Electrical Technician

Vacancy Number: ET/CS/06/14
Department: Corporate Services
Duration: 2 years’ contract

ILRI seeks to recruit an Electrical Technician to carry out repairs and maintenance of electrical equipment and services in the institute.

ILRI works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centers working with many partners for a food-secure future. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in West and southern Africa and South and Southeast Asia. 

The Centre’s headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, and research is conducted in 31 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We are supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and receive funding from over 50 different donors.

CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. 

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine electrical engineering planned preventive maintenance.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and correct electrical faults in electrical equipment (laboratory, workshop and office).
• Carry out new electrical installations, Select proper equipment size, wire and conduit sizes, circuit breakers, switchgear and fuse sizes from appropriate catalogues for new electrical installations.
• Read electrical services drawings and equipment manual used in fault tracing and in new installations.
• Carry out electrical repairs on cold rooms, air conditioning units, intruder alarm panels, deep freezers, incubators, water and fire hydrant pump.
• Liaise with contractors during repair, service and new installations within the institute.
• Carries out engineering technician shift duties to ensure that all the power generations, K. P. & L,   water supply pumps are functional and that all the lab equipment (freezers, incubators, cold rooms) are in good order during and out of normal working hours.
• Carries out installations of fan motors and repair of electrical equipment such as high pressure steam cleaners, water baths, distribution boards, transformers, switchgear, standby generators, control equipment including instrumentation and protective relaying systems.
• Repair and maintenance of intruder and fire alarm systems and access control.
• Coordinating and at times supervise contractors on particular projects on site.
• Training and supervising casuals and students on attachment.
• Maintenance of upgraded laboratories of level 2 and 3 and green house.
• Running of new plants e.g. Nitrogen plant, filtration plant, new generator.
• Timely repair of electrical machines or sort out of any reported electrical problem do aid research work and minimise wastage and down time.
• Frequent preventive maintenance for optimum use of equipment and increase comfort in working areas hence greater output.
• Advice or information on safety to avoid accidents.
• Quality of service provided to the researcher and their equipments determines the quality of research.

Requirements

• Diploma in electrical engineering or its equivalent
• Minimum of five years of relevant working experience in a busy organisation or manufacturing company
• Good communication and interpersonal skills;
• Highly effective multi-tasking skills, with ability to coordinate, prioritize and organize workload and meet deadlines.

Terms of appointment:

This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) positions based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus and is for a 2 years’ contract period.

Job level and salary:

This position is job level 2B with a starting salary of KES 72,581per month. In addition ILRI currently offers medical insurance for staff and dependents, Life insurance, Pension at 12.5% employers contribution, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days+ public holidays within ILRI’s National Recruited Staff Scheme.

How to apply:

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to the Human Resources Director through our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/ before 17 June 2014. The position title and reference number REF: ET/CS/06/14 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the online application.

ILRI is an equal opportunity employer