Job Title: Senior Protection and Communication Engineer
Organisation: Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) is a limited liability company incorporated in Uganda under the Companies Act. UEDCL owns the 33KV and below voltage electricity distribution networks and all the operational assets associated with the business.
Job Summary: To ensure safety for network plant / equipment and lives on occurrence of power system faults / abnormalities and on operation of apparatus; by designing and supervising the implementation and maintenance of effective protection schemes, local / remote apparatus controls and voltage regulation systems on the network.
Impact: The Protection and Communication Engineer designs and supervises the installation of the safety of the equipment to ensure the lives of the teams in the organization are protected. The Engineer also ensures that the maintenance of the protection schemes is up to date.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design new schemes or modifications to existing protection, control and voltage regulation schemes.
- Responsible for Scheme implementation, commissioning and evaluation
- Operate and Maintain protection schemes
- Responsible for the effective management and implementation of the performance management system
- Perform all administrative related duties pertaining to standards, works orders and legal requirements
- Specify and evaluate the Procurement of special tools and equipment required for network protection practice and ensure effective maintenance of these tools
- Responsible for Health, Safety and Environment Management
- Provides information that is crucial to other sections’ processes e.g. Planning, primary plant, Projects, systems control, and the distribution team
- Receives information from other sections useful in making effective protection designs.
Expected Output
- Design the Protection, Control and Voltage regulation schemes
- Periodic maintenance of protection, control and voltage regulation equipment according to equipment manuals
- Supervise the repair of the protection, control and voltage regulation equipment
- Ensure the Health, Safety and Environment procedures are designed and adhered to
- Records of activities pertaining to standards, works orders and legal requirements.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor of Electrical Engineering or Bachelor of Power Systems Engineering.
- Post qualifications and certification in protection of electrical systems is desired, but not required.
- Member of UIPE, ERB
Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in power system protection for at least MV distribution networks.
Competencies
- In depth knowledge and understanding of Power system protection technology, with technical skills.
- Accredited to intermediate level on protection equipment.
- Innovative thinking skills.
- Curiosity / Information Seeking
- Valid driver license.
- Ability to integrate effectively with other specialist disciplines.
How to Apply:
To apply, upload your CV (Clearly indicating 3 referees with contacts). Cover letter and all copies of academic and other support documents. Put the job title on the subject line. Only applications received online will be considered.
Address your Application to:
The Head Human Resource & Administration,
UEDCL Tower,
Plot 37 Nakasero Road. Kampala.
Deadline: 21st November 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60