Substation Operator - Technician at Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO)

Reporting to the Regional Engineer, the successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking maintenance of control equipment to ensure reliable and quality power supply.

Key responsibilities:

• Participating in corrective and preventive maintenance in the transmission system as per maintenance programmes/schedules;
• Assisting in collection of data on transmission infrastructure and submission of reports to transmission lines engineers for analysis;
• Participating in investigating causes of system breakdowns and taking prompt corrective action;
• Operating and maintaining transmission lines as per the approved procedures and work instructions
• Carrying out pre-commissioning inspection of newly constructed transmission lines and participating in commissioning;
• Conducting inspection/audit of existing transmission lines;
• Participating in preparation of work plans for transmission maintenance works;
• Performing switching operations as per approved policies and procedures;
• Investigating causes of faults and disturbances in the system and rectifying;
• Testing and calibration of live line tools as per set standards and work instructions;
• Carrying out repairs and maintenance of transmission lines and equipment;
• Participating in planning for outages on transmission lines
• Operating substation control and isolation equipment as per instructions from system controllers at the NSCC during shutdowns.
• Carrying out bare hand live line works on transmission line as per approved procedures and standards; and
• Carrying out routine aerial inspection and ground of transmission lines.

Qualifications & Skills required:

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a recognized institution
• Registered engineering technician with Institute of Engineering Technologists and Technicians (IET);
• Registered member of Kenya Engineering Technologists Registration Board (KETRB); and
• A minimum of four (4) years relevant work experience.