Rural Electrification Authority Jobs in Kenya - Senior Surveyor and Business Development Engineer

The Rural Electrification Authority (REA) is a State Corporation established under the Section 67 of the Energy Act, 2006. The primary mandate of the Authority is to accelerate rural electrification in order to promote sustainable development.

The Authority is seeking applications from self motivated and dynamic individuals to take up the following positions:

Senior Surveyor III
MG10 (1 post)

Reporting to the Chief Manager Design, The Senior Surveyor shall have the following responsibilities to ensure quality surveying services for power distribution as per the Authority’s established procedures in order to enhance accurate design:

Duties:

Leading survey teams in conducting route surveysParticipating in planning and implementation of survey assignments in accordance with policies and standards of the AuthorityPegging routes accurately to indicate pole positions on the ground for construction teams to prepare holesDeveloping mappings of premises for the proposed customers to enable accurate design for system networkUpdating mains recordsSupervising the processing of field raw data to enable plan/map & route profiles to be drawnTracing Preliminary Index Diagrams (PIDS) to show the strip plans on the existing boundary maps from Survey of Kenya for acquisition of wayleavesSafe custody of survey reports, tools and equipment assignedMaintaining accurate survey recordsSupervising, appraising staff and identifying their development and training needsPerforming any other duties as may be assigned from time to timeBachelor’s Degree in SurveyRegistered SurveyorManagement Development CourseComputer literacy7 years relevant working experienceBusiness Development Engineer
MG 13 (4 posts)

Reporting to the Chief Manager Operation, the Business Development Engineers will be responsible for:

Duties:

Processing of application formsCalculation of customer power demandVerification of designated schemesIssuance and approval of quotation lettersOverseeing service line payment proceduresApproval of supply contract forms and payment of meter depositsInspection of wiring of premisesProcessing of all schemes to construction for connectionPreparation of project connection reports to managementMarketing of REA projects to the beneficiariesBSc or BCom with a Diploma in Electrical Installation or Higher National Diploma in Electrical EngineeringFresh graduates acceptableComputer literacyApplications together with Curriculum Vitae, copies of academic certificates and testimonials including daytime telephone contacts should be sent to the office of the Chief Executive Officer at the address indicated below not later than Friday 17th December, 2010:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Chief Executive Officer
Rural Electrification Authority
P.O. Box 34585 – 00100
Nairobi, Kenya

REA is an equal opportunity Employer.

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