Sembcorp Hiring! Full Time Head, Centre of Excellence (Tech - Safety) in Central Region (Singapore) - Ricebowl

Purpose and Scope
The Head, Centre of Excellence (Technical & Safety) is the principal technical authority for Gas & Related Services (GRS), leading gas turbine technology and Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE) governance across local and overseas assets. The role sets common standards and drives safe, reliable, efficient and commercially sustainable asset performance across the full lifecycle.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Technology strategy and governance: Set the COE roadmap, engineering standards and assurance framework for gas turbines across design, operation, maintenance, upgrade and retirement.

• Technical authority: Resolve complex equipment and performance issues and approve material deviations, repairs, modifications, life extensions and return-to-service decisions.

• Asset performance and maintenance: Drive assets health, reliability, efficiency and lifecycle value through diagnostics, condition monitoring, outage strategy, inspection intervals, component-life management and critical-spares planning.

• Risk, projects and assurance: Lead major technical reviews and investigations, and provide independent assurance for investments, acquisitions, new builds, upgrades, outages and commissioning.

• HSSE leadership: Embed health, safety, security and environmental requirements into engineering and operational decisions, including process safety, management of change, contractor controls, emergency preparedness and incident learning.

• External partnerships: Lead senior engagements with OEMs, service providers and technical partners, safeguarding GRS’s technical and commercial interests.

• Capability and governance: Lead the CoE team and site technical network, build specialist capability and succession, drive innovation, and report key risks, priorities and outcomes to senior management.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical or a relevant Engineering discipline; postgraduate qualification or professional registration is advantageous.

• At least 15 years’ experience in power generation, gas turbine engineering or a comparable asset-intensive industry, including senior technical and people leadership across multiple sites or countries.

• Deep gas turbine expertise covering auxiliaries and controls, operations, maintenance, outages, troubleshooting, performance optimisation and major technical investigations.

• Strong knowledge of engineering codes, OEM requirements and HSSE management systems, including process safety and regulatory compliance.

• Proven ability to manage OEMs, contractors and service providers, with strong strategic judgement, commercial acumen and execution capability.

• Enterprise-level technical judgement, systems thinking and risk-based decision-making.

• Strong analytical, fault-diagnosis and root-cause investigation capability.

• Influential communication and collaborative leadership across executives, sites, regulators, OEMs and contractors.

• Strong governance, capability building and commercial orientation, with a visible commitment to HSSE, integrity and continuous improvement.