Internship Opportunities at Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC, KenGen

Duties and responsibilities

• Conducting ad-hoc inspections on all KenGen installations.
• Liaise with government agencies on security matters.
• Monitoring contract administration for KenGen and Security service providers and reporting any deviations;
• Processing, verifying and confirming the authenticity of monthly security invoices by security service providers for accurate payment.
• Drafting Standard Security Standing Procedures and work instructions;
• Ensuring systematic filing and documentation of all security files and reports;
• Collecting, collating and preserving evidence including documents, exhibits and statements;
• Ensuring all security issues are documented in the integrated security management system.

Qualifications 

• Bachelors degree in Security Studies, Criminology or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and Responsibilities 

• Prepare and file legal documents at court registries, such as plaints, statements of defenses, response to claims, appeals, list of documents and witnesses, witness statements, bundle of documents, applications, etc.
• Represent the Company in courts , tribunals, and before government agencies.
• Conduct pre-trial briefings and site visits.
• Conduct research and analysis of legal matters they are handling.
• Communicate with colleagues, judges and others involved in the court case.
• Interpret laws, rulings and proffer legal opinions.
• Prepare letters and general correspondences as regards matters they are handling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law from a recognized Institution.
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities

•  Compiling and submitting procurement plan
• Processing purchase requisitions (PRs) from user department
• Inviting tenders /quotations for goods, works and services as per the procurement law
• Drafting procurement professional opinion (PPOs) papers in liaison with users department
• Assisting in preparation of memos for tender opening and evaluation committee members
• Evaluating tenders in accordance to the evaluation criteria
• Preparing tender evaluation reports
• Drafting of notification of award letters
• Raising purchase orders for goods, works and services for subsequent approval
• Liaising with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of goods and services

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Procurement & Supplies Management, Business Administration-Procurement Option, or other relevant field from a recognized Institution.
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties

• Review and present proposals for new ideas in energy planning studies for marketing.
• Prepare short and medium term Energy and Power output capability plans under various forecasts and scenarios of hydrology.
• Obtain hydro-meteorological data/information to advice the Company on future hydro-generation.
• Monitor energy and power output projections/budgets.
• Oversee collection, storage, and analysis of energy resource.
• Develop and regularly update the Least Cost Power Development Plan and other National Energy Masterplans, policies and strategies.
• Monitor the Company's interconnected energy production system and the storage levels performance in relation to the Energy Budget projection.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Meteorology/Natural or Water Resources Management or equivalent from a recognized institution
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities

• Operation, repair and maintenance of power plants, instrumentation, power system protection, switchgear, generators, transformers, motors, compressors, workshops equipment, tools, drilling rigs and building services equipment/systems.
• Supervision of construction, installation and commissioning of power plant, plant automation and electrical equipment.
• Test and calibration of electrical equipment
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting on maintenance programs, energy generation, projects implementation schedule and equipment performance.
• Collection of data for maintenance, projects and energy planning
• Contract management and administration
• Geothermal wells, steam-field management and reservoir monitoring
• Adherence to quality, occupational health and safety standards

Person Specifications

• Bachelors of Science/Technology Degree in Electrical and Electronics, Instrumentation Engineering from a recognized institution and accredited by EBK
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Job Description :
The job holder will be responsible for the following duties

• carrying out scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance on electrical equipment
• carrying out calibration of all electrical monitoring equipment
• installing, testing and commissioning new or refurbished plant equipment and systems
• carrying out regular safety inspections; interpreting technical drawings as per work requirement
• carrying out diagnostics and troubleshooting of faults of the plant and auxiliaries

QUQLIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Must be a holder of O-level certificate KCSE
• Diploma in Electrical/Electronics, Instrumentation Engineering or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution and a final certificate from the national examining body ( KNEC ) issued in the last 3 years . 
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties

• Moving earth with excavators, bulldozers and dumper trucks
• Loading shovels
• Operating giant cranes 

Qualification

• Craft Certificate in Plant Operation (Mechanical Handling Equipment)
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Ascertaining that claims are reported in good time and that documentation is properly done
• Analyzing claims and supporting documents for verification of validity.
• Ensuring prompt registration and acknowledgement of reported claims
• Reviewing claim reports and recommending settlement in line with policy liability and circumstances of loss
• Ensuring prompt processing for settlement on all fully documented and concluded claims and seeking approval for payment within the agreed timeframes and approval levels
• Consulting and advising on issues regarding claims management.
• Carrying out Insurance Risk Surveys fronted by Insurance Companies

