Manager, Gas & Related Technology

About Sembcorp

Sembcorp is a leading energy and urban solutions provider headquartered in Singapore. Led by its purpose to drive energy transition, Sembcorp delivers sustainable energy solutions and urban developments by leveraging its sector expertise and global track record.

Purpose and Scope

• Manager, Gas & Related Technology is responsible for driving Group-wide asset performance excellence across the Group's gas-fired and related thermal generation assets. The role develops and governs asset management policies, performance standards and technical frameworks to enhance plant reliability, availability, efficiency, safety, lifecycle value and readiness for emerging technologies.
• As part of the corporate Asset Performance function, the role provides independent oversight through Level 2 assurance reviews, drives performance optimisation initiatives, and champions digitalisation and AI-enabled solutions to improve operational and maintenance effectiveness. The role also serves as the custodian of Group-wide gas plant performance reporting, providing management insights and analytics to support strategic decision-making and continuous improvement across the fleet.
• This position works closely with plant operations, engineering, maintenance, digital, HSSE and leadership teams to ensure consistent asset management practices and superior asset performance outcomes.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Asset Performance Governance & Standards

• Develop, maintain and continuously improve Group-wide asset performance policies, standards, frameworks and best practices for gas-fired/thermal generation assets.
• Establish asset management requirements covering reliability, maintenance, lifecycle management, performance monitoring and operational excellence.
• Drive standardisation and sharing of best practices across all gas/thermal generation assets.
• Benchmark asset performance against industry peers and best-in-class operators to identify improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical guidance and challenge to operating sites on asset performance management and optimisation initiatives.
• Support the implementation and continuous enhancement of Group asset management frameworks

Level 2 Assurance & Governance Reviews

• Develop and execute risk-based Level 2 assurance programmes across gas and related thermal generation assets, including desktop analysis, evidence-based reviews and targeted site assessments proportionate to asset criticality, performance trends and emerging risks.
• Conduct independent reviews to assess compliance with Group asset management policies, standards and technical requirements.
• Evaluate effectiveness of operational, maintenance and reliability management practices.
• Identify performance, reliability and risk management gaps and monitor closure of corrective actions.
• Prepare assurance findings, recommendations and management reports for leadership review.
• Provide assurance insights to strengthen operational discipline, asset integrity and risk management across the portfolio.
• Lead functional reviews of proposed investments, assessing technical integrity, safety, reliability, and alignment with business objectives to support sound investment decisions.

Asset Reliability & Performance Optimisation

• Analyse plant operational, reliability and maintenance data to identify performance improvement opportunities.
• Drive initiatives to improve plant availability, reliability, efficiency, heat rate and maintenance effectiveness.
• Support sites in implementing reliability-centred maintenance (RCM), condition-based maintenance (CBM) and asset health management practices.
• Facilitate root cause analysis of major equipment failures, recurring issues and performance losses.
• Identify and share fleet-wide lessons learnt and best practices.
• Support strategic asset lifecycle, maintenance and replacement planning initiatives.
• Provide independent technical review and challenge for major outages, overhauls, inspection strategies, life-extension studies and critical equipment replacement plans, ensuring that scope, risk, cost, schedule and expected performance outcomes are appropriately assessed.
• Coordinate Group-level stewardship of major plant events, significant derates and recurring equipment issues by ensuring timely notification, structured root cause analysis, transparent recovery plans, cross-fleet learning and closure of agreed actions.

Digitalisation, Analytics & AI Enablement

• Lead digitalisation initiatives to improve asset performance, reliability and operational decision-making.
• Partner with Group Digital, Data and site teams to deploy digital solutions supporting asset performance management.
• Identify and prioritise digital and AI use cases that improve plant reliability, optimise maintenance strategies, reduce downtime and enhance operational efficiency.
• Drive adoption of predictive maintenance, advanced analytics, digital twins and asset performance management platforms.
• Leverage AI and data analytics to generate predictive insights and improve asset health monitoring.
• Track and report value realisation from digital and AI-enabled initiatives across the fleet.
• Scale AI-enabled assurance, issue-tracking and technical knowledge-codification approaches that improve evidence review, preserve fleet experience, strengthen daily visibility of operational issues and accelerate root cause analysis and decision-making.

Group Asset Performance Reporting & Insights

• Develop and maintain a consolidated Group-wide gas plant asset performance reporting framework.
• Collect, validate, analyse and consolidate operational, maintenance, reliability and efficiency data across the gas generation portfolio.
• Produce monthly, quarterly and annual performance reports, dashboards and management presentations for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Identify performance trends, emerging risks and improvement opportunities through data analysis and benchmarking.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy and governance of asset performance data and reporting methodologies across all sites.
• Drive standardisation of performance metrics, definitions and reporting practices across the portfolio.
• Utilise analytics, visualisation tools and AI technologies to provide actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making.
• Support strategic planning, investment decisions and portfolio reviews through analytical reporting and performance recommendations.
• Translate reliability, availability, efficiency, heat-rate and outage performance into commercial and financial impacts, enabling leadership to prioritise interventions based on value at risk, cost-benefit, business-plan commitments and portfolio objectives.
• Support annual operation budgeting by independently challenging performance assumptions, outage plans, maintenance expenditure, improvement benefits and asset lifecycle requirements.
• Coordinate the annual thermal asset BSC target-setting and performance review process, including validation of KPI definitions, target assumptions, performance forecasts and alignment with Group business plans and portfolio objectives.
• Evaluate emerging gas and thermal technologies, including hydrogen co-firing, carbon capture, alternative fuels, advanced power-generation systems and flexibility solutions, and translate their technical maturity, operational implications and value potential into actionable recommendations.

Continuous Improvement & Capability Development

• Promote a culture of operational excellence, innovation and continuous improvement across gas/thermal generation assets.
• Facilitate cross-site learning, technical knowledge sharing and dissemination of best practices.
• Support development of asset management, reliability and performance management capabilities within operational teams.
• Develop guidance materials, performance tools and training resources to strengthen asset performance management practices.
• Foster adoption of digital and data-driven ways of working across the fleet.
• Lead the asset performance integration and onboarding of newly acquired or transferred thermal assets, including alignment of performance definitions, data requirements, governance processes, reporting methodologies and improvement priorities with Group standards.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Energy Engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications in Asset Management, Reliability Engineering or Power Generation would be advantageous.
• Minimum 8-12 years of relevant experience in power generation, asset management, reliability engineering, plant performance optimisation or maintenance management.
• Strong understanding of combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) and thermal power generation operations.
• Experience in developing technical standards, governance frameworks or assurance programmes.
• Experience analysing operational and maintenance data and translating insights into business and operational improvements.
• Experience leading digitalisation, advanced analytics, predictive maintenance or AI-enabled optimisation initiatives advantageous.
• Experience engaging stakeholders across multiple plants and corporate functions

Our Culture at Sembcorp

• At Sembcorp, our culture is shaped by a strong set of shared behaviours that guide the way we work and uphold our commitment to driving the energy transition.
• We foster an institution-first mindset, where the success of Sembcorp takes precedence over individual interests. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, as we work seamlessly across markets, businesses, and functions to achieve our goals together. Accountability is a core principle, ensuring that we take ownership of our commitments and deliver on them with integrity and excellence. These values define who we are and create a workplace where our people can thrive while making a meaningful impact on driving energy transition.
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