.
• Conducts Outage investigations into Outage slips/delays or the occurrence of major incidents during the outages
• Support Asset Management teams with Operational readiness reviews for new build project integration to brownfields

Stakeholder Management

• Direct and drive stakeholder relationships management
• Develop the process for integration of outage/project plan from various contractors/stakeholders involved in the Outage
• Formulate the requirements for skills development for Outage Management and drive with relevant training organisations to provide sufficient and efficient availability of Outage Management resources.
• Significantly contributes to overall efforts in enhancing asset management practices across multi-sites for long term integrity and cost optimization.
• Determine and define the monitoring and reporting systems to be used in the management of Outages
• Establishes and continuously reviews the 10 and 5 year Overall Outage Plan in conjunction with power station teams

Capex Investment

• Oversight of Capex plan for power stations for outages
• Optimizes and prioritizes Outage expenditure
• Provide strategic oversight and leadership for the Renewable Group project portfolio management, ensuring alignment with corporate capital asset management plans and business targets.
• Govern and monitor Capex project readiness, execution, commissioning, and finalization across all Hydro, Geothermal, Solar, Run-of-River, and Pumped Storage sites.
• Promotes and implements good, disciplined, sound project management techniques.
• Establish a centralized Project Management Office (PMO) to standardize project delivery processes, investment release gates, and governance across all Capex initiatives:
• Produce a project delivery process and investment control procedure for selection, control and governance of projects and asset acquisition
• Developing and maintaining a detailed project plan
• Managing project deliverables in line with the project plan
• Recording and managing project issues and escalating where necessary
• Managing project scope and change control and escalating issues where necessary
• Reports and tracks progress of projects within the power station and prompt senior management interventions and support, as required.

SHE Management

• Ensures that Safety, Health, Environment, and Housekeeping
• Complies with occupational safety and health as well as environmental rules and regulations to prevent accidents, illness, and adverse effects on the environment.

Complies with housekeeping policies within his/her area of responsibility during assigned shift to maintain standards of cleanliness and orderliness of plant equipment and premises.

Others

Performs other related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by his/her immediate superior.

To Succeed in this Role, we need someone who has experience and skill in the following:

• Fleet-wide outage strategy definition, standardized outage governance, and readiness monitoring (ORI/OEI)
• Strategic Project Portfolio Management, Capex governance, and project stage-gate decision-making
• Multi-asset engineering and operational risk governance across diverse renewable energy technologies
• Direct and management of the department
• Financial management of Operating and Capital Expenditure

What You Will Need:

Professional: At least 18-20 years of experience in power generation, power plant operations, and technical management across renewable assets.

Leadership: At least 10 years in executive leadership, senior portfolio management, or directorial roles managing multi-site outage and capital project teams.

Project & Outage Governance: Extensive proven track record in fleet-wide outage management and execution, readiness governance and complex Capex project portfolio oversight.

Education: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or related technical field); Advanced degree/MBA preferred.

Licenses/Certifications: Professional membership of Engineering Institute desirable

Our Culture & Commitment to You: Powering Your Future

At AboitizPower, we honor you not just as a professional, but as a person. Our promise is to provide a workplace where you can thrive through:

• Powered by People: We value your unique identity and ensure you feel supported, trusted, and empowered.
• Own Your Growth: Learn, grow, and advance through mentorship, leadership opportunities, and meaningful learning experiences.
• Why We Work: Purpose is part of every job here. Your efforts directly contribute to community upliftment, sustainability, and shaping the future of energy.
• Empowering Culture: Bring your full self to a workplace grounded in belonging and collaboration.
• Recognition that Matters: We celebrate both visible milestones and steady efforts, honoring the dedication you bring to our mission.

AboitizPower is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to our purpose of driving change for a better world. We consider and encourage all applicants without discriminating against age, sexual orientation and/or gender identity, disability, political opinion, religion, nationality, marital or parental status (including pregnancy), ethnicity or other status protected by law. Our equal opportunity and non-discrimination policies apply in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, regularization, promotions, transfers, discipline, termination, benefits and training.

About Us

AboitizPower is the holding company for the Aboitiz Group’s investments in power generation, distribution, and retail electricity services. We are among the largest power producers in the Philippines, with a balanced portfolio of assets located across the country. We are also a major producer of renewable energy, with several hydroelectric, geothermal, and solar power generation facilities.