Engineer Protection x1 (Maun) at BOTSWANA POWER CORPORATION

Main purpose of the position

To plan, organise and supervise protection activities on the Transmission and Distribution network to ensure safe, effective, and reliable protection system.

Job Responsibilities

• Supervises testing, maintenance and repair of protection systems and devices to maximise their reliability.
• Coordinates and supervises installation of protection and control systems to ensure efficiency and reliability of the protection system.
• Leads commissioning activities on protection systems to ensure compliance to the approved designs.
• Configures control & automation devices or systems to enhance systems visibility for continuous monitoring.
• Maintain up to date data base of protection documentation and drawings for easy of reference.
• Carries out troubleshooting and diagnoses equipment and systems for effective emergency repairs.
• Supervises the protection teams on executing preventive maintenance and inspections for reliable protection system.
• Support specialists in setting up and testing protection equipment and ensure compliance to prescribed standards.
• Installs complex protection systems in accordance with set guidelines.
• Plans the routine preventative maintenance of the Transmission & Distribution protection and control systems to ensure effective performance.
• Designs and modifies protection schemes to optimise system performance and operations.
• Implements approved protection and control settings to ensure accurate and reliable operation of the equipment.
• Performs calculations and simulations to determine optimal protection and control settings against equipment specifications.
• Performs post fault analysis and diagnosis to determine the nature and location of the faults to prevent recurrence and speedy restoration.
• Supervises contract service providers and ensure that they deliver projects within an established contract management plan.
• Plan and organise and supervises project activities to ensure that they are delivery of quality project, within time and budget.
• Collects information from all Protection and control equipment for system performance monitoring, evaluation, and system studies.
• Compiles adhoc and periodic sectional activity reports (including system performance).
• Collects and analyse systems disturbances (faults) data or information for improvement of protection systems performance.
• Prepares a draft budget in accordance with system and sectional needs.
• Implements and monitors expenditure against approved budget.
• Schedules for periodic calibration and testing of protection test equipment in line with original equipment manufacturers and BPC standards.
• Prepares schedules for periodic testing and maintenance of protection equipment.
• Investigates protection misoperations between BPC and large power users to correct the same for ensuring continuous supply.
• Engages large power users of BPC systems developments which affects their protection settings.
• Executes a communications plan by working within established internal communication systems and procedures.
• Produces daily updates of protection systems performance to inform management.
• Identifies shortcomings in existing processes, systems, and procedures.
• Review protection scheme to identify short comings and suggests improvements.
• Carries out bench marking exercise for developed utilities/entities and motivates for improvements.
• Provides input into the development of procedures for an area within the section, then monitors the implementation of those procedures.
• Manages the motivation and discipline of staff in area of responsibility in line with laid down procedures to realize the Corporation’s objectives.

Qualifications

• Recognised Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Membership of the Engineering Registration Board (ERB) is required as a Registered Engineer.
• Class B Drivers License is required.

Experience

• At least Five (5) years post qualification in a power system operations environment, one (1) year of which will have been in power system protection.
• Must obtain Senior Authorization within 6 months for internal candidates and 12 months for external candidates.

Competencies