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Vacancy Announcement: Senior (LV/HV) Certified Electrical Technician at EACOP Who we are The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is a Midstream development located across Uganda and Tanzania that includes a nearshore Marine Storage and Export Terminal (MST). Once completed, the EACOP Company will operate the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, a 1,447 km long, electrically heated crude oil export pipeline that transports oil from Kabaale – Hoima in Uganda, to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania for crude export to the international markets. Job details Job title: Senior (LV/HV) Certified Electrical Technician
JOB TYPE
- : Full Time – Extended resident regime Eligibility: For Nationals Only Location: Pumping station site(s) Reports to: N+1: Electrical Engineer & Site Operation Lead for PS4 or PS5 N+2: Head of Maintenance and Inspection Job dimensions / General job description Electrical Technician will be supported by back office Electrical Engineer for electrical activities, and they will be site managed by site operations lead regarding site
RESPONSIBILITIES
- for PS1 perimeter or PS4 perimeter or PS5 perimeter.
- Electrical technician who will be located at MST will be under direct site authority of Maintenance superintendent.
- Electrical technicians will be in charge to the electrical maintenance activities in defined perimeter.
- Electrical Technician will report to Electrical Engineer.
- According to the perimeters, the electrical technicians will be subject to travel to remote sites.
- Depending on the assigned perimeter, Senior Electrical Technician will be required to travel to remote sites.
- He/she is responsible for maintenance and inspection activities within the assigned area.
- EACOP electrical equipment types EACOP electrical equipment types are mainly: Pump package driven by electric VFD motor up to 2 MWs.
- Electrical Control Panels, MCC, Switchgears, PLCs, VFDs, MV/LV, & CBs; Diesel generators (4 M Watts).
- MV, HV & LV Systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- – Monitoring day-to-day Operations and Maintenance (Round) of the Standby Generators, UPS, BESS, Grid supply and Solar systems for Crude Oil Pipeline facility.
- – Assist in Monitoring, troubleshooting and diagnosis of complex electrical systems including MV & LV switchgears, VFD, 3 phase motors and controls, AC & DC batteries, control circuits motors.
- – Assist in execution of major maintenance of equipment and fixtures, such as motors, emergency diesel generators, circuit breakers, and fuse boxes, control relays.
- – Execute all Preventive Maintenance (PM), Corrective Maintenances (CM) activities (both planned and unplanned maintenance of all electrical equipment so that to ensure optimization of equipment efficiency and availability) for the electrical systems.
- – Report in Work Orders system (CMMS), activities done and anomalies.
- – Ensure the electrical maintenance of equipment, plant and associated systems/facilities are carried out in a safe and effective manner.
- – Respond as appropriate to any electrical system upsets and emergencies.
- – Ensure high standards of housekeeping and safe work practices in and around the work areas.
- – Promote and implement company safety, health, and environment policies.
- – Ensure that maintenance activities are performed in strict compliance with COMPANY’s current safety rules and operating procedures and in accordance with best industrial practices/standard.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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HOW TO APPLY
How to apply Qualified applicants must submit their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a Cover Letter explaining why they are suitable for the position. Applications should be submitted through any one of the following recruitment contacts: Air Swift: [email protected] Empower: [email protected] Sourcing: [email protected] Seamount: [email protected] Application deadline: 9 November 2026 Important note: No payment is required at any stage of the recruitment process.