Electrical Infrastructure Artisan

**Job Duties/Responsibilities will include**:

- Ensure electricity supply to customers at all times.
- Ensure supply of high-quality electricity service.
- Ensure load distribution in system is correct at all times.
- Identify and isolate sources of interference with electricity supply.
- Schedule planned maintenance - liaise with customers to ensure production is not effected.
- Ensure power interruptions are limited by appropriate switching operations.
- Subordinates are using the right switching operations.
- Ensure maintenance of Electrical infrastructure is in accordance with maintenance program in order to limit breakdowns and shuts.
- Generic knowledge and experience in pumps (sewer / water and boreholes) principles
- Knowledge of generic air conditioners to advanced refrigeration
- Generic knowledge of generators, UPS and maintenance
- Basic knowledge of Lifts / bridges or regulations in the field.
- Ensure customers provided with electricity
- Minimum power interruptions
- Overall facilities management
- Ensure inspections of new installations are carried out in accordance with SABS Code of Practice.
- Rectify any non-compliance by reporting the problem to the inspector of machinery.
- Verify compliance certificate for all electrical installations before installation is connected to the supply.
- Identify maintenance requirements
- Ensure equipment maintenance is in accordance with manufacturer's specifications.
- Monitor adherence to substation maintenance program.
- Ensure keeping of appropriate maintenance records.
- Installation inspections managed in accordance with SABS Code of Practice
- Establish customer's power supply needs.
- Make recommendations on required equipment.
- Identify infrastructure limitations in order to meet customer needs.
- Plan infrastructure improvements and / changes.
- Ensure installation of identified approved equipment to make system safe and cost effective.
- Identify and investigate supply problems.
- Address supply problems in consultation with Portfolio Engineer.
- Receive, investigate and solve accounting problems.
- Recommend resolutions to accounting problems to Administration / Finance Departments.
- Customer power supply needs identified
- Electrical supply issues resolved timeously
- Accounting problems resolved
- Compile department's annual budgets for meeting operational and capital requirements.
- Implement and monitor approved budgets on monthly basis.
- Investigate; report and take corrective actions on variances.
- Assist procurement officer with technical data and possible service providers.
- Compile submissions for capital items
- Attend to breakdowns, do inspections and do assessment reports
- Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Minimum N6 / T3 or S4)
- Wireman's License
- Experience or certificate in refrigeration
- Knowledge of electrical networks in design, installation/commissioning, and compliance
- Contractors management experience (Electrical/ Refrigeration/ Pumps/ Generators etc.)
- Maintenance and administration of mainly LV substations
- Computer literacy