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
Department: Network Department
Job title: Protection Control & SCADA Engineer
Reports to: Network Manager
Job purpose:
To install, maintain and troubleshoot the SCADA system servers’, workstations’ and substation RTUs’ software and hardware, and SCADA communication links

Responsibilities:
• Developing protection, control, and bulk metering system design for electrical substations on the 33kV voltage profile from conceptual stage through construction and commissioning
• Developing protection planning and application documents, one-lines, schematics, panel layouts and wiring diagrams for power system protective relaying and bulk metering systems
• Performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high voltage utility distribution systems
• Reviewing or preparing engineering drawings/documents, specifications
• Plan and manage outage staging and scheduling
• Protective devices grading and setting to ensure balanced performance with the generation plants
• Configuration and design of the SCADA system and ensuring it is full time operational
• Performing factory acceptance tests/inspections of Protection and SCADA equipment
• Configure and administer the SCADA system using the system configuration tools.
• Participate in commissioning of remotely monitored and/or controllable equipment into the SCADA system.
• Implement, maintain, and troubleshoot inter-control centre communication protocol (ICCP) link configuration, for effective communication of SCADA systems between Generation and Network Operators
• Train other SCADA system users.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

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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