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Job Purpose
To monitor, direct and coordinate all operations of the National Grid to ensure a continuous, safe, efficient and reliable power supply to customers in accordance with Southern African Power Pool standards.
Key Performance Areas
- Maximum safety of personnel and equipment at all times
- Continuity of supply and optimal power flows
- Enforcement of safety rules and system operational procedures.
- Analysis of system faults/disturbances and effecting remedial action
- Implementation of energy/power trading schedules
- Economic dispatch of power sources (internal and external)
- Availability of system performance information.
- Training of staff within designated area
- Availability of system operational reports
Principal Accountabilities/Responsibilities
- Monitor, control and operate the national grid in an efficient manner to reduce losses and to ensure safety to personnel and equipment.
- Issues operational instructions to Distribution and Generation Control Centers.
- Restoration of power supply following interruptions in a timely and orderly manner.
- Reconfiguration of circuits under various scenarios to ensure stability of the system
- Maintains quality of supply at all times.
- Prepares monthly reports assigned by Operations Engineer
- Implements Southern African Power Pool power/energy schedules in order to meet the agreed obligations; including real time energy trading.
- Carries out post fault analysis for decision-making purposes, and prepares reports for further analysis and investigation.
- Coordinates commissioning of new Transmission equipment for smooth integration with existing equipment.
- Carries out switching and sanctions the issuing and cancellation of safety documents for safe working purposes.
- Prepares morning handover report in order to apprise the supervisor on the previous day’s system performance.
- Contributes to the draft sectional budget preparation.
- UNDERTAKES SUCH OTHER RELATED DUTIES AS DIRECTED BY THE SUPERVISOR
Qualifications
Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent Senior Authorisation
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Experience
3 years in a systems operations environment
Competencies
- Analytical skills
- Decisiveness
- Technical Expertise
- Customer Orientation
- Good communication skills
- Computer Literacy
- Sitting for long periods
Physical Attributes:
- Not colour blind
- Hearing acuity
Job Challenges
- Decision making under abnormal system operating scenarios
- Work antisocial hours
- Consequence of error
- Working under pressure
- Restoration of supply following system blackouts
- Maintaining continuity of supply under conditions of inadequate generation
- Customer satisfaction under transmission constrained scenarios
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