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Job Title:  Electrical Engineer   

Organisation: NFT Consult Limited

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: N+1 Maintenance Engineer and N+2 Head of Maintenance and Inspection Engineer

About the Company:

NFT Consult Limited is a business process outsourcing firm with offices in Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Botswana Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi and South Sudan.

Client brief:

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project involves the construction and operation of a buried, cross-border pipeline to transport crude oil from the Lake Albert area in Uganda to the eastern coast of Tanzania for export to international markets. The pipeline will run from Kabaale in Hoima District, Uganda, to Chongoleani, Tanga Region, in Tanzania. The length of the pipeline is 1,443 kilometres (km) of which 296 km will be in Uganda.  In Uganda, the pipeline will traverse ten (10) Districts, comprising Hoima, Kikuube, Kakumiro, Kyankwanzi, Mubende, Gomba, Sembabule, Lwengo, Rakai, and Kyotera.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Production Operations:

• To ensure the performance / availability of the facilities, highlight miss-functions, compile relevant data, establish a diagnosis, produce corresponding report with corrective actions and participate in the implementation of the agreed plan.
• Prepares periodic or specific reporting of the maintenance activities under his/her responsibilities.
• Preparation/reviews of the complex or with external electric power provider interface PTW dossiers and confirm completeness.
• Preparation of Procedures for operation and shutdown instructions.
• Participation in production incidents or shutdowns are properly investigated and sign the associated production reports.
• Assists in identification of possible areas of optimization, potential improvement to increase equipment availability and cost reduction.
• Ensures execution of both planned and unplanned maintenances of electrical equipment so that to ensure optimization of equipment efficiency and availability.
• Assists in the evaluation and participate on the validation of the Site Modification Request (SMR/RFM); consolidate the technical dossier on maintenance side.
• Participates in validation of the commissioning / pre-commissioning of new equipment or equipment modified; ensure the good management of the punch list after the hand-over.

Maintenance Operations:

• Participates on budget / Work program preparation for light and heavy maintenance.
• Participates and assists in the preparation of annual maintenance shutdown activities plan.

Quality Assurance:

• Assists in supervising and evaluating the performance of the Maintenance service contractor, secure that REXs are well implemented for the maintenance plan to be updated.

Site Management:

• Builds TEAM environment for PS1 perimeter.
• Evaluates the personnel working in his team and make proposals for their training plan.
• Defines team member objectives.
• Contributes to the training of all personnel under his/her responsibility.
• Organizes Job Training (OJT) in coordination with the Training Department.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or similar
• Proficiency in Oral and written English
• Good knowledge of CMIMS (Computerized Maintenance & Inspection Management System).
• 10 years of experience in Oil & Gas industry, electric power service or a high potential, 3 years minimum as site discipline or multidiscipline leader or supervisor.
• MS office good experience
• Primavera uses good experience will be added advantage.
• Other skills required: responsibility, natural authority, decision making, good communication skills, organization, and methods.

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online through the NFT jobs portal.

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Deadline: 31st October 2024        

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