Reliability Engineer

Philippine Geothermal Production Company, Inc. (PGPC) is a Filipino corporation operating the Tiwi geothermal steam field in the province of Albay and the Mak-Ban geothermal steam field in the provinces of Batangas and Laguna. It is owned by the SM Investments Corporation.

Tiwi and Mak-Ban are the result of a successful partnership between Philippine Geothermal’s predecessor and the National Power Corporation that began in 1971, when a 2.5 kW government experiment was transformed into the first commercial geothermal power project in Southeast Asia, and led to the birth of the geothermal industry in the Philippines.

Philippine Geothermal continues its legacy of providing a clean, stable, reliable, and renewable source of energy to meet the country’s growing power requirements. Its vision is to be the leading geothermal energy company, recognized not only for its world-class performance but also for contributing to the improvement in the lives of the people in the communities where it operates.

Successful candidate will provide engineering support to the Assets in ensuring the reliability, operability, availability, and maintainability of the steam fields’ equipment, process/systems, and people, in order to help in optimizing generation, minimizing costs and achieving performance objectives.

• Implements Reliability and Integrity Management Process (RIM) programs
• Leads the review of maintenance philosophies in collaboration with Operations and Maintenance (O&M) personnel on existing and new equipment through Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and/or Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) philosophies and recommends Preventive/Predictive Maintenance (PM/PdM) techniques and other improvements, as necessary
• Provides reliability data interpretation, analysis, and reporting. Develops and calculates reliability metric as basis for reliability improvements/programs
• Coordinates with the Quality Assurance (QA) Group in implementing inspection/reliability programs
• Supports asset expense and capital projects to ensure quality, timeliness, cost effectiveness
• Ensures compliance with the OE requirements, engineering and industry codes and standards, QA/QC programs and government regulations in the conduct of activities
• Coaches and mentors other engineers to develop their skills and competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering preferably in Mechanical, Chemical or Industrial
• With at least 5 years of working experience in Reliability and/or Maintenance Engineering
• Preferably with experience in facilitating Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and/or Failure Modes & Effect Analysis (FMEA) workshops
• Well-versed in engineering codes, industry standards and practices
• Experience in Process Engineering and Project Engineering an advantage