Electrical Protection Specialist

Industry: Other / Job Expires: 2022-12-02 18:17:05 / Location: Limpopo

Purpose

The Electrical Protection Specialist will maintain, develop, and provide a specialized service in respect of medium and low voltage electrical systems, specific protection relay settings, fault calculations and load flow studies.

Minimum requirements

• B Tech or National Diploma (N6 or S4) in Electrical engineering.
• ECSA registration (advantageous).
• Accreted advanced Protection Courses. 
• Advanced abilities in the use of ETAP. 
• Valid Driver’s License.
• 5 years post qualifying experience (in electrical protection) within a medium voltage environment. 
• Sound knowledge of testing of Relays, breakers, and transformers. 
• Performing of plant audits.

Main duties

• Conducting annual reliability audits, tests (secondary and primary injections) on medium voltage equipment, protection, and metering relays. 
• Recommending cost-effective upgrades and replacement of protection and metering relays. 
• Planning, controlling, and supporting Contractors toward ensuring task execution. 
• Ensuring all electrical equipment on the network is functional, protected, and reliable. 
• Providing after-hours / standby maintenance support. 
• Researching, developing and improving existing methods, technology, and equipment. 
• Implementing change where required.  
• Investigating and reporting on MV protection trips, quality of electrical supply or metering queries. 
• Providing quality technical protection-related support service to plants and projects. 
• Maintaining and improving safety, health and environmental standards and practices. 
• Perform fair and reasonable tasks related to the job and working environment, at the discretion of the Engineer. 
• Compiling reports on the status and condition of assets.  
• Completing related administration, do SAP notifications and maintain database. 
• Maintaining technical specifications, diagrams, operating procedures, training manuals, etc. 
• Order equipment, report needs and operate within set financial parameters.

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To apply, please send your CV to Roman@heitha.co.za. Applicants will be requested to fill in and sign a POPI Act Consent Form.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us in 4 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.