Technician: Industrial Electronics at Rio Tinto

We are looking for a Technician: Industrial Electronics, to service, install and commission Industrial Electronic/Power Electronic equipment toward ensuring optimal safety, reliability and availability.

Reporting to the Industrial Electronics Superintendent, your responsibilities will include:

• Maintenance, fault finding and repair of Power Electronic equipment like Variable Speed Drives ranging from 0.75kW to 1.8MW, connected to supply voltages from 400Vac to 690Vac. Some equipment is installed in remote areas and requires skills like heavy lifting/loading and maneuvering of power modules.
• Fault finding and repair on complex VSD applications like Master/Follower and Crane applications.
• Fault finding and repair on Fieldbus control systems like Devicenet, Profibus and Industrial Ethernet.
• Fault finding and repair on thyristor and Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) systems.
• Good hand eye coordination with the ability to perform physical activities for prolong periods (dismantling, repair and assembly of bus bars, modules, large fuses, contactors etc).
• Good computer skills to program, analyse (fault find) and backup equipment specific software parameters.

What you’ll bring

• S4 or T3 National Diploma in Electrical Engineering
• 3 years in fault-finding experience related to Industrial Electronic / Variable Speed Drive/Uninterruptable Power Supply and Thyristor control systems.
• Experience in ABB ACS600/ACS800/ACS880 (advantageous)
• Experience in Siemens Masterdrive/Sinamics G150 (advantageous).
• Licenses/Certifications: Light motor vehicle (Code B)