Engineering Technician

BRIEF ROLE DESCRIPTION:

To assist the Engineering Manager in ensuring that the Electrical KPI's Maintenance Engineering Department are achieved.

Key Performance Areas:

• Support to Maintenance Operations to resolve plant/equipment maintenance related issues.
• Re-commissioning existing electrical equipment to original design criteria.
• SAP Equipment/Structure build verified and are up to date for all electrical equipment.
• Equipment structure verification work on SAP after information provided by maintenance staff or self-audits performed. Also doing barcoding of equipment.
• Planned maintenance scheduling reviews in terms of unplanned vs planned work.
• Maintaining the FRL (Funding Requirements List). The FRL is critical in managing the business risks for Bidvest Facilities Management and Client specific.
• Maintaining the equipment life cycle calculator which is a critical input for the funding process.
• Development of site-specific maintenance plans and strategies.
• Development of equipment and site-specific Engineering Equipment Instructions.
• Performing engineering-based maintenance analysis focused on reliability, maintainability, and availability to improve asset performance and lifecycle efficiency.
• Plant and equipment failure Investigations and compiling reports.
• Technical report writing.
• Risk management that involves tracking of equipment performance/failures and investigations.
• Complete documentation and motivation for Funding Requests for electrical replacements, upgrades and refurbishment.
• Compiling, processing and tracking of risk notifications.
• Conducting site visits to assess equipment and plant conditions, and compiling reports as an input into the project planning and risk management processes.
• Occupational Health and Safety Act, Applicable Regulations, General Machinery Regulation reporting to Cluster GMR 2.1 (Use information obtained from site visits).
• Electrical Capacity Management (WAP and Co-user approvals).
• Involved with Energy Management initiatives
• Approval of project specifications from a Reliability, Maintainability and Availability engineering point of view.
• Acting as the single point of contact (SPOC) for projects, including approval of high-level designs and specifications, oversight of new technology implementations, conducting site inspections, and managing initial and final handovers to maintenance.
• Attend project meetings and site visits for inspection purposes.
• Analysing reports from Senior Business Analyst, investigate and implement improvements.
• Attending technical meetings with Clients.
• General administrative duties.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum N6 / T4/S4 in Electrical Engineering- Heavy current
• Electrical Trade test (Advantageous)
• Electrical Wireman's license as installation electrician (Advantageous)
• Registration with ECSA (Advantageous)
• Grade 12
• Valid driver's license.
• 10 yrs relevant experience in electrical power systems maintenance and engineering tasks.

Technical/Core Competencies:

The right person must:

• • Have broad electrical technical knowledge with a strong focus on work standards, safety standards and customer relationship management.
• Knowledge and experience to include electrical systems up to 11 kV, MV transformers and switchgear, Emergency Power Generators, Static and Dynamic UPS's
• Be able to work under pressure, travel within various sites, work overtime within reason
• Be deadline driven
• Results driven
• Demonstrates a proactive approach with a strong focus on innovation and continuous improvement.
• Teamwork & Partnering
• Problem analysis
• Dealing with ambiguity
• Planning/Scheduling/Objective Setting
• Customer/Client driven
• Be able to write and present technical reports.
• Be able to do root cause analysis investigations.
• Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act & Regulations
• SLA Compliance Management
• Basic financial knowledge
• Basic knowledge – Facilities Management
• Computer Literate (MS Office Packages)
• CMMS (SAP) proficiency
• OHSA and Regulations, SANS Standards, ISO Standards

Generic Competencies:

• Result Orientation
• Business Acumen
• Customer/Client
• Focus Relationship
• Building & Networking
• Initiative/Proactively
• Decisiveness
• Dealing with ambiguity
• Listening
• Written Communication
• Change Management
• Problem Analysis
• Teamwork
• Stress tolerance
• Financial Management Judgment