Winder Electrician

Palabora Mining Company

Phalaborwa, Limpopo

Job Type: Permanent 

Department: Mining Maintenance – Underground Maintenance Surface

Grade: C3

Closing Date: 26 April 2023

The Winder Electrician will be responsible for providing electrical and instrumentation maintenance, and breakdown services to production sections.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintenance and fault finding on winding systems, fridge plant / ventilation equipment and general electrical and instrumentation installations, Schindler elevators, overhead cranes, including legal duties.
• Modifications and improvements in the area of responsibility
• Ensuring adherence to SHEQ standards
• Ensuring adherence to legal inspections on electrical and instrumentation installations.
• Performing standby duties and working shift when required • Housekeeping in area of responsible section
• Responsible for personal safety, fellow workers and for reporting any safety incidents or accidents
• Ensure that all installations and maintenance are done according to the GS6 and GS7 specifications
• Training and coaching new and existing artisans and apprentices.
• Effectively complete administration duties e.g. work orders, spares requests, breakdown / RCA documents etc.
• Educate/familiarise oneself with the related drawings and functional/operational philosophies
• Conducting 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. • Doing basic maintenance and fault finding on PLC's and ET200's up to card level.
• Maintenance on OTN, Leaky-feeder, Cats System, Fibre network as well as CCTV and Access control system. All fire systems on surface (i.e. testing and maintaining Co sensors, fire valves and on all plants
• Maintaining fault finding and repairs on systems from 24V to 11KV. Navigation of Win CC systems.
• Managing stock levels of spares in his area.
• Planning and managing own work.

Intrinsic Qualities: 

• Good inter-personal and communication skills
• Sound knowledge of the relevant legislation with regards to Winders, elevators, cranes, crushers & conveyors.
• 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 when required.
• Good understanding and knowledge of planned maintenance principles.
• Ability to work under pressure and without supervision
• Good knowledge and use of MS office software
• Ability to fault find during problem solving on all electrical and instrumentation equipment
• Ability to compile reports i.e. technical, RCA documents
• Self-starter.
• Willing to work shifts when required.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Electrical trade certificate. 
• Minimum of five years’ experience as an artisan in electrical and instrumentation maintenance environment. 
• Knowledge of Siemens equipment will be advantageous. 
• Computer literate. 
• Valid driver’s license. 
• Experience of winding systems will be advantageous.

External applications: A detailed curriculum vitae and SAPS-certified copies of qualifications must be  forwarded to e-mail: [email protected]

External candidates: If you have not received feedback in 21 days, please deem your application unsuccessful.

Published: 19/004/2023