Maintenance Planning Engineer at Nigerian Electricity Supply Corporation (NESCO) Nigeria Limited

Nigerian Electricity Supply Corporation (NESCO) Nigeria Limited is an electric utility Company providing economic and highly reliable electricity service in Nigeria since 1929. It is incorporated under the Companies Act of the Laws of Nigeria. Its core business is to generate, distribute, supply and retail electric power in Plateau State and adjacent States.

In its drive to ensure improved and sustained efficiency and effectiveness in delivery of its mandate with strategic leadership and management, NESCO (Nigeria) Limited is seeking to recruit fully qualified, highly motivated, and well experienced persons to fill the vacant positions of Lead, Operations & Maintenance, Maintenance Planning Engineer, Machinist/Turner and Power Plant Operators that have arisen in the Corporation’s Generation Department. Currently, power generation is from hydro power plants.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Maintenance Planning Engineer

Location: Kurra Falls / Bukuru, Jos - Plateau

Purpose of the Job

• Oversee plant maintenance planning activity and routinely monitor plant equipment

Key Duties and Responsibilities
The Maintenance Planning Engineer shall therefore be responsible, but not limited, for the following:

• Responsible for short-term and long-term maintenance planning activity at the plant like shutdown 
• Formulating plant maintenance policy and strategy to serve plant objectives 
• Ensure timely availability of materials and tools for preventive and corrective maintenance
• Routine monitoring of plant equipment and maintaining records thereof 
• Prepare periodic report for the attention of the Head Generation
• Responsible for minor and major overhauls as well as other minor and routine inspections
• Plans the maximization of the plant shutdown to minimize revenue loss 
• Participate in the development and articulation of the annual operating plans, monthly operating plans and other operational plans 
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Head, Generation

Minimum Educational & Professional Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or Higher National Diploma (HND) with COREN accredited Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) plus Master’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a recognized tertiary institution. 
• Relevant Professional Certifications with engineering professional bodies including full membership registration with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) or a Related Specialized Certification.
• Those with a postgraduate qualification in relevant discipline such as a Master’s Degree in an Engineering Discipline, Business Administration or Management from a recognized tertiary institution will have an added advantage.
• Minimum of six (6) years substantial practical relevant post qualifying hands-on working experience in the planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance of major engineering works preferably with a strong bias towards power generation plants three (3) of which should be at a Supervisory Role.
• Applicants with actual hydro power plants operations, maintenance refurbishment/overhaul, modernisation and upgrade experience will have a strong added advantage.

Attributes and Competencies:

• Knowledge of Maintenance Management and modern maintenance management practices
• Knowledge of material and resource requirement for power plant 
• Knowledge of environment and safety requirements and statutory guideline 
• Planning and organizing capability.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Applications, under confidential concise Cover Letter, outlining how they meet the requirements for the Job position, enclosing copies of their Academic & Professional Certificates, detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) with names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of three (3) Traceable Referees of good standing, and a Copy of a valid Identification Document (ID) such as a National ID or Passport.

Applications should be submitted by courier to: 
The Human Resources and Administration Manger,
Nigerian Electricity Supply Corporation (Nigeria) Limited,
10, Barkin Ladi Road,
P. O. Box 15,
Bukuru, Jos South,
Plateau State, Nigeria.
Or
Electronic copies of the Applications can be submitted in a single PDF document named "[Full Name] – [Job Position] – Application" to: [email protected], [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be acknowledged and invited for interviews

Application Deadline 26th September, 2025.