Senior Reliability Engineer (Instrumentation&Control, Electrical) at Egbin Power Plc
EGBIN POWER PLC, Lagos is one of the biggest additions to the electricity industry in Nigeria. Often seen as the biggest single generating power station in Black Africa, it was built to meet the every rising demand for electricity in Lagos and its environs.
Before the construction of the Egbin Power Plc, Lagos, the Ijora Power Station which is reputed as the oldest power generating plant in the country was the main source of electricity supply around.Job Summary
Senior Reliability Engineer (Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Reliability and Performance) is responsible for ensuring the reliability, protection integrity, control system stability, and performance of electrical, control, and instrumentation systems within the steam power plant. The role provides technical oversight of protection systems, relay coordination, Distributed Control System (DCS)reliability, instrumentation accuracy, and electrical risk, while supporting outage planning, incident analysis, predictive maintenance, and plant performance optimization. The position proactively identifies and mitigates failures, nuisance trips, and performance inefficiencies to improve plant availability, heat rate efficiency, and operational stability.
Key Responsibilities
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 system 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 Optimization
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
Predictive Maintenance and Asset Intelligence
Support the 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.
Education and Work Experience
Bachelor’s degree in electrical & Electronics Engineering or Electro-Mechatronics Engineering or any related engineering disciplines, or relevant experience to back up the any engineering degrees.
Minimum of 7 – 10 years’ experience in Power Utilities, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production or any asset-intensive industry; three of which would have been spent in providing independent assurance over technical control effectiveness and supporting plant reliability
Skills and Competencies
Electrical Protection and Power Systems
Control Systems and Automation
Instrumentation and Measurement Systems
Reliability and Performance Analytics
Risk and Governance Competencies