Artisan (Electrician)

**Overview**:
The purpose of the Electrician is to inspect, maintain and repair electrical equipment within the plant as well as perform shutdown work. All activities, roles and responsibilities are aligned to the world class (manufacturing) philosophy, principles and practices.

**Qualifications**:

- Matric ( with Maths and Science)
- N2 or N3 Engineering
- Trade Certificate :Specific Artisan (Red Seal) - Electrical

**Experience**:

- 5 Years’ Experience in Plant Maintenance Environment as an Electrician

**Duties**:
**OHS Act Compliance**:

- Ensure Statutory compliance

**Responsible for MTBF**:

- Execution of PPM & Strategic maintenance work
- Execution of PPM and Strategic Maintenance Inspections
- Strategic fault finding
- Spares Procurement or Usage
- Down time and incident reporting on strategic equipment

**QC for PPM**:

- Over inspections
- Manage the Schedules for PPM
- PPM QC Feedback

**5S**:

- Drive 5S principles

**Job Competencies**:
**Knowledge**:

- CMMIS, maintenance scheduling, inspection, planned and reactive maintenance.
- Follow-up feedback.

**Core Behavioural Competencies**:

- Decision making
- Teamwork
- Work standards
- Reliability
- Motivation of self and others
- Adaptability
- Problem-solving
- Integrity and trust
- Communication skills
- Planning and organization
- Stress tolerance
- Initiative
- Building relationships

**Functional / Technical Competency**:

- Coaching and Mentoring of junior electricians.
- Feedback to operational and department heads.
- Product Knowledge - (Project Knowledge)
- Resource and Time Management
- Conflict Management
- Root-cause analysis (Using 5-Why technique)
- Excellent Customer Service

**Cross-Functional Competency**:

- Collaboration (Integrity with shift and day to day operations)
- Functional integration (Integration with ACTS and plant process)

**Leadership Competency**:
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- Drive for Results
- Motivating Others

**General**:

- Practical execution of the OHS Act and Regulations regarding to Machinery.
- Fault Finding of single and 3 phase electrical motor control circuits.
- Installation and commission of electrical motors
- MCC inspections - IR and hot connections.
- Maintenance of electrical safety equipment on rotating electrical equipment.
- Good understanding of DOL, VSD, Soft starter and Simocode motor control systems.
- Experience with WEG motors, VSD’s, Siemens Simocodes.
- Electrical Safety, isolation and De-isolation of electrical circuits.
- Computer Literate