Electrician (Plant)

SUMMARY:
This large scale manufacturing company is looking for a suitably qualified individual to conduct electrical maintenance and repairs on plant and maintain equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Job Requirements:

• Passed Matric with Mathematics and Science essential.
• Section 13 Red Seal Electrician Trade Test.
• N4 Electrical Trade Theory, with subjects specific to Electrical Engineering.
• Wireman's License.
• Min. 6 years’ experience in heavy industry.
• Pref. in a Non-Woven Textile plant.

• Receive maintenance schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work.
• Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements.
• Generate Job Requisitions for scheduled maintenance work (type of repair or maintenance, spares, quantities, time, etc.).
• Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site.
• Conduct preventive maintenance activities.
• Count stock for a stock take integrity check.

• Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical/electrical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control.
• Capture all information related to the breakdown to aid in determining the root cause.

• Design and construct Single/Three Phase Circuits
• Design and Install Electrical Wire Ways
• Construct, commission and do fault tracing on low voltage reticulation networks (220Vac, 110Vac, 24DC)
• Install or replace and commission electrical equipment (lighting systems; electrical cables and conductors; earth leakage unit in a low voltage circuit; metering units or measuring instruments; low and medium voltage transformers; batteries; electrical wire ways; direct current (DC) machines three phase AC electrical circuits, machines and control gear)
• Wire and commission three phase electrical circuits
• Inspect and clean (electrical machines; enhanced safety apparatus; electrical motors)
• Test and inspect a three-phase industrial/commercial installation
• Inspect and maintain electrical equipment (electrical distribution boards, panels and enclosures; intrinsically safe apparatus; lighting systems; high mast lighting structures; batteries and battery rooms (UPS, Generator); low voltage switchgear; unit protection devices on transformers; AC or DC drive units; (DC) machines; electric power tools; three phase AC machines and control gear; AC motor control gear)
• Replace electrical equipment (electrical cables; faulty components in a distribution board; three-phase electrical motor between 5,5 kW and 75 kW)
• Fault find and repair (Domestic appliances; single phase alternating current (AC) systems; three phase voltage electrical circuits)
• Disconnect and connect electric motors
• Handle and care for electrical earthing gear and related equipment
• Joint low voltage cables
• Troubleshoot on programmable logic controllers

• Mechanically cut, drill, punch and assemble fabrication materials using powered machinery
• Cut materials using the oxy-fuel gas cutting process (manual cutting)
• Join metals using the resistance welding process

• Construct Basic Electronic Circuits
• Install Instrument impulse lines
• Project Initiation:
• Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control and work as a valuable team member
• Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub project and monitor and control actual cost against budget