Manager, Engineering Standards at Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)

Job Description

• Participate in the development and regular update of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry’s (NESI) technical standards, technical Codes for power generation, transmission, and distribution. 
• Participate in the review and update of National engineering standards with reference to other international standards. 
• Provide technical inputs in the development of new standards for the Power Industry in Nigeria. 
• Initiate the review of existing standards or creating new standards for the Power sector whenever the need arises through the relevant standard organizations in charge of standards. 
• Represent the Commission on Standard Committees. 
• Provide expert advice on engineering standards to the Commission. 
• Participate and represent the Commission on the relevant technical Code Review Panels. 
• Follow up to ensure that the Codes panels submit their annual budgets to the Commission for approval on time and facilitate Commission’s review and approval. 
• Follow up to ensure timely re-constitution of all Codes Review Panels as enshrined in the various Codes. 
• Provide the needed support to ensure effective compliance monitoring with the Codes by all Licensees. 
• Interface with relevant Units of the Engineering, Performance & Monitoring Division and other stakeholders to ensure synergy on the development and review of technical Codes.  
• Advise the Engineering, Performance, and monitoring Division/Commission on any technical code issues.

Minimum Qualifications / Skills

• First Degree & Master's in Electrical Engineering (Bias in Power Systems/or Electrical Services)
• Minimum years of experience: 9 years
• Team player, Works well under Pressure, Self-Starter  
• Modelling Applications, Project Management Software, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint. 
• Sound knowledge of the application of the following packages: NEPLAN, MATLAB, PSCAD, PSSE, Engineering Modelling Applications, Project Management Softwares, Metering Management Applications, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Phyton, SQL, Advanced Excel.