Winder Technician – Mining Maintenance – Underground Maintenance Surface at Palabora Mining Company (PMC)

Job Description

• The incumbent will be responsible for providing electrical and instrument maintenance and breakdown assistance to all electrical and instrumentation affected areas.     

 Key responsibilities will include:          

• Adhering to all legal and safety requirements Maintenance.
• Fault finding and repair on all electrical and instrumentation equipment up to 11KV.
• Modifications and plant improvements in the area of responsibility.
• Ensuring adherence to SHEQ standards.
• Responsible for housekeeping, personal safety and for fellow workers, reporting any safety incidents or accidents.
• Ensuring that all installations and maintenance are done according to the GS6 and GS7 specifications.
• Training and coaching of new E & I artisans, existing E & I artisans and apprentices.
• Effectively completing administration duties e.g. work orders, spares requests, breakdown / RCA reports etc.
• Responsible for educating / familiarizing oneself with the related drawings and functional / operational philosophies.
• Responsible for proper daily routines and to ensure that the equipment and systems are operating to the highest level.
• Responsible for first line calls on all instrumentation and electrical equipment.
• Programming of all motor protection relays & devices, Siemens 3WN6, SIMADYN D & SIMOREG drives, VSD's, SITOR modules, protection relays for 11 & 3.3 kV breakers.
• Keeping all fixed plant equipment operations to its optimal performance by optimizing parameters.
• Ensuring correct grading of fault currents between substation incomer breakers.
• Injection testing of switchgear for correct relay operation during commissioning.
• Developing, planning, installing, and commissioning new electrical and instrument installations.
• Performing legal electrical and instrumentation inspections.
• Maintaining and fault finding on elevator systems, crushing and conveying systems, cranes, winders, refrigeration plants including legal duties.
• Ensuring the following of company’s procedures and guidelines.
• Navigation of Win CC systems.
• Managing stock levels of spares in the area.
• Planning and managing own work; and relieving Supervisor when required.
• Ensuring adherence to SHEQ standards.

 Intrinsic Qualities:

• Good inter-personal and communication skills.
• Sound knowledge of the relevant legislation with regards to elevators, cranes, conveyors, winders and fridge plants.
• Sound knowledge of the relevant safety standards.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to interpret electrical and instrumentation drawings and perform fault finding.
• Ability to work underground if required.
• Good understanding and knowledge of planned maintenance principles on Winding Systems, Fridge Plant, Crushing and Conveying systems and operations.
• Ability to work under pressure and without supervision.
• Ability to fault find during problem solving on all electrical and instrumentation equipment.
• Ability to compile reports i.e. technical, RCA documents.
• Ability to read and interpret Siemens drawings.
• Ability to perform supervisory duties and relieve as supervisor when required

 Qualifications & Experience:

• National Diploma or similar qualification in either Electrical or Instrumentation.
• Minimum of three years’ experience as a Winder Technician in an electrical or instrumentation maintenance environment, including HT, AC and DC experience.
• Advanced computer literacy.
• Experience on Siemens Drives (Cyclo Converter) equipment, Winder Machinery, Crushing & Conveying equipment and Refrigeration plants and will be an advantage.
• Experience on fault-finding using SCADA System.