WAPP is a specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that was created to integrate the operations of its member power utilities into a unified sustainable regional electricity market, with ultimate goal of providing the ECOWAS Member States with stable and reliable electricity supply, at affordable cost, in the medium and long terms. The WAPP General Secretariat has its headquaters in Cotonou, Republic of Benin.

Within the framework of strengthening the WAPP information and Co-ordination Centre, WAPP intends to recruit two (2no) each of system operators and SCADA / Telecommunication engineers for efficient manning of its operations

SCADA / Telecommunication Engineers

Objective Of the Position

•  Responsible for safe and reliable operations of the West Africa Power Pool interconnected network
•  Install and maintain SCADA and associated telecommunication network for real-time operation of the WAPP interconnected network
•  SCADA / Telecommunication engineer should be conversant with fuctions of: SCADA system including control centre, RTU, MODEM and field interface. Telecommunication systems such as optical fiber, PLC, Microwave Radio, VHF & HT Radio

Qualification Required & Experience

Required Competencies and Qualifications

•  BSc Electrical Engineering
•  5 - 7 years working experience (or an equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered)

Type of Experience

•  More than 5 years of experience electricity industry, and knowledgeable in operation of generating power station, high voltage transmission network and system operations
•  Relevant experience in installation, maintenance and operation of Telecommunication and SCADA system
•  Experience in installation of RTU and Energy Meters in generation stations and transmission substations

Location: Benin

How To Apply For The Job

•  Applicants must be nationals of member countries of WAPP abd should not be older than 45 years of age
•  The candidates must be fluent in english or french with good working knowledge of the other langauge
•  The remuneration package is very attractive and is comparable to those in Internation organisations.

Application letters marked as "Application/Sy.optn/SCADA" may be send by email to:-

badeyemo@ecowapp.org  or  aoludade@ecowapp.org

Or by post to:-

Secretary General
West African Power Pool
Zone des Ambassades, PK 6
06 BP 2907 Cotonou, Benin

Closing Date: 15 April, 2013