The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) is a 100% state-owned corporation incorporated on 2nd December, 2008 under the Company’s Act, Cap 486 as a State Corporation pursuant to the Sessional Paper No. 4 of 2004 on Energy.

MANAGER DESIGN-ELECTRICAL – (KET 4) REF: KET/5/1C/40/179-B (9/2023) – ONE (1POST)

Reporting to Senior Manager, Design

Job Purpose

This job is responsible for coordinating works related to quality control in Electrical designs including Control & Protection, electrical plant, SCADA & telecommunication, substation and transmission line during Design /Design Review and supply of a reliable, efficient and effective electricity transmission infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities/Duties/Tasks

• Providing leadership in the Division;
• Reporting on matters relating to electrical engineering quality control during procurement, design, construction and commissioning of transmission infrastructure projects;
• Implementing strategies, policies, plans, standards and procedures pertaining to electrical design;
• Enforcing compliance with relevant acts including Energy Act, Procurement Act, National Construction Authority Act, Engineers Act; Environmental Act, Health and Safety Act among others;
• Coordinating Electrical design and design reviews of projects of projects within the electrical division in liaison with the other relevant divisions and stakeholders;
• Formulating Electrical design standards and construction methodology;
• Overseeing management of transmission line and substation projects by monitoring electrical standards and methodologies from initiation to commissioning to ensure quality projects.
• Overseeing management of electrical design consultancy projects by monitoring electrical methodologies from initiation to completion to ensure quality projects.
• Managing staff job performance, career development, capacity building and deployment of skills;
• Identifying and mitigating of electrical design related risks within the Division.
• Preparing and updating Electrical technical guidelines and standards for transmission infrastructure designs and procurement;
• Monitoring management of local and international design Consultants for stand-alone outsourced design services;
• Accounting for resource use in the division in line with prevailing laws, policies and regulations.
• Implementing annual procurement plan and annual work plan;
• Collating and submitting periodic projects civil & structural design status reports to the SM Design as directed;
• Implementing quality assurance in the Division;
• Ensuring appropriate interface between electrical and civil designs during design and construction stage of transmission system projects;
• Researching and recommending solutions to electrical design document problems, including conflict, interferences and error or omissions;
• Approving technical electrical engineering information to be shared with contractors and subcontractors to ensure projects comply with all engineering standards, codes, specifications and design instructions;
• Tracking electrical design and design reviews of projects in liaison with the other relevant stakeholders to support timely delivery of transmission system projects;
• Managing document control and archiving of approved and built Electrical designs and drawings.
• Monitoring and controlling change of quantities and specifications during design;
• Supervising design consultants to ensure that their designs conform to company standards and international standards;
• Creating and maintaining detailed stand-alone design schedules as per approved policies and procedures;
• Chairing design interface meetings with consultants and contractors, as required;
• Supervising and approving design Consultant’s output and milestones achieved;
• Reviewing for processing stand-alone design Consultants invoices for payments;
• Reviewing Electrical design related changes during construction;
• Recommending Electrical engineers to participate in Factory Acceptance Tests, material testing, Site Inspections and Acceptance;
• Reviewing and recommending of all design changes, changes in technical specifications and changes in approved suppliers/manufacturers;
• Advising on cost implications related to changes in scope, specifications supply and design of transmission system projects;
• Intermediate reviewer and approval of departmental budget expenditure which includes but not limited to outsourced design (excluding EPC contracts) payments and departmental related staff travel in SAP system.

Academic Qualifications

• Must have Master’s Degree in a relevant field
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized institution
• Registered Professional Engineer with Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK);
• Must be a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK);
• Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution
• Must have ten (10) years relevant work experience, with at least six(6) years at management level.

Working Conditions

• Office setting
• Field visits