Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 12, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The West Nile Rural Electrification Company Limited (WENRECo) is an Electric Energy Generation, Distribution & Sales company in the West Nile sub-region, in Northern Uganda. WENRECo is a subsidiary of Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), the industrial development arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED).
WENRECo operates a Vertically Integrated off-grid utility involved in generation, distribution, and Sale of Electricity in the West Nile districts of Uganda & was the first off-grid Solution under a Public Private Partnership to qualify for World Bank Carbon Financing.
Reliable and affordable hydro Power Generated from the 3.5MW Nyagak I Mini Hydropower plant has strengthened the West Nile region’s economy in Uganda within sub-Saharan Africa.
WENRECo is a responsible employer committed to providing competitive employment terms to its employees & Ugandans in addition to providing safe and reliable electricity supply, improving customer service, minimizing energy losses, and operating in a cost-effective manner. We seek to recruit dynamic, competent & experienced candidates to fill the following positions.

Job Description
Job title: Planning & Design Engineer
Reports to: Network Manager
Job purpose:
To perform distribution service planning by designing new and modifying existing overhead and underground electric distribution network facilities

Responsibilities:
• Provides technical review of potential system impacts from proposed substantial load additions and provides timely response that includes study results and recommendations.
• Monitors and analyzes the electric distribution system operation performance to proactively plan projects to address system deficiencies.
• Prepares highly complex engineering analyses and studies of the electric system to provide for future needs using a modeling program.
• Interprets and/or modifies available planning guidelines for application to existing problems or processes.
• Provides a detailed design review of internal or external technical documents to ensure compliance with the company standards and expectations.
• Develops, prepares, and justifies capacity improvement projects for the electric distribution system to meet cost, design standards, and schedule objectives with appropriate documentation.
• Coordinate with Transmission Providers to ensure that existing and future transmission facilities will provide reliable and economic service
• Identifies potential areas of weakness with assigned work and initiates corrective action.
• Documents and shares work with others to strengthen the depth and breadth of skills within the company’s engineering workforce.
• Determine the effect of proposed work on existing electric utility facilities and feasibility of alternative construction proposals.
• Review electrical plans to determine loads to size transformers accordingly
• Work in conjunction with local authorities to negotiate easement of Right of Way of the power lines
• Perform technical research, conduct routine feeder loading and voltage drop calculations, short circuit calculations, customer load studies, phase balancing studies, motor starting calculations and economic evaluations of alternative service arrangements.
• Support Distributed Energy Resources and Voltage Optimization
• Support and assist with the Load Analysis process.
• Develop databases for circuit terminal equipment ratings, metering information, distribution automation, etc.
• Evaluates new emerging technologies to ensure all issues are addressed holistically and that problem solutions are tailored to the company’s business environment.
• Perform any other duties as maybe delegated by the supervisor from time to time.

Special Qualifications Required.
• B.Sc. Electrical Engineering or its equivalent,
• A valid driving License/Permit is a must.
• Sound Knowledge in Power distribution and transmission design & Planning systems.
• Minimum 3+ years of proven engineering experience.

Safety, Special Skills, Abilities & Caution:
• Ethical
• Honest & Innovative
• Self-motivated & Hardworking
• Good inter-personal skills
• Safety observation is always a must.
• Good communicator
• Team player with ability to motivate a team.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
A detailed Job Description Can be found at https://www.wenreco.co.ug/careers
Qualifying Candidates should submit their Cover Letter, resume with Contacts of three professional referees and copies of all academic documents as ONE PDF FILE by email to: hr@wenreco.co.ug by close of business Thursday 25th August 2022.
Clearly indicate the position you are applying for as indicated on the Website.
West Nile Rural Electrification Company Limited (WENRECo)is an equal opportunity employer. Any attempts of influencing the recruitment process will lead to automatic disqualification. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

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