Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Reliability and Performance Engineer at Egbin Power Plc

Egbin Power Plc is one of the largest power stations in Sub-Saharan Africa, built to meet the growing electricity demand in Lagos and its environs. Following Nigeria’s privatization exercise, Sahara Power Group acquired the 1320 MW installed capacity of the Egbin Power Plant and is working towards deploying a minimum of 5,000 MW of electricity generation over the next five years.

The Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Reliability and Performance Engineer is responsible for ensuring reliability, protection integrity, control system stability, and performance optimisation of all electrical, control, and instrumentation systems within the steam power plant. The role provides technical oversight of protection systems, relay coordination, DCS reliability, instrumentation accuracy, and electrical risk exposure, while supporting outage planning, incident analysis, predictive maintenance analytics, and plant performance optimisation initiatives. The position ensures proactive identification, analysis, and mitigation of electrical and control-related failures to improve plant availability, efficiency, and operational stability.

Electrical Protection and System Integrity

• Validate protection system settings, relay coordination studies, and fault level calculations
• Review and approve protection schemes for generators, transformers, switchgear, and balance-of-plant systems
• Investigate electrical protection-related trips and recommend corrective actions
• Ensure compliance with grid code and internal protection standards

Control System and Instrumentation Reliability

• Analyse DCS, PLC, and control system-related trips and disturbances
• Monitor DCS health indicators, redundancy performance, and communication stability
• Validate calibration integrity and accuracy of critical instrumentation
• Identify control logic vulnerabilities and recommend system improvements

Reliability & Outage Risk Support

• Support electrical and control risk assessments during planned outages
• Review return-to-service readiness from an EC&I reliability perspective
• Identify recurring failures and lead corrective reliability improvement initiatives
• Participate in root cause investigations for major EC&I incidents

Plant Performance and Optimisation

• Lead monitoring of heat rate, auxiliary power consumption, and efficiency metrics from an EC&I standpoint
• Develop and track performance KPIs linked to electrical and control system reliability
• Identify performance losses attributable to instrumentation inaccuracies or control instability
• Recommend optimisation strategies to enhance plant efficiency and stability

Predictive Maintenance and Asset Intelligence

• Support implementation of predictive maintenance analytics for electrical and instrumentation systems
• Develop and maintain digital dashboards for EC&I reliability and performance reporting
• Analyse condition monitoring data to detect early signs of degradation
• Integrate asset intelligence into maintenance planning

Reporting and Continuous Improvement

• Prepare periodic reliability and performance reports for management review
• Provide technical recommendations to reduce forced outages and nuisance trips
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aligned with plant reliability objectives

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electro-Mechatronics Engineering, or related disciplines, or relevant experience supporting engineering qualifications
• 7–10 years’ experience in Power Utilities, Hydrocarbon Exploration & Production, or asset-intensive industries, including at least 3 years providing independent assurance over technical control effectiveness, plant reliability, asset integrity, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance

Skills and Competencies:

• Electrical Protection and Power Systems
• Control Systems and Automation
• Instrumentation and Measurement Systems
• Reliability and Performance Analytics
• Risk and Governance Competencies