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  Job Title: Principal Technical Official TSC Field Services
90019132 – Principal Technical Official TSC Field Services

Position: Principal Technical Official TSC Field Services
Task Grade: T10
Department: Field Services
Division: Distribution
Business Unit: North Western Region
Geographical Area: Ladybrand
Reference Number: 90019132
Closing Date: 11 May 2012

Minimum Requirements

* Qualification: o N4 Certificate (Electrical) or Equivalent o Relevant Electrical Trade o Appropriate Valid drivers Licence * Experience: o 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: o Performs planned maintenance on networks, up to and including 132 kv in accordance with policies, directives, 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: o Responds to call outs and prompts form 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. o 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 o Executing operating under instruction of control. o Accepting/ executing permission to Operate/ permission to sectionalise from control. o 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: o Creates assets on networks up to and including 132KV 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 and safety by: o 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: o 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 service by: o 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

How to Apply:
http://recruitment.eskom.co/live/content.php?Item_ID=23876

Deadline: 11th May 2012

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