{"id":67463,"date":"2018-11-19T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?p=67463"},"modified":"2018-11-19T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T11:30:09","slug":"zola-electric-new-job-openings-2-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/zola-electric-new-job-openings-2-positions.html","title":{"rendered":"Zola Electric New Job Openings [2 Positions]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Zola Electric is the world\u2019s first massively scalable off-grid electric company. It exists to provide affordable and reliable energy to communities that currently lack such power. The company utilizes distributed renewable energy to sell power as a service to customers who suffer from an expensive grid, an unreliable grid, or have no electrical grid access at all. We provide 24\/7 clean energy to anyone, anywhere. Our aim is to deliver a complete technical, operational and financial model that makes incredibly high quality renewable electrical services affordable to millions of homes.<\/p>\n
We are recruiting to fill the position below:<\/p>\n
Zola is looking for a deeply experienced technical operations leader to help us build out our technical field operations division in Nigeria and beyond.<\/li>\n
In this role you will work with the Executive Sponsor (Chief Product Officer, COO) and country leadership to develop a technical operations division within our Nigeria country operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Amongst other tasks, you will:<\/p>\n
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Work with logistics to fully map out the order fulfillment-Installation-O&M journey.<\/li>\n
Design installation processes and QA systems for our proprietary grid compatible AC hybrid solar energy systems.<\/li>\n
Recruit, hire, onboard and train our initial crews who will go on to become our Quality Assurance, Train-the-trainers and \u201cspecial forces\u201d for installation and service.<\/li>\n
Work with engineering to develop standard protocols for remote (technical support) troubleshooting, field engineering and technician support, and standardized maintenance processes.<\/li>\n
Work with training and HR to train internal crews and contractors on said processes and procedures.<\/li>\n
Develop a QA framework to ensure consistent and reliable quality in every customer installation and technical service touch point.<\/li>\n
Work with COO, Supply Chain and Engineering to develop standard Bills of Materials, inventory control and reconciliation of goods processes.<\/li>\n
Other related activities as assigned during the course of the contract.<\/li>\n
Develop a first class health and safety program for field activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Our ideal candidate will have years of experiencing installing, commissioning and servicing hybrid energy systems in emerging markets.<\/li>\n
He or she will have experiencing managing field operations using internal and external crews including recruiting, training, managing and department optimization employees as well as managing external contractors.<\/li>\n
The candidate will have worked in emerging markets on the ground, ideally in Sub-Saharan Africa and have extensive knowledge about the challenges of working with sub-standard infrastructure, cultural differences, working with technicians of varying levels of expertise etc.<\/li>\n
The ideal candidate will have a passion for quality, and be obsessed with the value of systemizing processes in order to drive scalable operations and predictably quality work.<\/li>\n
Bachelor\u2019s or Master\u2019s (preferred) degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.<\/li>\n
Minimum 12 years\u2019 experience conducting, managing and overseeing technical operations (installation, commissioning, operations and maintenance) of power systems, including hybrid power systems.<\/li>\n
Experience designing processes and developing written systems to manage quality and standardize activities.<\/li>\n
Strong bias for retrofit installations and smaller residential or commercial hybrid energy systems (solar installations, battery backup systems, remote sites such as telecom towers or outposts etc.)<\/li>\n
Electrical engineering and\/or licensed electrician and field engineering experience<\/li>\n
Electrical Utility Intertie and regulations<\/li>\n
Deep HSE program experience and knowledge of international health and safety standards<\/li>\n
Electrical system integration, troubleshooting and repair<\/li>\n
Rooftop and ground mount Solar design and installation<\/li>\n
Technical Team management<\/li>\n
Passion for field operations and logistics management<\/li>\n
Extremely self-motivated, able to work with little or no supervision and deliver quality content and result.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n