Jobs Available at Nelson Mandela Bay Metro

Qualifications and experience required:

• Qualified Artisan (Electrical Engineering).
• Three to four years’ relevant experience.

Key attributes and competencies:

• Must be physically fit, healthy and able to perform manual operations and duties on foot.
• Weights or loads of between 5kg and 20kg must be lifted or carried.
• Drives to visit sites and domestic or business customers and other relevant parties.

Special conditions attached to the position:

• Registered as an Installation Electrician.
• Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel).
• Must have own vehicle and a valid Code B driver’s licence. A locomotion allowance will be paid in terms of the relevant policy.
• The successful candidates shall be required to perform standby duties and shall work overtime. As part of the selection process, the recommended candidates will be required to undergo a medical examination at the Municipality's Occupational Health and Safety Division.

Job purpose:

• To supervise the activities of subordinate staff and contractors to ensure that electrical metering is correctly applied, and consumption metered.
• As part of the selection process, candidates may be tested on any requirement, skill or competency, which will include pre-employment screening, medical examination, security vetting and psychometric assessment.
• Fringe benefits will include membership of a Retirement Fund, Medical Aid Scheme, Group Life Assurance Scheme, participation in a Housing Subsidy and Car Schemes (subject to the conditions of the various Schemes), and normal leave and sick leave benefits.

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Qualifications and experience required:

• Qualified Electrician (Electrical Engineering).
• Two years’ relevant experience.
• Code B driver's licence.

Key attributes and competencies:

• Must be able to cope with mental stress which arise from potential or actual physical threat - actual threat due to working in presence of live high voltages; potential threat because of often working in an environment where explosion of switchgear can occur and high-risk residential areas.
• Other factors inherent to the post that are mentally stressful pertain to tripping an incorrect breaker which can lead to electricity shutdowns with financial loss for the Municipality and commercial consumers.
• Being exposed to extreme weather conditions and varying temperatures are physically stressful.
• Having to work overtime and standby duty are inherent to the post.
• Ability to meet frequent pre-determined deadlines and interruptions in the job — a MV fault will take priority over other functions.
• Must be able to perform manual operations and duties on foot.
• Good sight, speech and hearing ability (may not be colour blind - interpreting colour wiring codes and plant status indication are required).
• The successful candidates shall be required to perform standby duties and shall work overtime and night shifts. As part of the selection process, the recommended candidates will be required to undergo a medical examination at the Municipality's Occupational Health and Safety Division.

Job purpose:

• Responsible for the performing and supervision of the pilot cable network testing and repairs and of fault finding on MV power cables of the Municipality's electricity network for the purposes of providing a sustainable electrical supply to the industrial, commercial and domestic community in the municipal area.
• As part of the selection process, candidates may be tested on any requirement, skill or competency, which will include pre-employment screening, medical examination, security vetting and psychometric assessment.
• Fringe benefits will include membership of a Retirement Fund, Medical Aid Scheme, Group Life Assurance Scheme, participation in a Housing Subsidy and Car Schemes (subject to the conditions of the various Schemes), and normal leave and sick leave benefits.

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Qualifications and experience required:

• Qualified Electrician (Electrical Engineering).
• One year relevant experience.

Special conditions attached to the position:

• Code B driver's licence.

Key attributes and competencies:

• Must be physically fit and healthy — test equipment weighing more than 20kg must be carried into substations.
• Must be able to cope with mental stress which arise from potential or actual physical threat - actual threat due to working in presence of live high voltages; potential threat because of often working in an environment where explosion of switchgear can occur and high-risk residential areas. Other factors inherent to the post that are mentally stressful pertain to tripping an incorrect breaker which can lead to electricity shutdowns with financial loss for the Municipality and commercial consumers.
• Having to work overtime and standby duty are inherent to the post.
• Ability to meet frequent pre-determined deadlines and interruptions in the job.
• Must be able to perform manual operations and duties on foot.
• Good sight, speech and hearing ability (may not be colour blind - interpreting colour wiring codes and plant status indication are required).
• The successful candidates shall be required to perform standby duties and shall work night shifts. As part of the selection process, the recommended candidates will be required to undergo a medical examination at the Municipality’s Occupational Health and Safety Division.

Job purpose:

• To perform protection maintenance on transmission, distribution and rural level of the Municipality's electricity network for the purposes of providing a sustainable electrical supply to the industrial, commercial and domestic community in the municipal area.
• As part of the selection process, candidates may be tested on any requirement, skill or competency, which will include pre-employment screening, medical examination, security vetting and psychometric assessment.
• Fringe benefits will include membership of a Retirement Fund, Medical Aid Scheme, Group Life Assurance Scheme, participation in a Housing Subsidy and Car Schemes (subject to the conditions of the various Schemes), and normal leave and sick leave benefits.

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Qualifications and experience required:

• Grade 12.
• Computer literacy.
• Eighteen to twenty-four months’ experience.

Job purpose:

• To perform duties pertaining to the processing of payments in respect of contracts, service agreements and departmental purchase orders as well as certain costing duties in respect of the Electricity and Energy Business Unit.
• As part of the selection process, candidates may be tested on any requirement, skill or competency, which will include pre-employment screening, medical examination, security vetting and psychometric assessment.
• Fringe benefits will include membership of a Retirement Fund, Medical Aid Scheme, Group Life Assurance Scheme, participation in a Housing Subsidy and Car Schemes (subject to the conditions of the various Schemes), and normal leave and sick leave benefits.