Control Station Technician REF: CONSTECHN – JW383EX/2023 at Johannesburg Water

PURPOSE

• Monitor the status of over 150 sites made up of: water storage, pump stations, sanitation, cathodic protection and bulk metering areas via the telemetry to the SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system in order to identify and evaluate problems and initiate corrective action.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor all critical facilities through the Telemetry-SCADA and reporting systems and decide on the most appropriate course of action in terms of trends, operational field activities and risks.
• Check the system for potential low or high levels to prevent reservoirs running dry or overflowing respectively.
• Ensure that Operations personnel are given early warning of potential storage incidents or immediate notification of pump station system failures to minimize the disruption of water and or sanitation services which leads to financial loss to the organization.
• Monitor the Control Room Station during the shift via the Telemetry-SCADA system to ensure that the system remains on-line 24 hours, 365 days a year.
• Assist Operations and key stakeholders by providing flow and reservoir trends from the Telemetry-SCADA system and inform Electrical Support Management of all system and telemetry faults that need to be attended to.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• Grade 12 OR N3 technical (NQF 4) + Electrical trade test certificate.
• Qualified Artisan with minimum 2 years field experience & computer literate OR
  Call Centre operator with 3 years’ experience in a technical call centre & computer literate.
• Valid Code EB License.