RB 395027 - Electrical Technician (Wind Turbine) – Cape Town

SUMMARY:
Electrical Technician (Wind Turbine) – Cape Town

POSITION INFO:

Employer Description

Our client are leaders in the development, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of renewable energy assets.

Job Description

Reporting to the Plant Manager at the Wind Energy Facility, You will be responsible for Operation and Maintenance tasks:

• Perform relevant tasks and actions to keep the wind farm operating optimally at all times with maximum availability.
• Proactive repair or component replacement to prevent complete failure or downtime.
• Perform servicing, troubleshooting and repair of the wind turbine electrical, hydraulic and mechanical components in accordance with manufacturer’s guidelines.
• Utilise control, instrumentation, telecommunication and electrical engineering concepts regularly during work activities.
• Provide technical assistance to the Turbine Assistants.
• Ensure efficiency of the wind turbines whilst observing the sites safety, quality and environmental rules and laws.
• Apply troubleshooting, corrective, predictive and preventative maintenances and inspections whilst attending to every incident that could
  adversely affect the wind farm’s operations.
• Supervise specialist and subcontractor activity during main component exchanges or maintenance.
• Capture tasks on the O&M management systems (MAXIMO, RDO, etc) on a daily basis.
• Perform wind turbine and substation switching with an authorization of up to 132kV.
• Ensure compliance with the company’s health, safety, and environmental rules and regulations and report any incidents/near misses immediately to superiors.

Qualifications

• N4 Electrical Engineering with Trade Test OR National Diploma Electrical Engineering (S4)
• SARETEC qualification is advantageous

Skills

• Wind Turbine Technician experience & Wind Turbine Technician Training
• PLC’s & Drives or Converters experience

 

 

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