Process Safety Lead - High-Hazard Risk & Asset Integrity

MGEN Thermal Energy Inc.; Pasig; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

MGEN Thermal Energy Inc. is seeking an experienced Process Safety Lead to own and advance the process safety discipline across high-hazard systems in multiple power and energy sites.

You will drive hazard identification, risk assessments, and safeguards, ensuring readiness for major overhauls and capital projects. The role requires deep engineering expertise in process safety management, with hands-on guidance in HAZOP, Bowtie, LOPA, and related methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Process Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years in process safety, engineering, or asset integrity in power, petrochemical, refining, or energy facilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading or facilitating HAZOP, Bowtie, LOPA, or equivalent process safety risk assessments.
• Experience with safety critical equipment identification, safeguards assurance, and process safety management systems; IEC 61511 / SIL knowledge is an advantage.
• Familiarity with coal-fired power generation processes, boiler systems, coal handling, and ash management is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the process safety management framework for MGEN Thermal, covering hazard identification, safeguards verification, layers of protection analysis (LOPA), and risk registers for high-hazard systems.
• Lead or facilitate process safety risk assessments (HAZOP, HAZID, What-If, Bowtie) for existing operations, capital projects, and major overhauls.
• Lead process safety investigations for high-potential and catastrophic-category events, distinct from occupational incident RCAs which are handled by the Safety Officer.
• Track and manage the closure of process safety gaps, latent threats with process safety implications, and safety critical equipment deficiencies across all sites.
• Review major overhaul scopes, capital project proposals, and Management of Change (MOC) submissions for process safety risk prior to execution.
• Coordinate with the CTO organization's Asset Management Lead on asset integrity findings that carry process safety implications.
• Develop and maintain the fleet-wide Safety Critical Equipment (SCE) register and safeguards assurance program.
• Build process safety competency across the fleet through structured training, site coaching, and participation in site-level safety reviews.
• Report process safety performance, risk status, and gap closure progress to the HSSE Manager and COO LT on a scheduled basis.

Skills

HAZOP

LOPA

Bowtie analysis

What-If analysis

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Tools

IEC 61511 / SIL

Job description

MGEN Thermal Energy Inc. is seeking an experienced Process Safety Lead to own and advance the process safety discipline across high-hazard systems in multiple power and energy sites.

You will drive hazard identification, risk assessments, and safeguards, ensuring readiness for major overhauls and capital projects. The role requires deep engineering expertise in process safety management, with hands-on guidance in HAZOP, Bowtie, LOPA, and related methodologies.