SUMMARY:

Utilities Electrician

POSITION INFO:

Job Title: Utilities Electrician

Location: Heidelburg 

Reporting to: Operations

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend to any plant breakdown that occurs during the shifts and the entire plant.
• Carrying out planned maintenance inspections and preventive maintenance.
• Assist Process Lead and Utilities to manage Electrical Network/reticulation.
• Ensure electrical plant availability is > 95%.
• Actively participate on the Utilities Shutdowns by providing detailed electrical scope.
• Propose innovation and ideas to ensure continuous improvement that would improve performance and productivity.
• Ensure Environmental, Health and Safety policy and procedures are followed to provide a safe working environment.
• Support production areas for any electrical request or trips in a timeous and effective manner to minimize loss in production.
• Install and commission up-grades on equipment when requested on special projects, major breakdowns and overhauls.
• Ensure good housekeeping in engineering workshop and assigned area of responsibility including the cleaning of electrical control panels and switchboards.
• Carry out PM maintenance schedules for MV and LV substation and DB boards.
• Implement preventive maintenance schedules to minimize breakdowns and ensure machine availability and high operational efficiencies.
• Attend to Utilities breakdown/equipment stops in the shortest possible time in order to minimize disruption to production and keep history of the machine performance.
• Conduct Utilities plant monitoring every three hours and capture and analyze data onto the PIMPS and POMPS logbook.
• Report and advise Process Lead on the plant condition for the factory.
• Support machinery installations in Manufacturing.
• Ensure all machines are safe to operate and properly maintained.
• Inform Utilities management on any unusual / abnormal occurrences on the machines.
• Ensure logbooks are properly recorded for every significant work done.
• Actively participate in departmental projects from initiation, planning, execution and commissioning.
• Champion IWS by proposing and implementing agreed changes and improvements that deliver better productivity, higher efficiency and improved safety.

Essential Experience, Skills and Knowledge:

• Minimum of 3 years' experience working with Utility Equipment (Power Generation, Air Compression, Steam Boilers, Water/Oil, Pumping Stations, Cogen Plant, Water Treatment, transformers, Switchgears, Motors, cables, Vacuum Systems, HVAC Systems), of which at least two has been spent at an FMCG
• MV Switching Certificate as for the Operating Regulation (ORHVS) for High Voltage System.
• N4 Electrical Engineering and Electrical Trade Test
• At least 3 years' experience working with Medium Voltage (MV) Electrical System in a similar position in a manufacturing environment.
• Good communication, team player, result orientated, flexible and resilient, technical problem solving, Good analytical ability
• Ability to read and apply electrical drawings.
• Ability to draft spare parts and consumables list for equipment maintenance
• Basic Knowledge of Costing is required.