Electrical Technician at Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited

Job Objective

• To ensure technical efficiency, maintenance processes and sustained operations of all electrical equipment and systems for optimize asset integrity.     

Main Key Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule maintenance of Plant electrical systems and machinery including transformers, Ring Main Units, switch gears, etc. and ensure all electrical maintenance work is done in a safe work environment, following all applicable safety regulations.
• Assembling evaluating, testing, and maintaining electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, and apparatus.
• Involved in the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Work Instruction for all Electrical related activities/ Processes and oversee its implementation.
• Troubleshooting and repairing malfunctioning equipment, appliances, and apparatus.
• Constructing and fabricating parts, using hand tools and specifications.
• Reading and interpreting electrical and electronic circuit blueprints, diagrams, and schematics.
• Advising management on continued use of unsuitable equipment, appliances, and apparatus.
• Repair and replace defective components in motors, generators, controllers, storage batteries, switchboards, conductors, switches and varied electrical fixtures.
• Install, maintain and repair electrical, electromechanical and electronic parts of machinery and equipment.
• Test solid-state circuitry to determine defective components in analog and digital equipment along with defective parts replacement.
• Read and interpret blueprints, schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Prepare schedules and coordinate activities with varied electrical divisions and sections.

Qualifications / Experience / Key Competencies

• Not less than Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (With professional certification / membership in COREN)
• 6 – 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience to work under air supplied breathing equipment to operate valves, pumps and compressor.
• A good knowledge of relevant electrical operations, procedures and practices, especially in Lube manufacturing.
• Fully conversant with Electrical safety rules
• Ability to be a self starter with minimum supervision and team player.
• Good communication and organizational skills.