Industry:                       Manufacturing                                    

Location:                     Pretoria

Reports to:                   Engineering Manager

Legal Requirement:     South African Citizen with a clear criminal record

Purpose of the Role:

Develop and support the implementation of Full-Service Site Electrical & Energy

practices. Sets and enforces standards for process equipment in-line with Full-Service Strategy and proactively identifies potential equipment failures and ensures proactive corrective action.

Minimum Criteria:

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a Manufacturing (heavy current) environment
• Electrical Engineering Degree or similar required.
• GCC Electrical obtained in a heavy process industry
• Paper / tissue / pulp / sugar industry experience advantageous.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
• Innovation and initiative in the optimisation and development of process control systems.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings.
• Advanced computer skills (MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Outlook).
• Knowledge of OSHA standards.
• Broad knowledge of 11kV distribution systems.
• Project Management skills.
• Knowledge in troubleshooting Siemens VSD, ABB (ACS 550, ACS 800, ACS 880 and ACS 580), DC Drives advantageous.

Knowledge of JDE and QPulse advantageous.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure all electrical reticulation systems drawings and plant equipment schematics are up to date, available and
• relevant.
• Develop and enforce quality control plans for tasks based on agreed standards.
• Organize shifts in the electrical engineering department and call-out rotations when needed.
• Assist maintenance planners in defining work to be done for specific equipment, including required parts.
• Assist and train engineers and artisans to program and troubleshoot.
• Assist and train engineers and artisans on Breakers, contactors, and protective relays.
• Train artisans and supervisors on new standards and quality control plans for new equipment.
• Ensure correct tools and materials are specified and available for all scheduled tasks.
• Troubleshoot equipment failure and make recommendations to avoid repeating the problem in the future.
• Communicate with production when needed and inform them when the work is completed.
• Ensure equipment is handed back to production at agreed performance levels.
• Ensure leftover material and tools is returned and the work area is clean.
• Proactively identify potential equipment failures.
• Lead and undertake improvement projects in Electrical & Energy Fields and required.
• Proactive corrective actions from others with the necessary expertise.
• Participate in maintenance meetings (e.g., in PM and BOM review) and improvement activities.
• Responsible for equipment root cause failure analysis and close outs. Maintain engineering standards for
• equipment and materials adopted as Mill standards and recommend improvements.
• Authorize overtime within the Engineering Department and make every endeavour to remain within the budget.
• Preventative maintenance of backlog/completion
• Equipment indicators (breakdown, availability, OEE, MTBF and MDT).
• Utilize and monitor JDE Maintenance system.
• Comply with ABB health, safety, and Environmental policies.
• Ensure 5 S (Housekeeping) practices.
• All other maintenance related duties as may be determined from time to time.

 Attributes and Skills:

• Ability to work efficiently under pressure with tight deadlines.
• Ability to work in Teams.
• Analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Effective decision making and time management skills.
• Crisis management and problem-solving skills.
• Passion for safety, health, and environment.
• Passion for quality of work and coaching others.

Interactions:

• Inter-Departmental – Production teams, other Engineers, Projects Department, Engineering, Asset care, Operations, Human Resources, Stores, Artisans.
• External Interactions – Contractors, Suppliers, Service Providers, Third party inspectors Auditors.

Special Work Environment:

• Physical Demands – Job requires sitting, standing & walking to and from plant, lifting, picking, etc.

• Mental Demands – Ability to interact with various people and reason logically.