Husk is one of the world’s leading distributed utilities. Founded in 2008, the company provides reliable power to rural communities and businesses, entirely from renewable energy sources – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – at a price they can afford. It offers customers a flexible “pay-as-you-goâ€� energy service, using a mobile-enabled smart metering system. It provides low-cost energy that matches the growing needs of our customers; for households, community services and productive uses. Its grid-compatible solution can be rolled out quickly and cost-effectively to support national electrification plans.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.
