Winder Electrician

1 week ago


Phalaborwa, South Africa Palabora Mining Company (PMC) Full time

The Winder Electrician will be responsible for providing electrical and instrumentation maintenance, and breakdown services to production sections

**Key responsibilities will include**:

- Maintenance and fault finding on winding systems, fridge plant / ventilation equipment and general electrical and instrumentation installations, Schindler elevators, overhead cranes, including legal duties.
- Modifications and improvements in the area of responsibility.
- Ensuring adherence to SHEQ standards.
- Ensuring adherence to legal inspections on electrical and instrumentation installations.
- Performing standby duties and working shift when required.
- Housekeeping in area of responsible section.
- Responsible for personal safety, fellow workers and for reporting any safety incidents or accidents.
- Ensuring that all installations and maintenance are done according to the GS6 and GS7 specifications.
- Training and coaching new and existing artisans and apprentices.
- Effectively complete administration duties e.g. work orders, spares requests, breakdown / RCA documents etc.
- Educate/familiarise oneself with the related drawings and functional/operational philosophies.
- Conducting proper daily routines and to ensure that the equipment and systems are operating to the highest level.
- Responsible for first line calls on all instrumentation and electrical equipment.
- Doing basic maintenance and fault finding on PLC's and ET200's up to card level.
- Maintenance on OTN, Leaky-feeder, Cats System, Fibre network as well as CCTV and Access control system. All fire systems on surface (i.e. testing and maintaining Co sensors, fire valves and on all plants.
- Maintaining fault finding and repairs on systems from 24V to 11KV. Navigation of Win CC systems.
- Managing stock levels of spares in his area.
- Planning and managing own work.

**Intrinsic Qualities**:

- Good inter-personal and communication skills.
- Sound knowledge of the relevant legislation with regards to Winders, elevators, cranes, crushers & conveyors.
- Sound knowledge of the relevant safety standards.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to interpret electrical and instrumentation drawings and perform fault-finding.
- Ability to work underground when required.
- Good understanding and knowledge of planned maintenance principles.
- Ability to work under pressure and without supervision.
- Good knowledge and use of MS office software.
- Ability to fault find during problem solving on all electrical and instrumentation equipment.
- Ability to compile reports i.e. technical, RCA documents
- Self-starter.
- Willing to work shifts when required.

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**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Electrical trade certificate (Proof of Trade certificate and statement of results to be attached).
- Minimum of five years’ experience as an artisan in electrical and instrumentation maintenance environment.
- Knowledge of Siemens equipment will be advantageous.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Experience of winding systems will be advantageous.


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