Allisa Senior Electrical Technician

**Company presentation**
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in **78 countries** with approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.

Air Liquide’s ambition is to be a leader in its industry, deliver long term performance and contribute to sustainability - with a strong commitment to climate change and energy transition at the heart of its strategy.
**Entity and activity description**
**Missions and Responsibilities**
- Provide technical expertise, maintenance and troubleshooting on electrical power electronic equipment (VSDs, UPS, Battery Chargers, Softstarters, transformers, large and medium size motors, SCADA systems, protection relays, heaters, MG Sets)
- Have sound understanding of electrical protection systems and support the troubleshooting and maintenance of the protection equipment
- Review and update switching procedures and have good understanding of reticulation systems
- Review and provide inputs to optimize maintenance plans and QCPs for plant equipment
- Provide an expert technical consultation service across multi-disciplines and operations and contribute to major technical decisions in specific work environments
- Attend Factory acceptance Tests (FATs) at repair companies ensuring failure modes are understood and for testing of repaired or newly manufactured critical equipment.
- Contribute to the improvement of the ALLISA Asset performance process through linking equipment challenges with loss monitoring systems
- Develop plant operating philosophies along with multiple disciplines to account for future changes in the environment
- Provide scoping for TARs
- Perform tasks in accordance with Engineering principles across multi-disciplines, lead trouble-shooting teams and deviation management investigations
- Manage service level agreements (SLA’s) and update as required
- Manage complex schedules, communicate delays, meet deadlines and keep all stakeholders well informed
- Manage document system, ensure reviews are up to date for SOP’s and ensure procedural compliance
- Act as a Project Leader for small and medium projects
- Coach and provide guidance to Level 1 and 2 Technicians
- Generate daily, weekly and monthly production reports for area of responsibility
- Align to the ALLISA Safety and Health strategy to achieve zero harm. Ensure safe project execution and implementation of work procedures

**Competencies and Profile**
Educational requirements**
- National Diploma in Electrical Engineering / B.Tech in Electrical Engineering

**Experience**
- A minimum of six (6) to seven (7) years experience in an operational environment

**Knowledge and Know-how specific to the job**
- Must have extensive knowledge and understanding of Engineering principles, systems and procedures
- Must have detailed knowledge and understanding of Plant operations and processes
- Must have a strong knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety rules, regulations and and procedures
- Must have a strong knowledge and understanding of Project Management
- Must have a strong knowledge and understanding of CMMS, Microsoft Products, Navision and the Google suite of products

**COMPETENCIES**
- Influential leadership skills
- Drives accountability and high performance
- Business, Service and Customer-orientated
- Ability to adapt to different situations
- Foster teamwork and collaboration
- Identifies problem situations within an appropriate time frame, takes or initiates action to address an issue or prevent a problem in a timely manner
- Analytical thinking and the ability to prioritise
- Ability to engage people through effective and efficient communication and leading by example

**Additional information**_
Please note that _ALLISA_ is a separate _entity_ from all current Air Liquide _entities_ in South Africa and reports directly to the AMEI Hub, with its own set of policies and procedures as well as compensation structure. All these positions are based in Secunda._

Job Reference: ZA00593