Senior Mechanical & Electrical Technician
Senior Mechanical & Electrical Technician
Based at Nahoon Dam
Operations / Water Services and Asset Management
Total Guaranteed Package: R 880 151 – R 1 180 830
Minimum Qualifications:
- Engineering Diploma (Mechanical / Electrical) (NQF level 6)
- Government Certificate of Competency (GCC – Factories)
- Accredited Management Qualification or equivalent (NQF level 6)
Minimum Experience:
- At least five years Management experience in the operation and maintenance of machinery and equipment in a production environment
- Sound knowledge of asset management
- Sound knowledge of the OHS Act, Regulations and legal requirements pertaining to the general supervision of machinery
- Project Management experience
Key Outputs:
Reporting to the Senior Manager: Water Service Assets, the appointee will:
- Co-ordinate repairs and maintenance to all equipment, buildings and facilities by daily liaison with Maintenance Foreman to ensure optimum efficiency
- Liaise with contractors and service providers for specialised maintenance services
- Monitor the execution of specialised allocated work by visiting works, attending relevant site meetings and attending to problems
- Respond to specific requests for maintenance and prepare specifications for repairs by carrying out inspections, assessing responsibility and recommending action
- Manage refurbishment works
- Determine what specialised spares and equipment are necessary for stock purposes taking into account lead times and delivery times and ensuring such spares are ordered to minimise plant outage time
- Ensure all ordered spares are of the correct quality and quantity to minimise plant outage time
- Ensure all high-voltage work is performed by suitably trained and qualified Amatola Water staff and contractors to minimise accidents and incidents
- Ensure that all applicable regulations and safety rules of both the OHS Act and Amatola Water are obeyed and applied
- Implement policies, communicate information, regulations and decisions to foreman to minimise misunderstandings
- Ensure that Amatola Water Plant, buildings and equipment are always maintained in a cost-effective condition thereby guaranteeing optimum efficiency – technical and managerial input
- Management of the safety structure to maintain a safe working environment for all Amatola Water employees – managerial input
- Management and enforcement of all the statutory requirements of the OHS Act – managerial input
- Management and enforcement of the standards as stipulated in ISO45001:2018
- Submit monthly reports
- Participate in departmental meetings and annual strategy sessions
- Provide input into strategic planning for the area
Other Requirements:
- Computer literate
- Valid unendorsed drivers’ licence
- Good dam safety knowledge
- Extensive knowledge of all diverse engineering fields, i.e. civil, mechanical, electrical, radio & telemetry, air-conditioning, carpentry, planned maintenance and safety.
If you have not heard from us within 60 days after the closing date, you may regard your application as unsuccessful. These appointments will be finalized in accordance with Amatola Water’s Employment Equity Plan and Recruitment Policy. Preference will be given to suitably qualified persons from designated groups. Amatola Water reserves the right not to make appointments. Lobbying of members of the Board and/ or the Executive/ Management and Supervisors to treat any application, at any level, more favorably than any other for the same vacancy, will disqualify a candidate from selection. Applicants to submit a detailed CV, certified copies of academic certificates, certified copies of Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) & certified ID copy of not older than 6 months and two most recent and relevant references to the Human Resources Manager, Amatola Water, Private Bag X3, Vincent, 5217 or telephone (043)7073700 or e-mail recruitment@amatolawater.co.za. Closing date: 12 May 2023.
