TECHNICAL OVERSIGHT AND RELIABILITY RISK & RESILIENCE CHIEF ENGINEER Department:
Technical Management & Technology Center
Region:
Head Office
Number of vacancies:
1
Key Responsibilities Executes TORD’s approved technical lifecycle oversight framework for Risk and Resilience Unit across all asset stages—from planning and procurement to operation, maintenance, and disposal—to ensure engineering reliability, traceability, and compliance with NGCP standards. Conducts risk assessments, resiliency checks, lifecycle audits, root cause investigations, inspection validations, and performance evaluations to confirm adherence to technical standards, engineering specifications, recommendations from manufacturers, and contractual requirements. The position institutionalizes oversight controls across all lines of defense, ensuring that results of risk assessments, audit findings and lessons learned drive continuous technical improvements and strengthen NGCP’s asset value and governance objectives. It also advances the use of digital audit tools, data‑driven verification methods, and technology‑enabled inspection processes to improve oversight accuracy, consistency, reliability, and resilience across the asset lifecycle.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Conducts comprehensive technical lifecycle reviews, audit evaluations, resiliency and risk assessments covering performance measures, asset criticality, and management practices to confirm compliance, reliability, and lifecycle traceability.
Translates TORD’s governance direction into operational assurance programs, risk mitigations and resiliency measures, and audit methodologies that support system reliability and continuous process improvement.
Conducts root cause and failure mode analyses on major system events or asset deterioration to guide preventive maintenance programs and operational improvements.
Coordinates with other TORD’s Technical units to align audit criteria, oversight findings, risk assessment methodologies, resiliency improvement programs and performance indicators with corporate standards, enterprise risk management and resiliency policies, and CTO directives to strengthen lifecycle governance and ensure cross‑divisional consistency.
Conducts lifecycle audits, inspection reviews, compliance verification activities, consolidating findings and coordinating with concerned units to implement corrective and preventive actions to ensure standards adherence and continuous improvement.
Coordinates with other TORD’s Technical unit for the validation and verification of asset lifecycle records by ensuring consistency between Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) data, field inventories, and as‑built documentation in compliance with NGCP standards and SEIL requirements.
Prepares and integrates resilience criteria into audit checklists and post‑event evaluations.
Conducts resiliency assessments on power equipment and processes to mitigate the impact on grid operations.
Coordinates with GCCD, SSTD, and SEMD to ensure corrective actions address resilience gaps.
Recommends risk performance measures and monitors their implementation across life cycle of the assets.
Coordinates with other functional groups to comply with risk management and resilience‑related regulatory requirements for power equipment.
Recommends process and design improvements to enhance risk management and resiliency improvement programs to enhance system reliability and lifecycle durability.
Conducts systematic follow‑up audits and validation reviews to verify the implementation and effectiveness of corrective actions from previous audit findings, results of risk assessments and resilience validations to ensure sustained compliance with risk and resiliency policies, technical standards and procedures.
Recommends improvements to audit tools, templates, and digital reporting systems to enhance data traceability, analytics, and accessibility for quality oversight.
Recommends improvements to audit tools, templates, and digital reporting systems to enhance data traceability, analytics, and accessibility for quality oversight
Reviews and integrates S&E criteria into audit protocols and validation reviews.
Tracks closure of safety‑related findings and ensures accountability for corrective actions.
Promotes accountability and consistency with NGCP’s safety and environmental governance policies.
Data Integration, Analytics, and Technical Advisory
Conducts collaboration with Internal Audit, SSTD, and other TMTC divisions to standardize audit data structures, methodologies, and digital templates for integration into TMTC’s oversight systems.
Analyzes recurring audit findings, operational risks, nonconformities, and lifecycle gaps to identify systemic issues and recommend updates to technical standards, procedures, and asset data governance policies.
Recommends for the development of predictive and trend‑based audit analytics by providing validated data and insights that support risk forecasting and continuous improvement of lifecycle assurance.
Reviews audit, inspection, risk and resilience validation outcomes to identify recurring issues with regulatory implications and recommend updates to NGCP’s Implementing Rules, standards, and procedures.
Participates in internal policy review committees or technical working groups to ensure that audit recommendations, risk and resilience measures are properly translated into enforceable policy revisions and regulatory submissions.
Recommends alignment of audit, inspection, and validation activities with TMTC’s quality assurance and lifecycle governance objectives.
Performs technical excellence by recommending and implementing structured training, mentoring, and crossexposure programs on audit methodologies and standards compliance.
Fosters a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement by institutionalizing knowledgesharing sessions and post‑audit learning reviews to enhance staff capability and consistency of audit execution.
Requirements Registered Electrical Engineer (REE)
At least six (6) years of satisfactory professional experience in the electricity industry in the Philippines, particularly in transmission business operations, including roles in system operations, project management, standards development, engineering or related areas
At least two (2) years of satisfactory supervisory experience in related field
Significant experience in conducting technical assessments of transmission assets and processes; Knowledge of standards governing transmission operations and compliance obligations. With relevant training on supervisory, design, commissioning, operation, risk management, resiliency improvement programs, maintenance and disposal of transmission assets, and technical assessment
Proficiency in power system theories, applications and technical standards
Knowledge in implementing oversight controls on asset life cycle
Knowledge of technical assessment and failure analysis of equipment
Knowledge of risk management and resiliency improvement measures
Strong leadership and supervisory skills
Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities
Honesty and integrity
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