Job Description

Our client, a National manufacturing company, currently seeks an experienced Electrician to step into this 6-month contract and assist with conducting electrical maintenance and repairs on plant and equipment.Minimum Job Requirements:

• Grade 12 with mathematics and science.
• Section 13 red seal electrician trade test.
• N4 electrical trade theory, with subjects specific to Electrical Engineering.
• Wireman License.
• 5 years experience in heavy industry.

Key Performance Areas:
Report to the Technical Representative:

• Maintenance Process (Scheduled):

• Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work.
• Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements.
• Generate job requisitions for scheduled maintenance work.
• Isolate equipment, perform lockouts and make the work area safe.
• Conduct Preventive Maintenance activities.
• Count stock for a stock take integrity check (check spares condition during the count).
• Maintenance Process (Breakdown):

• Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical/electrical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control.
• Escalate the problem to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully.
• Capture all information related to the breakdown to aid in determining the root cause.
• Electrical Maintenance:

• Design and construct Single/Three Phase Circuits.
• Design and install Electrical Wire Ways.
• Construct, commission and fault tracing on low voltage reticulation networks (220Vac, 110Vac, 24DC).
• Install or replace and commission electrical equipment (lighting systems; electrical cables and conductors; earth leakage unit in a low voltage circuit; metering units or measuring instruments; low and medium voltage transformers; batteries; electrical wire ways; direct current (DC) machines three-phase AC electrical circuits, machines and control gear).
• Wire and commission three-phase electrical circuits.
• Connect and commission a three-phase direct on line motor control system.
• Install and commission Single Phase AC Machines and Control Gear.
• Inspect and clean (electrical machines; enhanced safety apparatus; electrical motors).
• Test and inspect a three-phase industrial/commercial installation.
• Carry out a detailed inspection on a DC motor.
• Inspect and maintain and test high mast lighting structures.
• Inspect and clean medium / high voltage yards and enclosures (MCC).
• Inspect and maintain electrical equipment (electrical distribution boards, panels and enclosures; intrinsically safe apparatus; lighting systems; high mast lighting structures; batteries and battery rooms (UPS, Generator); low voltage switchgear; unit protection devices on transformers; AC or DC drive units; (DC) machines; electric power tools; three phase AC machines and control gear; AC motor control gear).
• Replace electrical equipment (electrical cables; faulty components in a distribution board; three-phase electrical motor between 5,5 kW and 75 kW).
• Fault find and repair (Domestic appliances; single phase alternating current (AC) systems; three phase voltage electrical circuits).
• Identify, handle and assemble medium/high voltage line hardware and related materials.
• Troubleshoot on programmable logic controllers.
• Update electrical drawings as required.
• Mechanical and Fabrication:

• Mechanically cut, drill and punch fabrication materials.
• Basic mechanical fault-finding with regards to Pneumatics and Hydraulics.
• Instrumentation Maintenance:

• Construct Basic Electronic Circuits.
• Install Instrument impulse lines.
• Maintain instrumentation equipment.
• Maintenance Process (Post Maintenance):

• Test and commission machinery or equipment prior to handover.
• Complete the Planned Maintenance Schedule.
• Identify any other work required (including additional spares).
• Material Handling:

• Sling loads.
• Operate cranes/hoists and forklifts.
• Engineering Projects - Project Initiation:

• Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control and work as a valuable team member.
• Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub-project and monitor and control actual cost against budget.
• Project Planning:

• Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution.
• Monitor, evaluate and communicate project schedules.
• Project Management:

• Contribute to the management of project risk.
• Supervise a Project team of a technical project if and when requested.
• Provide assistance within the project.
• Project Administration:

• Support project meetings and workshops when required to do so.
• Continuous Improvement:

• Participate in continuous improvement drives.

Sharon Nurock Recruitment