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Insurance or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties

• Preparing inception reports and conduct reconnaissance surveys
• Preparing for laboratory activities
• Participate in geological well logging,
• Conduct geotechnical investigations and hydrological surveys
• Well prognosis
• Contribute to well siting

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology, Geological Sciences or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties

• Prepare inception reports
• Conduct reconnaissance, hydrological and geophysical surface surveys
• Integrate and interpret different geophysical techniques
• Execute geophysical exploration programs.
• Contribute to well siting
• Conduct geotechnical investigations
• Develop geophysical conceptual models

Qualification

• Bachelors degree in Geology /Geophysics / Physics or equivalent from a recognized institution
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities

• Ensuring that office furniture and equipment are maintained
• Overseeing daily and weekly cleaning of offices
• Receive, distribute, and keep inventory of office furniture
• Facilitate movement of employees to new workstations
• Issue tea accessories and other essentials to employees
• Replenish printing papers in the photocopiers
• Ensure that the offices and their environs are clean and orderly all the time
• Ensure clean drinking water and refreshments for employees is provided.
• Manage incoming and outgoing mails, parcels, and bulky goods within the company
• Ensure reprographic equipment, telephones and shredders are in good working condition
• Facilitate payment of utility bills

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Facilities Management, Public Administration, Business Administration or its equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities

• Drafting letters, memos and circulars.
• Providing administrative support to staff in the section including reservation and receiving stationery, keeping records and monitoring consumption.
• Filing and retrieving of employee records and section files.
• Receiving job applications and compiling data for shortlisting; Inviting candidates and panelists for interviews and distributing interview packs.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Human Resource Management or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Acquisition of land and registration of land titles and administration of leases.
• Purchase of land or premises.
• Negotiate and obtain leases.
• Coordinate and administer all aspects of company property as per company policy and other requirements set by the National Land Commission, Ministry of Lands and the County Government laws
• Process relevant documents and approvals from County Governments and Ministries.
• Liaise with County Governments and Government institutions for statutory payments.
• Facilitate the valuation of company property.
• Identify and manage property boundaries.
• Identify cost effective office accommodation.
• Maintain an inventory of the company property 

Qualification

• Bachelor of Arts (Land Economics) or Real Estate Management 
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities:

• Verifying vouchers and committal documents
• Preparing periodic reports in a timely manner for decision making
• Ensuring safe custody of company records and assets
• Analyzing below the line accounts and handling of cashier duties
• Reviewing payment documents and complying with relevant tax laws
• Writing cheques and posting payments and receipt vouchers in the cash books
• Balancing and ruling of the cash books on daily basis
• Arranging for withdrawal of cash for office use and ensuring safety of the same at all times
• Verifying supporting documents seeking for letters of credit
• Extracting documents and information for financial audit purposes and for inclusion in periodic reports for decision making

Person Specifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelors degree in any of the following fields: Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting option) from a recognized institution or any other relevant equivalent qualification;
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning, designing, and implementing ICT infrastructure systems ensuring ICT systems availability, optimization and security
• Providing and maintaining ICT Network Infrastructure including Microwave links, VSATs, Fibre links, Cabled and wireless LAN and data center.
• Providing and maintaining security, surveillance and access control systems.
• Designing ICT Infrastructure, security such as Intrusion detection, Network access control and disaster recovery to ensure business continuity.
• Administering and providing technical support of Plant Control Systems including SCADA, DCS systems and related applications.
• Planning and managing systems upgrades, migrations and enhancements.
• Ensuring periodic maintenance of backend hardware and software systems as per schedule.
• Maintaining up to date inventory of all ICT assets.
• Providing ICT customer service and technical support including user training.
• Preparation and submission of task reports

Qualification 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Communication Technology or Equivalent qualifications.
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties

• Developing, maintaining and continuously improving project analysis and tariff setting models to perform sensitivity and scenario analysis for all power plants.
• Testing and analysing the impact of the tariffs on the Company financial model, ensuring that the tariff set adequately covers the Company’s revenue requirements over the forecasted period.
• Conducting economic and financial analysis of current and future PPA, ensuring that the proposed tariffs fully support The Company’s business requirements.
• Providing input for new projects feasibility studies to ensure that projects have high Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and advice on viability and applicable tariffs.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Economics/Statistics or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities

• Implementing knowledge harvesting and transfer programs and activities
• Managing all the information, knowledge management tools & systems in the Company
• Supporting knowledge management programmes in line with the innovation and knowledge management strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Library and Information Science or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities

