Summary
Date Posted:Friday, March 31 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Key roles/responsibilities
• Initiate or lead initiation of Electricity Distribution network expansion, to ensure the design and construction technologies are appropriate and cost effective
• Develop proper network design alternatives and prepare appropriate expansion plans, to ensure their timely dimensioning.
• Actively participate in the selection and submit the selected alternatives for approval covering the design, investment amounts to consider and the remaining capacity of the transmission system of the alternatives selected.
• Participate in the formulation and set up of a least cost developing plan to define an integrated vision of power offer and network development.
• Periodically assess the impact of the Electricity Access Roll-out Program in the Distribution network development and advise the management on the way forward.
• Prepare progress reports on Distribution planning for management information and action.
• Any other duties that might be assigned within the scope and mandate of the unit and department.

Power systems planning
• Lead the selection of the least cost optimal Electricity Distribution projects and ensure that the selected alternatives to be submitted for approval covering the design meets the timely desired goals at the time and that the investment amounts to be considered for this project is adequate to cover the remaining capacity of the Distribution system in the case of alternatives selected.
• Ensure that a least cost developing plan is set up to define an integrated vision of selected network development; hence s/he must develop future network plans.
• Prepare Medium and Short-term investment plan for the development of electricity Distribution system.
• Il. Prepare & monitor annual budgets for those alternatives.
• Ensure that operational planning is carried out per the Grid Code to sustain the network functions while new plans in pipeline are ongoing/being implemented.
• Develop & follow up needed projects to promote prudent operation and eliminate emergency operations of network in the long run and to meet forecasted load growth. This function is very important in case of delays of major capital-intensive projects.
• Develop & maintain existing system drawings/diagrams/maps etc. and produce new system drawings matching the status, intermediate (Temporary) and future /fully completed network.
• Evaluate options for development (Development of Least cost network development).
• Evaluate services (New Connections) in the country & Capital Development Schemes (CDS) likely to be initiated by the new incentives of access to electricity drives.
• Keep & maintain all documents related to the electricity Distribution projects' planning and other relevant documents.
• Any other duties that might be assigned within the scope and mandate of the unit and department.

Qualifications and experience:
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Electrical Power systems, Electrical Power Engineering, Renewable Energy systems or any other closely related field with minimum of three (3) years of direct relevant experience.
and/or;
• Master's in electrical engineering, Electrical Power systems, Electrical Power Engineering, Renewable Energy systems or any other closely related field with minimum of two (2) years of direct relevant experience.
• PIS: Electrical Network Protection, Planning & designs of distribution, transmission and substation infrastructure will be an added value.


Job Experience:No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• A duly signed application letter addressed to the Managing Director of Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL).
• Updated detailed curriculum vitae.
• Copies of both academic and professional certificates.
• Proof of related experience/valid work certificates.
• Names and addresses of at least three (3) referees.
• Copy of Identity Card.
The above required documents should be submitted electronically to the following e-mail: edclrecruitment@edcl.reg.rw  not later than .3..d... / ..O.S.. /2023 latest 05:00 P.M.
I. Please note that submission of valid and acceptable proof of experience/work certificates attached to your job application letter to support the relevant experience indicated in the applicant's CVs among other documents highlighted above is a MUST for pre-selection.
2. Your job application and its attachments MUST be scanned as ONE single pdf document for easy download & analysis of applications.
3. ONLY online applications will be received on the above-mentioned email. No hardcopy applications will be received.
4. REG is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our company Gender Mainstreaming policy and program, we seek to increase the number of women in all levels of the organization. 

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