Service Engineer at Husk Power Energy Systems Nigeria Limited

Husk Power Energy Systems Nigeria Limited is an alternative energy provider that strives to bring electric power to underserved rural villages and create self-sustaining ecosystems that spur further growth and economic development. HPS’s innovative bio-energy and solar solutions have reached over 200,000 consumers across North India and Africa, and HPS has an ambition to touch more than 10 million lives over the next five years. They want you to be part of this growth story.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Service Engineer

Location: Lafia, Nasarawa
Job type: Full time

Role Summary

• We are seeking a Service Engineer who will be responsible for all plant Operations and Maintenance for these plants and report to the O&M Manager.
• The individual must have a measure of technical competency 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 India and Nigeria. 

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Daily Monitoring of HMGs at Meters and System Portal.
• Ensure smooth operation of plants and meters.
• Initiate tickets to OEMs and follow up for early rectification.
• Maintain event log at HMG plants
• Health Check-ups and Maintenance of Plants.
• Train site electricians on the operation and maintenance of the system. 
• Resolve Customer issues as per SOP.

Plant Operations:

• Play a key role as a member of the Mini-Grids O&M 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; safety and environmental inspections.
• Maintain daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly equipment healthiness checklist; Preventive maintenance planning; Shutdown planning; Daily reading logbook etc.

Qualifications
Does this sound like you?

• 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 Telecom industries preferred)
• You have 2+ years of experience managing a team of 5+ people

General Skills & Attributes:

• You have a track record of resilience and leadership in periods of uncertainty and volatility
• You have a learning mindset and are keen to deliver hands-on solutions in the field
• You build great relationships and are a strong verbal communicator (English & Hausa preferably)
• 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.

Application Closing Date
3rd June, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online