• Operation, repair and maintenance of power plants, equipment, workshop equipment, tools, pipeline, steam-gathering system, earthmovers, drilling rigs and measurement of geothermal well parameters and building services Equipment/systems.
• Supervision of construction, installation and commissioning of power plant, machinery, equipment and pipeline.
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting on maintenance programs, energy generation, projects implementation schedule, efficiency of machines, equipment performance and geothermal wells data.
• Collection of data for maintenance, projects and energy planning
• Scheduling of calibration program for equipment, tools and instruments

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical/Mechatronics engineering from a recognized institution and accredited by Engineers Board of Kenya
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Job Description

The job holder will be responsible for the following duties

• carrying out scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance on mechanical equipment
• carrying out calibration of all mechanical monitoring equipment
• installing, testing and commissioning new or refurbished plant equipment and systems
• carrying out regular safety inspections; interpreting technical drawings as per work requirement
• carrying out diagnostics and troubleshooting of faults of the plant and auxiliaries

Qualification

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution and a final certificate from the national examining body ( KNEC ) 
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities

• Formulation and implementation of environmental management plans.
• Participating in environmental audits, implementation of the recommendations; implementing Resettlement Action plans.
• Maintaining a register on compliance to environmental legislation
• Updates on new environmental conservation developments
• Collecting scientific data and prepare reports relating to environmental conservation.
• Preparing conservation reports for the Environmental Management Agency as and when they are required.
• Participating in Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) studies
• Inspecting waste generation and disposal.
• Adhering to the Corporate Occupational Health and Safety programs
• Participating in undertaking CDM auditing and calibration of monitoring equipment to ensure quality control and quality assurance of data used in the monitoring report

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Studies, Management, Meteorology, Environmental Conservation or Natural Resource Management or equivalent.
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties

• Maintain and validate Geomatics & GIS equipment
• Conduct cadastral boundary and infrastructure surveys,
• Conduct well pad levelling and deformation monitoring.
• Conduct topographic surveys and geotechnical monitoring
• Collect and analyze geospatial data
• Prepare, process and produce geospatial, cadastral maps and drawings

Qualifiations

• Bachelors degree in Geology /Geochemistry /Geophysics / Physics/ Chemistry/ Geomatics/Geospatial Engineering or equivalent from a recognized institution
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities 

• Collect geospatial data and digitize it for analysis, storage and retrieval
• Maintain and validate Geomatics & GIS equipment
• Conduct cadastral boundary and infrastructure surveys,
• Conduct well pad levelling and deformation monitoring.
• Conduct topographic surveys and geotechnical monitoring
• Collect and analyze geospatial data
• Prepare, process and produce geospatial, cadastral maps and drawings

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Geology/Geomatics/Geospatial Engineering or equivalent from a recognized institution
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, construction, monitoring and commissioning of civil structure and infrastructure
• Repair and maintenance of dam, civil structures and roads
• Supervision of construction, installation and commissioning of dam, civil structures and access roads
• Schedule for test and calibration of civil equipment
• Contract management and administration
• Preparation of drilling site, waterline, well pads and cellar
• Ensure adherence to quality, occupational health and safety standards

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

• Bachelors of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized institution and accredited by EBK
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities

• Support the development of stakeholders engagement plan
• Facilitate development of Resettlement Action Plans (RAP)
• Facilitate identification, implementation and monitor Community Development Carbon Fund projects
• Facilitate stakeholder coordination committee meetings
• Facilitate solution for stakeholders concerns and grievances about company projects
• Implement CSR activities
• Facilitate resolving stakeholder and community grievances around the Company projects and operations.
• Disseminate communication to stakeholders using the appropriate communication channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Community Development , Anthropology, Social Science or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Duties and responsibilities

• Implementing Human Resource policy and procedures and the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Participating in the talent acquisition and placement process and on-boarding new employees.
• Coordinating training programs 
• Implementing & coordinating performance management programs.
• Managing and maintaining employee medical and wellness scheme.
• Maintaining compliance with all labor and employment laws and regulations 

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in human resource management from a recognized university
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya

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Job Description :

• Establish, promote, and manage the company brand
• Organize corporate events
• Coordinate internal company communication including the intranet, newsletters, or any other internal publications
• Coordinate external company communication including the company website, company social media accounts, newsletters, or other external publications
• Assist in managing media relations and respond to media enquiries

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Communications/Public Relations/ Journalism or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Must be Prepared to serve anywhere in any of the business areas in Kenya