Electronics Technician at International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology - ICIPE

Overall purpose of the job

To undertake preventive and corrective maintenance of laboratory and general electronics equipment in the Centre, to ensure they perform reliably, efficiently, cost-effectively and are safe to use or operate.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventive maintenance procedures on laboratory equipment.
• Undertake repairs and calibration of broken down equipment and perform safety and operational test runs before handing back to the clients.
• Carry out installation, testing and commissioning of new laboratory equipment.
• Provide training or standard operational procedures of equipment to new users.
• Work alongside the Safety, Health and Environment personnel to ensure equipment, equipment users and environmental safety requirements and regulations are adhered to.
• Advice the clients/users on the status of the condition of existing machines.
• Liaise with equipment manufacturers on technical issues and advice users and laboratory management accordingly.
• Compile and regularly update machine maintenance and repair records.
• Provide updates to Stores on the spares to restock and which ones are obsolete.
• Occasionally attend to the needs of other Units of the Centre (e.g. ICT, conferencing and catering).
• Assist and advice in procuring of new equipment, by providing technical specifications.
• Work alongside contractors to ensure that safety standards of the machines are maintained in the labs.
• Provide technical advice to structural and building engineers on standard laboratory set-up and requirements during renovations.
• Respond to emergency situations during or after hours for the purposes of resolving immediate safety concerns.
• Provide training to students on attachment in the Electronics Section.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements/Qualifications

1. Diploma in electrical & electronics engineering with 7 years’ hands-on experience or Higher National diploma in electrical & electronics engineering with 5 years’ hands-on experience in a maintenance environment.
2. Candidate must demonstrate knowledge of health and safety in engineering practices.
3. Candidate must demonstrate ability to develop an equipment preventative maintenance programme.
4. Candidate must demonstrate ability to develop equipment annual budget.
5. Experience in a research setting is an added advantage.

Core Competencies

• Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors/management, as well as customers.
• Must be able to effectively read, understand and apply manufacturer’s manuals, blueprints, schematics, and flow charts during repair and installation processes.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Other desirable attributes

• Strong team player that is results-oriented.
• Must possess high degree of independent judgment.
• Good interpersonal skills.

Reporting

• This position reports to the Facilities and Assets Manager.

The position is available immediately.