MANAGER DESIGN, ELECTRICAL KET 4 1 POSITION REF: KETRACO/5/1C/40/179/VOL II – B 02/2025 ON PERMANENT & PENSIONABLE TERMS

• Reporting to the Senior Manager, Design

Job Purpose

• This job is responsible for coordinating works related to quality control in Civil design, including civil works, foundation works, support structures, and building works during design/design review and supply of a reliable, efficient, and effective electricity transmission infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 the 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 within the electrical division in liaison with other relevant divisions and stakeholders;
• Formulating electrical design standards and construction methodology;
• Overseeing the management of transmission line and substation projects by monitoring electrical standards and methodologies from initiation to commissioning to ensure quality projects;
• Overseeing the management of electrical design consultancy projects by monitoring electrical methodologies from initiation to completion;
• Managing staff job performance, career development, capacity building, and deployment of skills;
• Identifying and mitigating 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 plans and annual work plans;
• Collating and submitting periodic project civil & structural design status reports to the Senior Manager, Design;
• Implementing quality assurance in the Division;
• Ensuring appropriate interface between electrical and civil designs during the design and construction stage of transmission system projects;
• Researching and recommending solutions to electrical design document problems, including conflicts, interferences, and errors 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 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 changes in 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 consultants' output and milestones achieved;
• Reviewing and processing stand-alone design consultant 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 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, including but not limited to outsourced design excluding EPC contracts payments and departmental staff travel in the SAP system.

Qualifications & Skills Required

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized institution.
• Registered Professional Engineer with the 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 a minimum of eight 8 years of relevant work experience.