Job Title: Principal Technical Official Customer Network Centre
Task Grade: T10
Department: Engineering - Field Services
Division: Distribution
Business Unit: Western Cape Operating Unit
Geographical Area: De Doorns Customer Network Centre
Reference Number: FS 1412
Closing Date: 03 September 2012
Minimum Requirements
Qualification:
N4 Certificate (Electrical) or Equivalent
Relevant Electrical Trade.
Appropriate Valid drivers Licence
Experience:
3 Years Distribution operating and maintenance
Skills and Competencies
All competencies described in the Job Profile for Technical Official and Senior Technical Official.
Self starter, calm under stress, innovative and analytical.
Phasing of parallel feeders and transformers up to and including 132 kV.
Valid authorisation to operate on systems up to and including 132 kV
Assertive, decisive
Time Management
Financial
Human resource development
Basic Supervision
Key Responsibilities
Maintain by:
Performs planned maintenance on networks up to and including 132 kv in accordance with policies, directive, procedures, standards, work practices, guidelines and service agreements.
Inspects, evaluates, and executes non intrusive maintenance on substations, control rooms, lines and feeders by
Ensuring low impedance earth paths and earth resistivity by electrical testing, observations and executing remedial actions.
Replenishing and replacing the following on/in transformers, breakers, isolators
Silica gel
Insulating, cooling and arc control medium
Lubrication
Electrolytes
Pneumatic and hydraulic systems
Analysing and capturing current operating values on transformers, lines, AC/DC systems and feeders. (e.g. Current, voltage, loading, charging rates and temperatures)
Ensuring conformance to plant and equipment component alignment, contact pressure, insulation levels, anti decay/ oxidation and electrical clearance requirements.
Planning and executing operating and barricading on HV/MV/LV networks to ensure safe working sites
Grading settings and maintaining rural system protection elements (PMB and RTU'S)
Conducts maintenance on large power users supply points and metering by
Executing LV Current Transformer and meter change outs, ratio settings and calculating constants.
Gathering consumption information
Conducting intrusive maintenance on networks up to and including 33 kv by:
Stripping plant and equipment.
Deciding on restoration requirements.
Replacing, repairing and setting parts and modular units.
Commissioning and testing restored units.
Repair by:
Responds to call outs and prompts froom the dispatcher during abnormal conditions and power supply interruptions on a 24 hour basis to minimise customer outages.
Analyse network fault indicators by:
Interpreting, logging, resetting and reporting relay flags and indicators, breaker and fuse status and counter movements.
Providing milestone feedback to dispatcher.
Decides on and negotiates with control the sectionalising and HV/MV/LV fault finding techniques to be employed to find the
fault and to restore the supply.
Executing operating under instruction of control.
Accepting/ executing permission to Operate/ permission to sectionalise from control.
Rapidly restores supply to customers by:
Planning, negotiating and executing system reconfiguration to restore supply.
Executing restoration within competency and resource constraints to a minimum (safe) specification to restore supply
Activating additional resources required to execute immediate restoration via the dispatcher.
Being on standby
Build by:
Creates assets on networks up to and including 132 kv in accordance with policies, directives, procedures, standards, work practices, guidelines and service agreements.
Commissions new plant by:
Evaluating plant for conformance to installation and design specification. (e.g. Phasing, phase rotation, settings, voltage and loading)
Planning and negotiating system commissioning procedures.
Executing plant hand over procedure.
Updates information systems by:
Completing plant commercial operation and asset register sheets.
Updating data files and revising diagrams.
Health & Safety by:
Ensures a safe working environment and eliminate unsafe acts complying to statutory and Eskom requirements.
Executing safety inspections.
Complying to Eskom and Statutory requirements.
Training by:
Provides on job training to technical officials, Senior Technical Officials and staff in training.
Demonstrating safe working practices, use and care of tools and equipment.
Informing staff of changes to requirements, policies, directives, procedures, standards, work practices, guidelines and service agreements.
Customer Services by:
Provides a one stop technical service to customers.
Investigating customer complaints, claims and supply queries.
Providing milestone feedback to key receivers on abnormal conditions and restoration of supply
Providing information to large power users on the safe and efficient use of electricity.
If you have not been contacted within 28 days of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
Note that the appointment of the candidate is at Eskom?s sole discretion, taking into account factors that Eskom considers relevant including but not limited to Eskom?s employment equity policy. Eskom supports a smoke-free environment
Apply to:
http://www.eskom.co.za/c/
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