Electrical Lead Engineer - Batangas
About the Role
Job ID 302490 Location Philippines Batangas Batangas City Company Siemens Energy, Inc. Organization Gas Services Business Unit Service Asia Pacific Full / Part time Full-time Experience Level Professional / Experienced
A Snapshot of Your Day
As an Electrical Lead Engineer, you will support the Maintenance & Technical Support group’s Controls & Instrumentation team in maintaining the reliability, safety, and operational integrity of electrical and control systems within a power plant. You will plan and perform preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshoot complex electrical issues, maintain accurate technical documentation, and provide guidance to technicians. This role requires extensive hands-on experience with high-voltage electrical systems and the ability to work independently on non-routine technical issues.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Maintain accurate and detailed records of maintenance activities, service reports, equipment inspections, and technical findings.
- Identify and recommend improvements to maintenance procedures, equipment reliability, and overall operational performance.
- Train, delegate, and review the work of lower-level technicians, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on high-voltage electrical systems, including transformers, switchgear, motors, generators, and electrical distribution networks.
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair complex electrical faults to minimize equipment downtime and maintain plant reliability.
- Conduct equipment inspections and electrical wiring checks to ensure operational integrity and compliance with applicable safety standards.
- Use appropriate hand tools, power tools, testing instruments, and diagnostic equipment to complete maintenance activities.
- Plan, organize, and implement departmental preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
- Collaborate with the Controls & Instrumentation team to analyze and resolve system alarms and operational deviations.
- Ensure all work is completed in accordance with established safety procedures, technical requirements, and quality standards.
What You Bring
- Professional Electrical Engineer with an active license from the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission, PRC. This is a mandatory requirement.
- Advanced technical knowledge and at least five years of electrical maintenance experience within a power generation facility or heavy industrial environment.
- Extensive knowledge of high-voltage electrical systems, switchgear, transformers, motors, generators, and electrical equipment used in power stations.
- Strong knowledge of switching circuits, protection relays, switchgear systems, high-voltage switchyards, generator protection circuits, and gas-insulated circuit breakers.
- Proven experience in preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, equipment inspection, fault diagnosis, and electrical troubleshooting.
- Experience planning, organizing, and implementing departmental maintenance activities.
- Experience leading a team of more than five members, including training, delegating work, and reviewing technical output.
- Strong understanding of electrical safety standards and safe maintenance practices.
- Ability to work with limited supervision and resolve complex, non-routine technical issues.
- Strong record-keeping, documentation, problem-solving, and communication skills.