Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Career Options Limited is a leading recruitment-consulting firm based in Nairobi Kenya and offering specialized services to effectively manage the entire recruitment process for companies based in Africa and Middle East. We cover various business verticals like Oil and Gas, Power, Green Energy, Engineering, Retail, FMCG, Information Technology, Banking an... Read more about this company

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Experience needed

• At least 2 years’ experience in operation and/or maintenance of a power plant

• Responsible for taking corrective action when directed to do so.
• Maintaining the plant in a clean and safe condition at all times.
• Perform emergency procedures in order to protect personnel and equipment in case of damage or failure of safety deficiencies.
• Utilize all tools in such a manner so as to maximize their useful operating life.
• Account for all parts and materials, and supplies used in the performance of work.
• Perform other jobs that your supervisor may require you to do.
• Responsible for economical and safe operations and maintenance of the plant during. To comply with all safety regulations including isolation, lock out and tag out.
• Responsible for maintaining the machines and auxiliary equipment in good working conditions.
• Be able to identify the components of the motor such as INJECTION pumps, cylinders, turning gears, engine stop levers, emergency stop for the engine, electric emergency stop for the engine and others.
• Be able to identify the electric panels corresponding to each existing piece of equipment in the plant and repair these panels, substitute components of the panels such as contacts, transformers and fuses. Identify defects.
• Be able to identify the existing equipment in the MV and HV room as well as the existing equipment in the (KV SUBSTATION). Be able to use equipment of electric measurement such as digital and analogue Multi meters, Frequency meters, Electric Capacity meters, DC source, Oscilloscopes and others.
• Be able to execute readings of pressure and temperature indicators such as manometers, thermometers, digital panels and to measure with their specific measuring equipment.
• Be able to start and stop lubricating oil and HFO separators and take alarm readings from the separator panel without supervision.
• Be able to identify the computers of the control panel, the alarms and the trips of all the existing systems of the engines and their auxiliary equipment as well as the identification of the components of each system. Be able to read and create graphs of abnormalities and tendencies of the equipment and components of the engines.
• Responsible for the safe and economic operation and maintenance of the plant.
• To comply with all safety regulations including isolation, lock out and tag out.
• Support the instructional mission of the Power plant and to promote positive work attitude and customer relations.
• Perform electrical installation and maintenance.

• Electrical installation and maintenance
• Repair of electrical panels (contacts, transformers, fuses)
• Identification of MV and HV equipment
• Use of electric measurement equipment (multimeters, frequency meters, oscilloscopes)
• Reading pressure and temperature indicators
• Operation of lubricating oil and HFO separators
• Identification of control panel computers, alarms, and trips
• Reading and creating graphs of equipment abnormalities

• Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
• At least 2 years’ experience in operation and/or maintenance of a power plant