JOB DESCRIPTION – TEAM LEAD ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Reports to: ENGINEERING MANAGER

Department: ENGINEERING

Grade: M2

Direct Reports:

• Electrical Engineer
• Electrical Supervisor
• Electrical technicians
• Electrical Graduate trainees

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Electrical Engineering Team Leader will provide end-to-end leadership of all electrical engineering functions across Yalelo Uganda operations. The role ensures high plant availability, safe and reliable electrical infrastructure, and successful execution of expansion projects. It leads a team including Electrical Engineer, Electrical Supervisor, Technicians, and Graduate Trainees while driving safety, compliance, reliability, and engineering governance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Electrical Infrastructure Leadership & Reliability

• Lead electrical maintenance and reliability programs across production, cold rooms, ice plants, hatcheries, and utilities.
• Ensure continuous power availability and system stability.
• Oversee troubleshooting of complex electrical failures affecting production.
• Ensure preventive maintenance planning for critical systems.

Expansion Projects & Infrastructure Development

• Lead electrical works for plant expansion, cold rooms, ice plants, and distribution upgrades.
• Review designs, BOQs, and contractor works.
• Ensure commissioning and handover of installations.
• Coordinate multiple parallel projects under tight timelines.

Safety, Compliance & ERA Requirements

• Ensure compliance with ERA licensing requirements.
• Drive closure of safety audit findings.
• Enforce LOTO, PTW systems, and electrical safety standards.
• Lead incident investigations.

Asset Reliability & RCA

• Support and improve existing preventive and predictive maintenance systems.
• Lead RCA for major failures.
• Address overloads, power instability, and equipment breakdowns and load analysis profile update.

Energy Management

• Optimize energy usage.
• Manage load balancing and generator dependency.
• Lead the energy committee and follow up strategies

Leadership & Coaching

• Supervise and develop electrical engineering team with clear succession plans.
• Build technical capability and accountability.
• Conduct performance management within the team.
• Champion annual site electrical safety audits

Administration & Governance

• Manage electrical budgets and maintenance records.
• Support audits and compliance reporting.
• Ensure critical spare parts availability.

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• ERA licensed engineer.
• 7–10 years industrial experience.
• 3–5 years supervisory experience.
• Strong MV/LV systems experience.
• Vast Experience in the following regulations: BS7671, National Regulatory Authority (ERA), National Regulatory Authority (IEC standards), Uganda National Grid standards

• Lead electrical maintenance and reliability programs across production, cold rooms, ice plants, hatcheries, and utilities.
• Ensure continuous power availability and system stability.
• Oversee troubleshooting of complex electrical failures affecting production.
• Ensure preventive maintenance planning for critical systems.
• Lead electrical works for plant expansion, cold rooms, ice plants, and distribution upgrades.
• Review designs, BOQs, and contractor works.
• Ensure commissioning and handover of installations.
• Coordinate multiple parallel projects under tight timelines.
• Ensure compliance with ERA licensing requirements.
• Drive closure of safety audit findings.
• Enforce LOTO, PTW systems, and electrical safety standards.
• Lead incident investigations.
• Support and improve existing preventive and predictive maintenance systems.
• Lead RCA for major failures.
• Address overloads, power instability, and equipment breakdowns and load analysis profile update.
• Optimize energy usage.
• Manage load balancing and generator dependency.
• Lead the energy committee and follow up strategies
• Supervise and develop electrical engineering team with clear succession plans.
• Build technical capability and accountability.
• Conduct performance management within the team.
• Champion annual site electrical safety audits
• Manage electrical budgets and maintenance records.
• Support audits and compliance reporting.
• Ensure critical spare parts availability.

• Strong MV/LV systems experience.
• Experience in BS7671, National Regulatory Authority (ERA), National Regulatory Authority (IEC standards), Uganda National Grid standards.
• Leadership and coaching.
• Performance management.
• Budget management.
• Maintenance record keeping.
• Spare parts management.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• ERA licensed engineer.
• 7–10 years industrial experience.
• 3–5 years supervisory experience.
• Vast Experience in the following regulations: BS7671, National Regulatory Authority (ERA), National Regulatory Authority (IEC standards), Uganda National Grid standards