Huskpowersystems

Service Engineer

Plateau, Nasarawa & Adamawa, Nigeria · On-site · Full-time

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  • EmployerHuskpowersystems
  • LocationPlateau, Nasarawa & Adamawa, Nigeria
  • Work styleOn-site
  • Employment typeFull-time
  • Employer posted

Position Name: Service Engineer

Division / Function: Operations & Maintenance

Location of the Job: Plateau, Nasarawa & Adamawa State

Reports to: Manager Operational Excellence

Role Summary

Husk is seeking a Service Engineer who will be responsible for ensuring optimal and safe operation of the generation, transmission and distribution equipment (including within customer premises) with an understanding of electrical engineering, ensuring safety and environmental inspections and preventive maintenance within Husk Power Plants.

This position provides the opportunity to join a growing team that is changing the face of rural electrification in Nigeria and India.

Key responsibilities:

General

Daily Monitoring of HMGs at Meters and System Portal.

The Service engineer must ensure maximum power quality, power availability and power reliability of the plant and ensure efficient functioning of all connections at the customer premises

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The Service engineer will take all preventative and corrective maintenance on the plant whilst making sure all HSE procedures are followed.

Initiate tickets to OEMs and follow up for early rectification.

Maintain event log at HMG plants.

Health Check-up and Maintenance of Plants.

Train site electricians on the operation and maintenance of the system.

Working closely with the customer teams to provide high quality service to the customers

Ensure New Customer Connections on time as per SOP.

Monitor and control the Diesel consumption of Generators.

Spares planning & avoid shortage of spares & consumables.

Diesel Engine Overhauling, maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting of Mechanical & and electrical problems.

Pursuing opportunities to develop skills and capacity is encouraged

Plant Operations

Play a key role as a member of the Mini-Grids Operations and Maintenance team to plan and monitor the day-to-day running of the plants to ensure smooth progress.

Understand and manage sites’ performance to key performance metrics.

Asset Management

Ensures completion of technical documents; grid outages, onsite equipment problems, log entries, site visitation; and safety and environmental inspections.

Maintain daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly equipment healthiness checklist; Preventive maintenance planning; Shutdown planning; Daily reading logbook, etc.

Great Career Progression Opportunity

Successful Service Engineers have the potential to progress to an Area Service Manager and a senior management role with greater responsibility and compensation within 36-48 months.

Required Skills & Attributes

You have a technical background with an understanding of electrical engineering (minimum education requirement: Diploma in Engineering)

You have 5+ years of experience (Infrastructure and Solar/Telecom industries preferred)

You have 2+ years of experience managing a team of 5+ people.

You have a learning mindset and are keen to deliver hands-on solutions in the field.

You are a problem solver and can identify issues and possible solutions swiftly.

You can also ideally execute based on direct instruction and under guidance from other members of the team.

You have no issues working in (and living around) rural Nigeria and in a fast-paced, dynamic start-up environment.

Location and Travel

This role is based in either Plateau, Nasarawa & Adamawa State based on placement

Salary

Negotiable based on experience.

Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This description indicates the general nature and level of the qualifications and duties required of employees in this job classification, as well as the essential functions a person must be able to perform to do this job. It is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Husk Power Energy Systems Nigeria Limited is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. We hire without consideration of race, colour, religion, citizenship, political activity or affiliation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex or gender, or any other basis protected by law.

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  • Work styleOn-site
  • Employment typeFull-time
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