Company Description:
De Beers is a member of the Anglo American plc group. Established in 1888, De Beers is the world’s leading diamond company with unrivalled expertise in the exploration, mining and marketing of diamonds. Together with its joint venture partners, De Beers employs more than 20,000 people across the diamond pipeline, and is the world’s largest diamond producer, by value, with mining operations in Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa. As part of the company’s operating philosophy, the people of De Beers are committed to Living up to Diamonds by making a lasting contribution to the communities in which they live and work, and transforming natural resources into shared national wealth. For further information about De Beers visit .
ABOUT DE BEERS MARINE:
De Beers Marine (DBM) is based in Cape Town, South Africa and is part of the De Beers group. Activities managed include Marine exploration, geophysical surveys, sampling, mining, ship conversion, upgrades and maintenance, large project management, engineering design and mining system equipment builds. DBM executes world leading R&D in marine mining practices resulting in the most successful and advanced marine mining equipment and operations globally.
Job Description:
DESCRIPTION OF THE JOB:
- The incumbent will be responsible for:
- Coordinating the electrical maintenance activities of the Inport Team to ensure optimum availability at the lowest cost according to operational requirements.
- Providing electrical engineering and maintenance support as part of a team responsible for the Project Management of Vessel maintenance and capital construction during Inport periods onboard De Beers Marine’s vessels.
- In addition it is a requirement to provide a technical support function while the fleet of vessels operates at sea.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
- To ensure that a consistently high standard of quality control and supervision is maintained for each contract, via site inspections, assessing contract implementation with due regard to construction and safety, health & environment legislation and, if appropriate, to instruct contractors to cease operations.
- To act on behalf of the nominated DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by undertaking audits of the Electrical Services Maintenance Contracts. This will involve visiting sites, checking on site service work against the schedule and contractors’ invoices, liaising with the Officer-in-Charge at the establishment and feedback of information / problems.
- To ensure that current knowledge of construction services legislation, standards, methods of installation and safety, health & environment knowledge is up-to-date using all appropriate means including reading, research from the construction industry lead bodies, and networking with all appropriate legislation organisations and in-house departments.
- To provide a service at all times to the nominated DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by ensuring that the standards of work and the materials supplied by contractors are as specified in accordance with the contract information.
- To act on behalf of the nominated DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer in respect of site problems and defects in works under construction
- To act on behalf of the nominated DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by advising the Engineering Design Teams on standards of quality, finish and compliance with the specification, having due regard to the requirements of the Contract Administrator, the schedule and the money being expended.
- To participate in the arrangement for the feedback of information from in-port projects.
- To maintain liaison with the Client maintenance staff, and ensure that hand-over arrangements are effective.
- To assist DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by advising designers on the practical aspects of electrical installations, to ensure the equipment maintainability and practicality of design proposals.
- To monitor the performance of contractors and consultants on site and to ensure that electrical installations are constructed in accordance with scope of works; drawings and specifications.
- To provide feedback on the performance of contractors and consultants to contribute to works list & planning databases
- To attend design team meetings with in-house and external consulting design staff.
- To attend and report to pre-contract and site meetings.
- To assist DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by identifying technical problems on site, to recommend corrective action.
- To witness testing, commissioning and balancing of electrical installations.
- To assist DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by preparing scope of works and schedules.
- To assist DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by maintaining his/her responsible Company SAP systems processes.
COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Timely decision making and decision quality
- Directing others
- Managing and measuring work
- Peer relationships and interpersonal savvy
- Drive for results
- Sets high personal performance standards
- Develop strong ethical and auditable contractor relationships
- Computer literate
- Excellent Communication skills
- Knowledge of De Beers Marine Metallurgical process and engineering and electrical standards
- Electrical engineering knowledge
Qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- BTech in Electrical Engineering (T4/N6) or NQF 6 level equivalent
- 5 Years post qualification experience, preferably in the mining and/or marine electrical environment
- Experience of offshore mining techniques an advantage
- Exposure and knowledge of electrical applications in industrial/marine mining/mineral processing environments (i.e. 3.3kV systems)
- Advanced Electrical maintenance/project experience/exposure
- Min 5 years managing a maintenance/project work team
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