Electrician at Anglo American

Job Description:

As an Electrician you will provide services as required and your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Adhere to all health and safety practices and requirements.
• Active participation in SLAMs, HOHs, relevant Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions.
• Maintain and test all equipment/machinery to ensure functionality, safety, reliability and availability within the specified timeframe and budgetary limits.
• Conduct inspections to identify possible failures and repair or raise notifications for repairs.
• Ensure effective plant equipment and related machinery maintenance for optimal utilisation and availability to maximise production and throughput schedules.
• Identify and report defects, equipment failures and time required for repairs to the Supervisor to enable applicable decision-making, action planning and problem resolution.
• Execute work as per Operating Model standards and procedures.
• Complete job cards thoroughly and return them on time.
• Keep all toolboxes and tools clean and sound.
• Ensure proper communication and handover of outstanding tasks between shifts and day-shift teams.
• Ensure equipment installations and commissioning are maintained as specified in the maintenance strategy.
• Infrastructure and post-installation work testing for functionality is executed per specifications within the agreed schedule and budgetary limits.
• Continuously monitor maintenance progress and related preparation activities against ad hoc jobs to meet operational targets, minimise downtime, enable timely reporting and enhance equipment efficiency.

This role is in the Engineering (ENG) discipline at a band 9(J4) level reporting to the Supervisor Electrical.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12/ N3
• Occupational Red Seal Certificate as an Electrician
• MV Certificate (advantageous)
• DanFoss VSD Certificate (advantageous)
• SA Drivers Licence

Experience

• 2 Years’ operational experience as an Electrician.
• Understand the company's policies and procedures related to the role.
• Knowledge of PLC exposure and the ability to perform high and low voltage fault finding.
• Proficiency in working with H1 Communication Systems, Profibus Systems, S7 PLC programming, Optic Fibre communication, and High voltage networks of 11 kv.
• Awareness of lock-out procedures and their implementation.

Closing Date:

• 17 March, 2026