Winder Technician

Industry: Other / Job Expires: 2023-03-24 11:46:00 / Location: Limpopo

Purpose

The Winder Technician will be responsible for providing electrical and instrument maintenance and breakdown assistance to all electrical and instrumentation affected areas. 

Minimum requirements

• National Diploma or similar qualification in either Electrical or Instrumentation. 
• Minimum of three years’ experience as a Winder Technician in an electrical or instrumentation maintenance environment, including HT, AC and DC experience. 
• Advance computer literacy. 
• Experience on Siemens Drives (Cyclo Converter) equipment, Winder Machinery, Crushing & Conveying equipment and Refrigeration plants and will be an advantage.  
• Experience on fault-finding using SCADA System.

Main duties

• Adhering to all legal and safety requirements Maintenance. 
• Fault finding and repair on all electrical and instrumentation equipment up to 11KV. 
• Modifications and plant improvements in the area of responsibility. 
• Ensuring adherence to SHEQ standards. 
• Responsible for housekeeping, personal safety and for fellow workers, reporting any safety incidents or accidents. 
• Ensuring that all installations and maintenance are done according to the GS6 and GS7 specifications. 
• Training and coaching of new E & I artisans, existing E & I artisans and apprentices. 
• Effectively completing administration duties e.g. work orders, spares requests, breakdown / RCA reports etc. 
• Responsible for educating / familiarizing oneself with the related drawings and functional / operational philosophies. 
• Responsible for proper daily routines and to ensure that the equipment and systems are operating to the highest level. 
• Responsible for first line calls on all instrumentation and electrical equipment. 
• Programming of all motor protection relays & devices, Siemens 3WN6, SIMADYN D & SIMOREG drives, VSD's, SITOR modules, protection relays for 11 & 3.3 kV breakers. 
• Keeping all fixed plant equipment operations to its optimal performance by optimizing parameters. 
• Ensuring correct grading of fault currents between substation incomer breakers. 
• Injection testing of switchgear for correct relay operation during commissioning. 
• Developing, planning, installing, and commissioning new electrical and instrument installations. 
• Performing legal electrical and instrumentation inspections. 
• Maintaining and fault finding on elevator systems, crushing and conveying systems, cranes, winders, refrigeration plants including legal duties. 
• Ensuring the following of company’s procedures and guidelines. 
• Navigation of Win CC systems. 
• Managing stock levels of spares in the area. 
• Planning and managing own work; and relieving Supervisor when required. 

Key competencies

• Sound knowledge of the relevant legislation with regards to elevators, cranes, conveyors, winders and fridge plants. 
• Sound knowledge of the relevant safety standards.
• Ability to interpret electrical and instrumentation drawings and perform fault finding. 
• Ability to work underground if required. 
• Good understanding and knowledge of planned maintenance principles on Winding Systems, Fridge Plant, Crushing and Conveying systems and operations.
• Ability to fault find during problem solving on all electrical and instrumentation equipment. 
• Ability to compile reports i.e. technical, RCA documents. 
• Ability to read and interpret Siemens drawings.

 

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To apply, please send your CV to Lethabo@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.