SCADA & PROTECTION ENGINEER

JOB SUMMARY:

The SCADA & Protection Engineer oversees the maintenance, repair, and operation of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition and protection relays to ensure the plant operates efficiently and safely.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with mechanical, operations, and instrumentation teams to ensure that all plant systems function cohesively.

• Conduct or attend regular safety meetings.

• Conduct the inspection, testing and maintenance of SCADA system Protection relays and other electrical system.

• Join in the troubleshooting of critical equipment to ensure quick repair of electrical issues to minimize power generation disruptions.

• Monitor the occurrence of protection relay, electric equipment failures and analyze the root cause to recommend a solution.

• Assist Electrical Superintendent and recommend critical spares for Electrical Section budget and ensure cost-effective measures.

• Monitor inventory of electrical spare parts, tools and equipment, ensuring availability when needed.

• Create purchase requisitions of parts and services and scrutinize the offers during the technical evaluation phase and do technical inspections during the delivery of items.

• Prepare reports and root cause analysis of major electrical incidents.

• Create and review maintenance procedures for electrical activities.

• Recommend development plan, training needs analysis of direct reports and submit them to Electrical Superintendent.

• Stay updated with industry trends and advancements in electrical engineering and power generation technologies.

All the duties and responsibilities above are done with health, safety, security and environment in mind to ensure adherence to all safety regulations, OSH standards, company safety policies, and compliance with environmental standards.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• Ability to plan and organize the implementation of electrical maintenance activities.
• Ability to read diagrams especially the control and tripping circuits of the circuit breakers
• Knowledgeable in the different device numbers or different trip functions used in the protective relays for transformers,  generators, etc.
• Knowledgeable in using various electrical testing equipment such as multimeters, insulation resistance tester, relay testers, etc.
• Ability to read and understand instruction manuals and operating procedures.
• Ability to generate written reports using Microsoft office applications.
• Possess excellent problem-solving techniques and sound decision making.
• Possess good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly Trustworthy, with sense of strong discipline and integrity
• With leadership and management skills
• Know- how in documenting and generating reports
• Customer service oriented for both internal and external customers
• Capable of communicating to all levels in the organization and able to express ideas clearly
• Know how in computer applications (Microsoft Office Skills, adobe, etc.)
• Understanding and awareness of Environment, Health and Safety rules and regulations
• Good organization skills
• Administrative writing and communication skills
• Analyzing Information and numerical ability
• Keen to details
• Ability to work under pressure
• Respond to customers correspondence in appropriate manner
• Results-driven and patient
• Adherence to laws and best practices in regards to dealing with customers and data
• Comfortable in dealing with stakeholders and the processing of information
• Can work independently and knows how to prioritize work assignment
• Ability to communicate using different media such as email, radio and telephone

EDUCATION:

• BS Electrical Engineering

EXPERIENCE:

• Two (2) years of experience in Coal Firedpower plant operation or maintenance

• At least six (6) months experience in maintenance of SCADA and Protective Relay Systems of a power plant or  equivalent industrial plant