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Job Title:        Shift
Attendant (5 Job Vacancies)

Organization: Uganda
Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL)

Duty Station: Uganda

Reports to:
Operations Manager

About US:

Uganda Electricity
Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) is a Public Limited Liability Company
incorporated in March 2001 under the Companies Act (Cap 110), the Laws of
Uganda and in conformity with the Electricity Act, 1999. UEGCL started
operation on 1st April 2001 and is wholly owned by the Government of the
Republic of Uganda, with the head office located in Kampala. The mandate of
UEGCL is to establish, acquire, maintain and operate electricity generation
facilities as well as promote Research and Development in the Electricity
generation sector while running the company on sound business principals.

Job Summary:    The Shift Attendant will be responsible for
the safe and efficient operation of the power generation units, its auxiliaries
and equipment. Hence ensure safe working condition and environment, and
emergency response to plant fault and alarms.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Perform manual operations on a unit and
  auxiliaries by starting, running, synchronizing, loads, offload and
  shutdown the turbine generators in the power house on the instructions
  from shift Engineer.
• Follow up and if possible with guidance
  from the Charge Engineer carry out basic maintenance and test running of
  plant auxiliaries.
• Execute work packages as allocated by
  the Shift Charge Engineer
• Co-operate and support the Shift Charge
  Engineer and shift assistant to carry out their duties.
• Monitors the plant operations
  auxiliaries at all times and in case of the system disturbance, normalizes
  the plant auxiliaries system through safe acceptable switching procedures.
• Monitor, records and Report all alarms,
  trips, faults, abnormalities as they are picked up by computers,
  annunciators or gauges in the underground part of the station
• Monitor and Record instrument
  indications on local gauges in the underground part of the station at
  determined intervals or as per special operating instructions
• Responsible for the maintenance of
  powerhouse log book.
• Responsible for general housekeeping in
  power house.
• Carry out other assignments as
  instructed by the Shift Charge Engineer and or assistant.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate must hold an
  Ordinary National Technical Diploma in Electrical, Mechanical or
  Electronic engineering or equivalent from a recognized Technical college,
  Polytechnic or Institution of higher learning.
• Certificates in other fields of
  engineering such as mechatronics, automation etc. is an added advantage.
• At least two years of working at a power
  plant, heavy manufacturing Industry, processing plant or similar work
  places are needed for this position.
• Ability to work under stress
• Good computer skills in related software
  application
• Excellent communication skills
• Must be highly organized, systematic and
  precise in work.
• Candidates should ideally have good
  knowledge of power plant processes and operations, with relevant
  experience in Power Plants or related industries
• Self-motivated, independent and positive
  attitude.
• Customer focused.
• Good interpersonal skills

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should address their applications with
copies of certified academic documents, professional qualifications and
detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating two referees and their full addresses to:

The Chief Human
Resource Officer,

Uganda Electricity
Generation Company Limited,

Block C, Plot 6-9,
Victoria Office Park, Okot Close, Bukoto

P.O Box 75831,
Kampala.

Applications should
be submitted electronically as one attachment only in portable documents format
(pdf) indicating the position applied for in the subject line to email address:
jobs@uegcl.go.ug

NB:

• Only applications on-line will be
  considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be
  contacted.
• Shortlisted candidates will be required
  to present original copies of certified academic documents during
  interviews.
• Applications without authentic academic
  transcripts will not be considered.
• UEGCL offers equal opportunities for
  both male and female applicants.

Deadline: 19th August 2019.

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