Technical Risk Management Lead

Egbin Power Plc. Lagos is one of the biggest additions to the electricity industry in Nigeria. Often seen as the biggest single generating power station in Sub-Saharan Africa, it was built to meet the every rising demand for electricity in Lagos and its environs.

Following the nation’s privatization exercise, Sahara, through its power division, Sahara Power Group and sundry affiliations, acquired the 1320 MW installed capacity Egbin Power Plant. We are working towards deploying a minimum of 5,000 MW of electricity generation over the next five years.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Risk Management Lead

Job Identification: 497
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Description

• It ensures that technical risks capable of causing forced outages, asset degradation, safety incidents, regulatory breaches, or loss of generation capacity are proactively identified, evaluated, and controlled in alignment with the Company’s risk appetite.
• The role provides structured risk governance over critical plant systems, including boilers, turbines, generators, electrical systems, control and instrumentation infrastructure, balance-of-plant equipment, and major outages.
• The Technical Risk Management Lead is responsible for the independent oversight, identification, assessment, and mitigation of engineering and operational risks across the Company’s power generation assets.

Key Duties and Responsibilities
Technical Risk Governance:

• Maintain and update the Technical Risk Register and Critical Asset Risk Profile.
• Define and monitor risk tolerance levels for critical plant systems.
• Lead implementation of the Technical Risk Management Framework across generation and engineering functions.
• Escalate material technical risks to the stakeholders.

Risk Identification and Assessment:

• Identify risks capable of causing forced outages, asset failure, safety incidents, or regulatory breaches.
• Review engineering changes and major maintenance activities from a risk perspective.
• Conduct structured technical risk assessments (HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA, RBI, vulnerability assessments).
• Evaluate likelihood, impact, and control effectiveness using risk-based methodologies.

Risk Mitigation and Control:

• Develop practical risk mitigation plans with the Engineering and Operations teams.
• Monitor implementation and closure of mitigation actions.
• Track high-risk items and ensure timely resolution.
• Independently assess the design and operating effectiveness of technical controls.

Compliance and Standards:

• Ensure technical risk processes align with Enterprise Risk Management standards.
• Participate in internal and external audits relating to technical risk and reliability.
• Support compliance with applicable regulatory, ISO, and internal governance requirements.

Reporting and Continuous Improvement:

• Present key risk exposures and mitigation status to management.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly technical risk dashboards from the BarnOwl risk software.
• Provide independent assurance on the effectiveness of technical risk controls.

Risk Culture & Capability Development:

• Promote risk-informed decision-making within engineering and maintenance teams.
• Provide technical risk guidance and training where required.

Requirements
Education and Work Experience:

• 5 – 6 years’ experience in Power Utilities, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production or any asset-intensive industry; three of which would have been spent in providing independent assurance over technical control effectiveness and supporting plant reliability, asset integrity, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in any engineering discipline.

Skills and Competencies:
Core skills:

• Independent certification/training by an accredited body relating to Risk and Reliability Engineering, e.g., CMRP, IRM, etc.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in using relevant software and tools for risk assessment and management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess and communicate risks effectively.
• Knowledge in all the following areas: Maintenance, Operation, Design Engineering, Asset Integrity, and Technical Assurance.
• Attention to detail and the ability to prioritise tasks.
• Proven experience in technical risk assessment, threat management, and security controls implementation.

Language skills:

• Fluent in English language.

Soft Skills:

• Conversant with usual business suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Computer knowledge
• Awareness of the use of any risk software.

Personal qualities:

• Leadership and strong listening/communication skills.
• Rigour and critical sense, open-minded, keen to share knowledge.
• Teamwork.