Technician - Cable

Doha, Qatar

Short summary of the job: A sales job for smart people and can learn quickly new industries management practices. You will be in charge of the full sales cycle from the opportunity qualification to the negotiation, going through astonishing product demos.

**Qualification & Experience**
- Diploma in Electrical Engineering / Civil Engineering from a recognized institution / college / university acceptable to Kahramaa or Secondary School certificate with Technical Trade certificate with the ability to read and write English at a secondary level.
- Ability to communicate, read and write in English at Secondary School Level.
- Minimum 04 years of experience for Diploma holders and 06 years' experience for Trade certificate holders in installations, operation and maintenance of EHV cables (XLPE and Oil-filled) up to & including 400kV and able to learn, can read and understand instructions, drawings and procedures.
- Knowledge of Safety Rules and Regulations.
- Ability of identifying the parts and usage of proper tools.

**Major Duties**
- Inspection of the XLPE Cable Sealing Ends from 11kV to 400kV voltage levels and report if any abnormalities found.
- Inspect and record reading of Silicon Oil gauges of XLPE Cable Sealing Ends.
- Repairing of the Silicone oil leak, Oil reservoirs & filling silicone oil for Transformer sealing ends, Outdoor & Indoor sealing ends etc.
- Link box pit & delineating posts cleaning & painting during maintenance.
- Operation of vacuum plants and all types of oil pressure tanks.
- Charging oil in Oil-filled cables and tanks.
- Cable route patrolling and gauge monitoring/reading.
- Inspection and supervision of Third-Party Excavations to ensure that any running works in vicinity of Transmission cables are as per KM regulations and the contractors have the required Kahramaa permits and work is as per approved method of statement.
- The patrolling technician shall be required to report on daily basis to Kahramaa supervisor and to the prepare Warning Notices as required with site coordinates, area name, contractor details & site photos. Serious violation to be reported immediately to KM in charge. Missing of route markers and link boxes levels to be reported as well.
- Over-sheath repairs on EHV cables.
- Cutting, sealing and capping of Oil-filled cables, XLPE cables and spare cables.
- Attending to third party damages to cable installations.
- Repairs to oil leaks in Plump Wipes and Cable glands.
- Installing repair sleeves on oil-filled cables.
- Carries-out all types of repairs to ancillary equipment of EHV installations.
- Preparation of cables for oil leak location, installation and removal of freezing sleeves.
- Attending the minor repair work of cables & cable basement of Substations.
- Responsible for using proper tools and complete the jobs on time.
- Attending breakdowns and standby duty.
- Assist the Engineers for testing & identifying the cables, pinpointing faults including opening of Link boxes, disconnecting & reconnection of links etc.
- To attend various site works as required and instructed by KM Engineer/ Supervisor.
- Performs other related duties as needed upon request by the immediate supervisor.

**Other Significant Requirements**:

- Good technical knowledge.
- Fluent in English and ability to communicate with superiors.
- Requires extensive traveling between venues/depots during normal and or outside office hours.
- Requires mobile communication while on duty outside the office.
- Requires mobile communication outside normal office hours for emergency purposes.
- Experience & knowledge on cable laying & able to inspect the Contractor site work which require excavation underneath cables, HDD & micro-tunnelling, temporary protection of exposed
- Cables & advise the Contractors for proper work. Have enough knowledge to reject or accept the work, clearance at site & recommend to the Engineers for the issue of necessary safety documents to the contractors etc.