KenGen Need Electrical Engineer

Job Title : ELECTRICAL ENGINEER – STEAM FIELD – CS/GDD/02/03/2025

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Open From : Mar 25th, 2025 00:00 | Close Date : Apr 15th, 2025 23:59

Job Type:Careers | Job Function :Engineer/Scientist

Reports To:Principal Engineer – Steam Field

Job Summary

Reporting to the Principal Engineer – Steam field

Job Description

a. Duties and responsibilities

1. Planning and carrying out scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance on electrical equipment.
2. Identifying calibration needs of all electrical monitoring and testing equipment.
3. Preparing and submitting technical reports.
4. Ensuring station housekeeping to set standards.
5. Installing, testing and commissioning new or refurbished plant equipment and systems.
6. Planning and carrying out regular safety inspections; raising notifications, creating.
7. Confirming and completing work orders in the plant maintenance management system.
8. Raising purchase requests in the plant maintenance management system.
9. Managing costs to ensure optimal operations; interpreting, modify or come up with technical drawings as per work requirement.
10. Designing and reviewing drawings for new or refurbished systems.
11. Maintaining test equipment inventory for plant and auxiliaries.
12. Preparing technical specifications and estimates for tendering process.
13. Verifying new machine spare parts; witnessing factory acceptance testing for equipment and systems as required; conducting routine checks and observation of plant
14. Adhering to the PPA requirements and ensure the set targets are attained.
15. Ensuring availability of electrical and instrumentation spares, working tools and equipment.
16. Complying with relevant ISO standards; monitoring the systems performance introducing changes and propose improvement and modification as necessary.
17. Monitoring projects to meet defined specifications.
18. Carrying out diagnostics and troubleshooting of faults of the plant and auxiliaries.
19. Maintaining plant drawings and documentation in good order.

 Person Specifications

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: –

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• At least 1 year relevant work expereince.
• CAD Knowledge;
• Proficiency in computer application skills; and
• Registered as a Graduate Engineer with the Engineers Board of Kenya.

Additional Information

Minimum Years of Working Experience : 1

Minimum Education Level : Undergraduate

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