Careers at Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC, KenGen

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Electrical Engineer – Steam Field

Job Summary

• Reporting to the Principal Engineer – Steam field

Job Description
 Duties and responsibilities

• Planning and carrying out scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance on electrical equipment.
• Identifying calibration needs of all electrical monitoring and testing equipment.
• Preparing and submitting technical reports.
• Ensuring station housekeeping to set standards.
• Installing, testing and commissioning new or refurbished plant equipment and systems.
• Planning and carrying out regular safety inspections; raising notifications, creating.
• Confirming and completing work orders in the plant maintenance management system.
• Raising purchase requests in the plant maintenance management system.
• Managing costs to ensure optimal operations; interpreting, modify or come up with technical drawings as per work requirement.
• Designing and reviewing drawings for new or refurbished systems.
• Maintaining test equipment inventory for plant and auxiliaries.
• Preparing technical specifications and estimates for tendering process.
• Verifying new machine spare parts; witnessing factory acceptance testing for equipment and systems as required; conducting routine checks and observation of plant
• Adhering to the PPA requirements and ensure the set targets are attained.
• Ensuring availability of electrical and instrumentation spares, working tools and equipment.
• Complying with relevant ISO standards; monitoring the systems performance introducing changes and propose improvement and modification as necessary.
• Monitoring projects to meet defined specifications.
• Carrying out diagnostics and troubleshooting of faults of the plant and auxiliaries.
• Maintaining plant drawings and documentation in good order.

 Person Specifications

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: –

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• At least 1 year relevant work expereince.
• CAD Knowledge;
• Proficiency in computer application skills; and
• Registered as a Graduate Engineer with the Engineers Board of Kenya.

Principal Legal Officer – Compliance 

Job Summary

• Reporting to the Assistant Manager, Legal- Compliance.

Job Description
Duties and responsibilities

• Checking for activities in the legislative and regulatory environment that have a direct and indirect impact on the Company’s operations.
• Preparing and drafting amendments to legislations affecting the Company.
• Participate in public fora where legislations affecting the Company are being discussed.
• Prepare compliance matrix and risk register for the Company.
• Lobby the relevant stakeholders on legislative issues affecting the Company.
• Develop the annual compliance work plan that reflects the Company’s unique operations.
• Regularly review and update the compliance matrix in the context of the regulatory changes.
• Prepare and present compliance reports to the Board and the management committee.
• Liaise with the relevant regulators and government agencies on compliance issues affecting the Company.
• Coordinate internal compliance review and monitor activities, including periodic reviews of departments’ compliance matrices.
• Carry out negotiations, undertake drafting and reviewing of commercial contracts and ensuring they are duly executed.
• Draft legal opinions and maintain data base.
• Conduct legal research and analysis on various areas of laws, precedents and authorities.
• Provide legal advice on commercial and corporate transactions . and other contracts that relate to the Company.
• Conduct due diligence on conveyancing transactions and prepare /draft leases.
• Ensure Company’s transactions comply with applicable laws and regulations.
• Evaluate and render advisory on new business partnership with vendors and other entities.
• Examine legal issues related to new business and services
• Handling litigation and disputes involving the Company.
• Prosecuting and defending legal cases on behalf of the Company.
• Monitoring compliance with court procedures and requirements to enhance timely, efficient and effective conclusion of disputes, prosecutions and disputes.
• Liaising with external lawyers on court cases involving the Company to ensure timely resolution of disputes.
• Provide legal opinions on issues affecting the Company.
• Carry out the responsibility of all secretarial functions and provide the guidance required for compliance with statutory legislation and regulatory issues as may be appropriate to the Company’s business.

 Person Specifications
For appointment to this position, an Officer must have:

• Minimum of 8 years post admission experience in a busy law firm or public/commercial entity, 4 of which should have been at a supervisory level.
• Masters degree in Law from a recognized Institution.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Law from a recognized Institution.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a valid practicing certificate.
• Member of the Law Society of Kenya in good standing
• Certified Public Secretary (K) in good standing is an added advantage.

Legal Officer

Job Summary

• This is the entry grade for this cadre of staff. An Officer at this level will work under guidance and supervision of Principal Officer, Legal.

Job Description

Duties and responsibilities

• Prepare and file legal documents at court registries, such as plaints, statements of defenses, response to claims, appeals, list of documents and witnesses, witness statements, bundle of documents, applications, etc.
• Represent the Company in courts (Superior and Subordinate Courts), tribunals, and before government agencies.
• Conduct pre-trial briefings and site visits.
• Conduct research and analysis of legal matters they are handling.
• Communicate with colleagues, judges and others involved in the court case.
• Interpret laws, rulings and proffer legal opinions on the implications of Court decisions on the Company business.
• Prepare letters and general correspondences as regards matters they are handling.
• Engage in alternative dispute resolution of disputea involving the Company .
• Provide guidance, advice, and/or training and educational programs, to improve business understanding of related laws and regulatory requirements.
• Provide legal advice to all Departments of the Company in various areas including but not limited to commercial and corporate transactions for protection of the Company’s interests.
• Liaise with Company advocates and ensure efficient and proper provision of legal advice and consultancy services.
• Draw, negotiate, vet and ensure execution of contracts and agreements emanating from all departments of the Company.
• Advice on legal soundness of each contract.
• Ensure conditions under the contract are strictly adhered to.
• Conduct legal research and analysis on various areas of law as may be assigned from time to time.
• Draw leases and other conveyancing documents relating to properties in the Company.
• Assist the Company to recover its’ debts from both the large and small power consumers.
• Making claims from the banks of those debtors who are large power consumers and have valid guarantees.
• Instructing external lawyers to sue for recovery of debts from the consumers.
• Follow up in consultation with external lawyers to ensure that debt recovery cases in courts are concluded and judgments enforced.
• Carry out the responsibility of all secretarial functions and provide the guidance required for compliance with statutory legislation and regulatory issues as may be appropriate to the Company’s business.

Person Specifications
For appointment to this position, an Officer must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law from a recognized Institution.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a valid practicing certificate.
• Member of the Law Society of Kenya in good standing
• At least 1 year work experience.
• Proficiency in computer applications.
• Certified Public Secretary (K) in good standing is an added advantage

Assistant Manager, Innovation

Job Summary

Reporting to the Manager, Business Process Reengineering & Innovation, the job holder is responsible for KenGen’s innovation agenda across all its installations, including inculcating a culture of innovation an continuous improvement in all levels of the organization.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Carrying out Intellectual Property audits and register identified patents, trademarks industrial designs and copyright. 
• Overseeing and rollout a corporate innovation system 
• Facilitating the development of skills, processes, values, and mind-sets to anchor innovation across the business 
• Developing the Company innovation policy 
• Overseeing the annual G2G technical seminar to tap on innovative new ideas 
• Overseeing and driving quick-wins (rapid results initiatives) implementation 
• Managing an online innovation dashboard where ideas, concepts are posted for onward scoping and implementation 
• Developing metrices to continually measure the Company’s innovation performance as well as its progress in embedding innovation as a core competence. 
• Coordinate Intellectual property protection to secure the company’s intellectual capital. 
• Ensuring compliance with QMS/EMS, Safety, statutory and regulatory requirements. 
• Monitoring and evaluating employees performance in the section 
• Preparing sectional annual budget & procurement plan and ensuring prudent fund management. 

Person Specifications 
For appointment to this grade a candidate must have: – 

• Bachelors degree in Project Management/Business/Engineering or related field from a recognized institution. 
• Masters degree in Project Management/Business/Engineering or related field from a recognized institution. 
• Experience of ten (10) years relevant work experience, four (4) of which are at Management role. 
• A member of a relevant professional body in good standing.

Method of Application

Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.

• Electrical Engineer – Steam Field
• Principal Legal Officer – Compliance
• Legal Officer
• Assistant Manager, Innovation