Jobs at Husk Power Systems

Role Summary

• Husk is seeking an experienced Senior Associate, Communications in Nigeria.
• The individual will play an integral role in the creation of content, media relations, and strategies for its business verticals (microgrids, energy-efficient appliances, and C&I), and other initiatives.
• The candidate will provide support to the Head, Marketing & Communications in designing creative campaigns, benchmarking the performance of all campaigns, effectively utilizing marketing analytics and ultimately driving the initiatives responsible for attracting potential customers as well as retaining existing ones. 

Key Responsibilities
Internal Comms:

• Production of regular updates on Nigeria team progress/highlights.

Media Relations:

• Maintaining press contact list for Nigeria/pan-Africa.
• Building relationships with Nigerian editors/journalists covering energy, climate, and other relevant topics and working with them to shape coverage, identify and pitch story ideas, etc.
• Distributing press releases and other content to Nigeria media
• Support developing/writing press releases and other external comms documents.

Content Creation:

• Creating content for "Powering Prosperity" video series spotlighting Husk customers
• Creating content to spotlight employees and business partners.
• Develop and execute content strategies across multiple platforms to enhance brand awareness, engagement, and visibility.

Event Management and Marketing Support:

• Help design and write marketing materials to support the sales team.
• Event/Executive Visibility
• Maintaining a list of events/speaking opportunities for Nigeria/Africa
• Coordinating with event organizers to secure speaking opportunities for Husk

Social Media Management:

• Manage social media channels (Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn), including content creation, scheduling, and performance tracking.

Qualifications
Required Skills & Attributes:

• Bachelor’s Degree in English, Journalism, Marketing or Communications
• 4 - 7 years of experience in Communications 
• Strong knowledge and understanding of current trends in digital media/social media
• Exceptional communication abilities, including writing, speaking, and active listening
• In-depth knowledge of the best writing and messaging practices for business correspondence, public relations, advertising, marketing and sales copy, and social media.
• Ability to effectively engage with team members of all levels and across departments
• Great project management skills, including time management, goal setting, multitasking, and prioritization.
• Good analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Strong research and presentation skills
• Experienced in managing different social media channels
• Ability to implement changes and improvements quickly and successfully in operational activities and services.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders at all levels.

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Key Responsibilities
General:

• Reporting to the Nigeria Country Director and Global Operations Team and responsible for Uptime management, preventive maintenance, safety practices, capacity utilization, asset management, and report generation
• Responsible for the smooth functioning of PV Solar/Biomass hybrid power plants and implementing effective techniques to bring efficiency to the performance of the plants.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the company’s success by proactively managing growth plans and a bias to action.
• Management of operational budget and monitoring of performance.
• Management of entire Service Team across different locations and NOCs.
• Other responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time.

Plant Operations:

• Management of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly equipment healthiness checklist; Preventive maintenance planning; Shutdown planning; Daily reading logbook, etc.
• Management of process for Quality verification and compliance of work during Handover – Take over from the Projects Department.
• Ability to ensure safety standards are followed at the core of operations and plan, organize, schedule, and direct the safety training and compliance at sites.
• Management of overall KPIs and deliverables for operations and ensuring that the complete team is aligned to the same.
• Responsible for training and development of the operations team including electricians, and engineers as per the system design standards.
• Responsible for overall monitoring and reporting of plant and asset health and performance.
• Regular interaction and engagement with other verticals especially sales to ensure and extend required support for growth of business.
• Responsible for managing and ensuring security standards at the plant and enable quick turnaround time for action in case of security issues.
• Responsible for management of spares and inventory components based on criticality and lifecycle of the components.
• Responsible for managing fuel supply chain and stock for Diesel generators and Biomass gasifiers.

Asset Management:

• Interface with the vendors/contractors to review the operation of plant equipment and systems continuously, minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure completion of technical documents; grid outages, onsite equipment problems, log entries, site visits; and safety and environmental inspections to comply with standard operating procedures.
• Interact and liaison with local authorities for smooth functioning of the plant and management of ROW issues.

Qualifications
General Skills & Attributes:

• B.Tech / B.Eng. / MTech Degree with specialization: Electrical/Electronics Engineering from a reputable institution. 
• Overall, a minimum of 7 - 12 years of relevant experience or more.
• An MBA is an added advantage.
• Should have handled operations & maintenance of solar PV plants, Biomass, and other renewable energy sources, especially micro-grids. 
• Should have Monitored maintenance of LT Transmission and distribution lines, protective relays & associated equipment, and inverters.
• Good knowledge of solar PV Panels, Inverters, Battery banks, T&D lines, SCADA systems, and all solar electrical operational equipment.
• Extensive knowledge of renewable energy, instrumentation control systems, and in-depth knowledge of both solar & biomass power generation systems and procedures.

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Role Summary

• Husk is seeking a Service Engineer who will be responsible for  ensuring optimal and safe operation of the generation, transmission and distribution equipment (including within customer premises) with an understanding of electrical engineering, ensuring safety and environmental inspections and preventive maintenance within Husk Power Plants. 
• This position provides the opportunity to join a growing team that is changing the face of rural electrification in Nigeria and India. 

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Daily Monitoring of HMGs at Meters and System Portal.
• The Service engineer must ensure maximum power quality, power availability and power reliability of the plant and ensure efficient functioning of all connections at the customer premises
• The Service engineer will take all preventative and corrective maintenance on the plant whilst making sure all HSE procedures are followed.
• Initiate tickets to OEMs and follow up for early rectification.
• Maintain event log at HMG plants.
• Health Check-up and Maintenance of Plants.
• Train site electricians on the operation and maintenance of the system. 
• Working closely with the customer teams to provide high quality service to the customers
• Ensure New Customer Connections on time as per SOP.
• Monitor and control the Diesel consumption of Generators.
• Spares planning & avoid shortage of spares & consumables.
• Diesel Engine Overhauling, maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting of Mechanical & and electrical problems.
• Pursuing opportunities to develop skills and capacity is encouraged.

Plant Operations:

• Play a key role as a member of the Mini-Grids Operations and Maintenance team to plan and monitor the day-to-day running of the plants to ensure smooth progress.
• Understand and manage sites’ performance to key performance metrics.

Asset Management:

• Ensures completion of technical documents; grid outages, onsite equipment problems, log entries, site visitation; and safety and environmental inspections.
• Maintain daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly equipment healthiness checklist; Preventive maintenance planning; Shutdown planning; Daily reading logbook, etc.

Qualifications
Required Skills & Attributes:

• You have a technical background with an understanding of electrical engineering (minimum education requirement: Diploma in Engineering)
• You have 5+ years of experience (Infrastructure and Solar/Telecom industries preferred)
• You have 2+ years of experience managing a team of 5+ people.
• You have a learning mindset and are keen to deliver hands-on solutions in the field.
• You are a problem solver and can identify issues and possible solutions swiftly.
• You can also ideally execute based on direct instruction and under guidance from other members of the team.
• You have no issues working in (and living around) rural Nigeria and in a fast-paced, dynamic start-up environment.

Salary
Negotiable based on experience.

Great Career Progression Opportunity:

• Successful Service Engineers have the potential to progress to an Area Service Manager and a senior management role with greater responsibility and compensation within 36-48 months.