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  • Posted: Mar 7, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • As a global and diversified mining business, we use the latest technologies to find new resources, plan and build our mines and mine, process, move and market our products to customers around the world. For almost 100 years, we have been mining the minerals that society needs to develop and prosper. We provide our investors with a balanced portfolio of oppo...
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    Senior Technician - Protection

    Job Description:
    Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position of a Technician – Protection, Utilities, Engineering Department.

    • Demonstrates safety leadership, sustainable development and DBCM values.
    • Assist and advise on maintenance and repairs of electrical equipment
    • Assist, advise and manage maintenance on overhead line, transformers, medium voltage switchgear, cables, MV motors, power factor correction, protection & control systems.
    • Management of Overhead Line Reticulation.
    • Ensures compliance with all legal, environmental, occupational health and safety and risk management standards and best practices.
    • Manages and motivates team in area of responsibility.
    • Establishes and maintains relationships with colleagues, contractors and other maintenance personnel.
    • Contributes to continuous improvement and asset optimisation initiatives for engineering processes.
    • Carry out fault level, load flow and protection discrimination studies.
    • Conduct and assess condition monitoring such as acoustic ultrasound and thermographic assessments.
    • Conducting tests and trials of new equipment, evaluating results and submitting written reports.
    • Testing and assessment of MV Equipment.
    • Reading and assessing reports related to electrical equipment and interpreting results to formulate actions
    • Planning, coordinating and project management for the design, fabrication, testing, installation and commissioning of medium voltage systems or equipment.
    • Interpret and apply relevant internal, national and international standards for electrical equipment and management thereof
    • Participate in standardization of equipment, spares management and overall quality control of electrical equipment

    Qualifications:

    • Grade 12/ Std 10/N3 or relevant NQF 4 equivalent qualifications.
    • Electrical Trade Certificate with Red Seal
    • National Diploma in Electrical Heavy Current will be advantageous
    • Effective communication skills in English (written and verbal).
    • 5 years minimum mining maintenance experience in electrical distribution.
    • Good computer literacy; proficiency in SAP will be advantageous

    Knowledge and Experience in the following:

    • Sound knowledge in the construction, installation, maintenance, testing, repair and fault finding of the following MV (Medium Voltage) Equipment:
    • Protection Systems.
    • Electricity safety and switching practices.
    • Transformers operation.
    • Electric motors operation and control.
    • Overhead lines and bundled conductors and related equipment.
    • Indoor and outdoor switchgear SF6 and vacuum operation.
    • XLPE cable installation, jointing, termination and testing.
    • Planning and prioritizing tasks. Note: Experience with Microsoft Projects (or equivalent) will be advantageous
    • Expertise in performing system modelling for the purpose of fault level, load flow and protection discrimination activities using the ETAP software tool is a prerequisite.
    • Drawing and maintaining electrical SLDs (Single Line Diagrams) in AutoCAD (or equivalent) is required
    • Sound knowledge and comprehension of applicable regulations and standards are required, with particular reference to Mine Health and Safety Act provisions
    • Experience on the following equipment will be highly advantageous:
    • Schneider MiCom protection relays
    • ABB Unigear
    • SATEC energy metering
    • Simocode
    • MODBUS, IEC18650 and other substation control protocols
    • Assertiveness and Decisiveness

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Anglo American on www.angloamerican.com to apply

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