Electrical Power Engineer – X1

The role is responsible for the execution of the Liquid Intelligent Technologies (LIT) network energy strategy in Support of the overall LIT business strategy. The Power Engineer, therefore, will be responsible for the design, implementation operations and maintenance of the electrical systems that support LIT Zambia’s network infrastructure, ensuring that these systems are deployed and operated in a manner that enables the network to meet its business Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

To operate effectively therefore, the incumbent shall act as the power specialist in the technical team, ensuring that  power systems in use on the network, whether in-house or provided by a third party, are correctly scoped, designed, implemented and operated in a manner that supports the network’s business objectives. .

An ability to manage teams and facilitate collaboration both in-house and with third party contractors, is key for this role. Having expert knowledge of telecommunications site power systems green design, as well as operations and maintenance of these systems is critical for this role, while a working understanding of wireless networks (Wi-Fi, 4/5G) will be useful. You will be expected to verify technical aspects of power systems agreements with vendors and infrastructure providers. More importantly, due to constant evolution of technologies and delivery models, it is vital that the incumbent has an overarching desire to constantly learn and adapt to new technologies and services determining how best to support these new technologies.

Responsibilities

1.     Site Power System Operations and Maintenance

• Track and Maintain site power availability across both owned and third-party sites.
• Ensure that power incident MTTR for all sites is maintained below maximum allowed under SLA (<4hrs).
• Develop and implement improvement plans for low performing sites.
• Supervise and coordinate response from sub-contractors and infrastructure providers to meet SLAs.
• Provide specialist intervention in case the teams are unable to resolve an issue within agreed SLAs.
• Analyze sites with repeated power faults and implement corrective measures to permanently address these.
• Explore the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered tools to analyze data from site power monitoring equipment, helping to identify potential faults before they cause outages.
• Ensure that all owned sites have electronic access control, remote power monitoring as well as CCTV that is always in operation.
• Monitor refueling activities at all owned sites, investigate anomalies and prevent fuel stock out through careful planning
• Perform /supervise planned preventive maintenance activities on all site power Infrastructure to ensure that these are operating normally.
• Ensure that all Power faults that are likely to breach SLA are communicated to the relevant customer facing teams, line managers and Network Operations teams keeping them updated on resolution progress.

2.     Power System Design

• Design the power infrastructure required to run LIT Zambia’s network infrastructure (Data Centers, Points of Presence and Telecom sites). This includes specifying the generator size, renewable energy capacity, energy storage capacity and associated components including site power monitoring tools.
• Work with telecommunications and network engineers to arrive at efficient network and power system design that adequately supports network infrastructure.
• Build in Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools into site power system design for the purposes of optimizing energy consumption and enabling predictive maintenance based on data collected from the site.
• Ensure energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions by analysing the operation and energy consumption of each site, making and implementing recommendations that will result in reduced generator running time and improved fuel efficiencies and reduced energy consumption overall using renewable energy sources to augment traditional sources as well as the use of energy efficient electronics at sites.
• Proposes Infrastructure design changes to improve network stability and availability.

3.     Stakeholder Management

• Ensures that he has regular engagements with all project stakeholders ensuring that they are kept updated on the various projects.
• Acts as the technical point of contact for all power related issues affecting LIT Zambia.
• Manages installation and maintenance contractors ensuring that they are adhering to company processes, delivering according to the contracted Scope, SLA, quality and HSEQ objectives.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree/ Diploma in Electrical /Electronics/ HVAC / Power System design
• Networking and / or Project management Certification will be an added advantage.
• Must be a member of EIZ
• Must have a clean and valid driving license.
• Very strong Communication Skills and the ability to express complex technical concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in telecommunications site power design / operations and maintenance

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill in the roles highlighted above.

Please forward your Application and CV to recruitment.zambia@liquidtelecom.com, clearly indicating the title of the Job applied for, in the subject.

 

The closing date for all applications is Monday the 18th April 2025.