Transmission Protection Specialist

Job description

The management of Energy Utility Corporation Limited (EUCL)

informs the public that it is recruiting competent, qualified and experienced staff to fill the following position:

Job Summary

Ensure network reliability

and stability of Transmission and Distribution Grid and contribute towards secure power plants protection.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities are:

• Develop and standardize cost effective protection and control schemes to ensure uniformity in the entire grid.
• Review and approve new protection and control designs schematics for the network.
• Monitor, evaluate and review the performance of protection and control schemes to develop action plans that are to be implemented.
• Installation and commissioning of new protection relays and systems.
• Ensuring the reliability of protection by developing new methods in maintenance, testing of protection schemes and maintenance of existing network protection devices.
• Ensure harmonization of new and existing schemes by supervising protection and control commissioning works of new substations or substation equipment in the network.
• Work with SCADA staff responsible for proper application of the network operation and fault analysis to assure the quality power flow.
• Participate in factory and site test for Protection Control and Command equipment to be used in the network.
• Participation on elaboration of Terms of references for all HV and MV switchgears.
• Planning of Spare part to be available in store for preventives and curatives maintenance.
• Ensure all protection Engineers and technicians work in-line within engineering good practice.
• Ensure continuous advancement of protection technicians.
• Ensure compliance with the Rwanda Grid Code, East African Power Pool code and International Standards.
• Participation in developing Transmission Department strategic action plan.
• Ensure adherence to protection and control standards through replacement of obsolete equipment.
• Participate in developing a business plan and budget for protection Unit.
• Support capacity development interventions to cover gaps identified in protection Engineers and Technicians.
• Ensure ALL Transmission and Distribution grid protection operations comply with Safety, Environment and Health statutory, legal and regulatory guidelines.
• Minimize negative or adverse environmental impact by implementing professional handling and disposal of ALL effluent employed in network protection operations.
• Contribute to developing safety regulations, processes and procedures
• Monitor the implementation of safety procedures by protection technicians.
• Participate in developing an appropriate environmental and regulatory framework to ensure compliance with set terms and condition in the grid system operations.

Qualifications

Qualifications are:

• Masters in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING
• At least 2 year(s) in POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION
• At least 2 year(s) in TRANSMISSION
• At least 2 year(s) in SUBSTATION OPERATION & MAINTENANCE
• At least 2 year(s) in POWER SYSTEM PLANNING
• At least 2 year(s) in POWER SYSTEM GENERATION
• A0 in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING