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Surveillance Engineer – MiniGrids

Company Description

Husk Power Systems (“Husk”) is an award-winning clean energy company serving rural India and Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2023, it was named “World’s Best Challenger Brand” in the energy industry and is a 3-time Global Cleantech 100 company. The company’s AI-powered rural energy platform provides 24/7 renewable power to rural households, commercial customers, institutions, and small factories. It also delivers a range of other products and services, including e-commerce and credit financing of branded appliances for home and commercial use, as well as community-based solutions for e-mobility and the agricultural value chain. Husk’s mission is to supercharge economic growth and social well-being in rural communities that are unserved and underserved.

Husk Values

Safety; Honesty and Integrity; Mutual Respect; Frugal Innovation; Quality and Reliability; Excellence as an Attitude; We > I; Fail Fast and Learn Faster.

Husk is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, or religion. Husk is committed to improving gender balance within its teams in India and globally. Female candidates are therefore highly encouraged to apply even if not all requirements are met.

Benefits

Husk offers flexible working conditions with employee benefits that are in line with global best practices. These include clear career growth planning, transparent annual review processes that are gender inclusive, maternity, and paternity leave, gender-inclusive workplace conditions, family health insurance, and frequent training to assist the employees to grow in and to the next roles. Husk does not believe in micromanagement and encourages its employees to have a healthy work-life balance hence giving them the freedom to manage their workload to be compatible with their life.

Job Description

Position Name: Surveillance Engineer – MiniGrids
Division / Function: Operations
Location of the Job: Abuja, Nigeria
Reports to: Senior Manager, Operational Excellence
Number of Position: 1

Role Summary

Husk is seeking a Surveillance Engineer who will be responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing the performance of mini-grid systems. They will proactively identify, report, and mitigate system anomalies to ensure uninterrupted power supply, system reliability, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Plant performance monitoring:

  • Continuously monitor real-time performance data and meter performance from mini-grid systems through IoT platforms, or energy management systems

 

Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

  • Perform root cause analysis of system anomalies, including meter reading, meter communication, and power generation irregularities.
  • Coordinate with field teams to promptly identify losses and resolve system faults promptly
  • Document and analyze findings based on observations, recommending improvements or corrective actions as necessary.

 

Data Analysis and Reporting:

  • Analyze historical and real-time performance data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
  • Generate daily, weekly, and monthly performance reports, including capturing key KPIs such as uptime, and energy output and losses tracker.

 

System Optimization:

  • Suggest and implement measures to enhance the efficiency and reliability of the mini-grid systems.

 

Stakeholder Coordination:

  • Liaise with technical, operations, and field teams to ensure alignment on system performance objectives.

 

Qualifications

Required Skills And Attributes

  • 3 years of experience in renewable energy systems, preferably in mini-grid or off-grid power systems.
  • Hands-on experience on IoT monitoring platforms, energy management systems and data management.
  • Bachelor’s degree/ Higher National Diploma in electrical engineering, Renewable Energy, or a related field.
  • Strong knowledge of solar PV systems, energy storage, and hybrid mini-grid systems.
  • Familiarity with data analytics tools and software for monitoring energy systems.
  • Excellent excel and data analysis experience
  • Strong understanding of mini grid operations, renewable energy technologies (solar, battery storage and metering)

 

Additional Information

Location:

  • This role is based in Abuja, Nigeria with 20% travel to Husk Minigrid Locations.

 

Salary

NGN250,000 to NGN500,000 gross based on the candidate’s experience.

Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This description indicates the general nature and level of the qualifications and duties required of employees in this job classification, as well as the essential functions a person must be able to perform to do this job. It is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Husk Power Systems and its subsidiaries are equal-opportunity employers and make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need. We hire without consideration of race, colour, religion, citizenship, political activity or affiliation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex or gender, or any other basis protected by law.

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