Mokopane: Field Service Technician

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Field Service Technician to join our team in Mokopane, Limpopo, South Africa. As an Electrical Technician, you will be responsible for installing, maintaining and repairing all stationery, electrical, and auxiliary equipment in a safe, functional, reliable condition while providing quality customer service to the maintenance planning function.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform any combination of duties according to specific department guidelines
• Have knowledge of and use required personal protective equipment
• Determine the existence of electrical hazards and problems
• Safely isolate, ground and prepare circuits and electrical apparatus to enable repairs
• Install electrical conduit, pull and terminate wiring
• Install, repair, and maintain assorted control and monitoring instrumentation
• Use test and calibration equipment to calibrate transmitters and control loops
• Use computer and related computer software to program controllers and analyse control loops
• Good computer skills required
• Use mathematics and algebra to scale and calibrate process instrumentation
• Use knowledge of analog and digital circuitry to troubleshoot instrumentation to the component level and effect repairs to microprocessor-based instruments, computer hardware, wiring, and annunciator systems
• Read/interpret engineering drawings and manuals to install, calibrate, and maintain plant instrumentation systems
• Work from complex engineering and manufacturers drawings or manuals to complete projects and assigned work
• Use hand and power tools related to the instrumentation trades
• Install and maintain programmable logic control systems (PLC)
• Interpret and/or modify PLC control logic as necessary
• Install and calibrate pressure, temperature, flow, and level controls
• Design layout work on panels, set up complex control systems, interpret and alter engineering drawings and wiring diagrams
• Effectively communicate problems and solutions to resolve electrical problems
• Supervise and participate in the on-the-job training of Utility Maintenance Person as needed
• Observe installed systems to detect hazards and determine the need for adjustments or modifications
• Use computerized maintenance system to retrieve and enter information
• Assist in establishing and maintaining scheduled maintenance programs for plant equipment
• Maintain records, update drawings, and develop safety procedures
• Observe safe work practices to ensure that work does not endanger others
• Perform other related work as required

Requirements

• N3 Certificate
• National N6 Diploma or Electrical engineering Diploma (advantageous)
• Qualified Electrical / Millwright / AutoElectrical or Instrumentation Trade Test
• 3-years relevant working experience in a mining environment (especially on opencast drills & Rope shovels) is highly advantageous

Qualifications

No formal qualifications mentioned in the original job description.

Salary & Benefits

Salary and benefits information not explicitly stated in the original job description.