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Tech

Airfield Electrician Engineer

Location: 

Nairobi

Job Type:

Full Time

Date:

4 Jan 2024

Duties & Responsibilities


  • Prepares improvement and maintenance plans for Electrical, Electronics equipment and facilities to ensure continuous serviceability.

  • Oversees maintenance of all electrical and electronic equipment and facilities such as FIDS, Screening Machines.

  • Airfield Lighting, CCTV, Public Address etc. to ensure continuous serviceability

  • Prepares designs, tender specifications and bills of quantities for maintenance works and capital projects.

  • Attends to airport stakeholders enquiries on electrical services needs in line with the set standards.

  • Attends to emergencies by providing technical advice to ensure timely response.

  • Developing and implementing corrective, predictive and preventive maintenance, and monitoring schedule for all Maintenance & Engineering activities.

  • Supervising outsourced maintenance services.

  • Identifying technical projects at the airport level for purposes of planning and budgeting to ensure incorporation in the future airport development plans.

  • Ensuring external service providers (such as utility services) are optimally available, liaising with the service providers for restoration when outages occur and mitigating to ensure business continuity.

  • Developing the Airport annual Technical Services and Solutions maintenance budget.

  • Recommending equipment for upgrading or replacement.

  • Perform any additional duties from time to time.


Knowledge and Skills:


  • Demonstrates professionalism.

  • Have an eye for detail and accuracy.

  • Must have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team.

  • Proficiency in English and Kiswahili.

  • Outstanding time management 

  • Ability to multi-task and get things done to completion. Able to meet strict deadlines

  • Excellent planning and organizational skills

  • Have a high level of integrity.

  • Keep abreast of new developments in technology and field of work


Educational Qualifications and Experience:


  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic engineering.

  • Registration with Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) and member of Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK)

  • At least 5 years of experience in a similar role.


Interested candidates are invited to strictly email their cover letter and CV, to careers@orchidhr.co.ke before end of day 4thJanuary 2024. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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