Reliability Engineer - Electrical - Kempton Park

Requirements:

• • Experience
  
  
  • • 5 to 10 years' experience with 3 years handling maintenance projects.
  • • Computer literacy in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • • Extensive knowledge of the Area Classification.
  • • Experience in Programming of Siemens Software, ABB Software, SCADA, Protection relays, Metering relays, and VSD
• • Qualifications:
  
  
  • • Matric
  • • BTech or BSc in Electrical Engineering
  • • GCC for Factories (Advantage)

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• • Technical knowledge demonstrated and learned in the electrical installations in the chemical processing plants.
• • Extensive knowledge of ISO 14001, 45001, 9001
• • Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety and Area Classification Standards
• • SHERQ Training course
• • Safety Work Permit training
• • Knowledge of mechanical and process operations (i.e., refrigeration system)
• • Computer Literacy in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point)
• • Digilex
• • Experience in Programming of Siemens Software, ABB Software SCADA, Protection relays, Metering relays, and VSD
• • Knowledge of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems

Personal Circumstances:
Must be able to obtain a satisfactory medical report from the company's medical center.

Responsibilities:

• • The Reliability Engineer reports to the Electrical Manager and has the primary responsibilities to:
  
  
  • • Review opportunities (including organizing external expertise and resources) to improve compliance to statutory requirements using OSH, SANS, OEM, RCM, 5Why, and RCA processes to improve equipment reliability and availability.
  • • Review the maintenance strategies on the CMMS software (SAP system) and improve, update, and/or add strategies to improve equipment reliability and availability.
  • • Initiate improvements of critical equipment and/or critical processes to improve equipment reliability and availability.
  • • Identify and implement E&I training and technical coaching as needed.
  • • Develop, Design the preventative maintenance strategies following the Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) approach in collaboration with the Reliability Engineering personnel.
  • • Plan and execute improvements of the Electrical grading on the electrical network including and power quality monitoring as per the best engineering practice standards including the interfacing between the electrical and instrumentation installations.
  • • Plan and execute improvements of the electrical protection including the review of the correct technology to allow for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (i.e., SCADA).
  • • Develop the Electrical standards and procedures in line with the OSH and relevant standards (i.e., SANS, IEC) with more focus on the requirements of the SANS 10142 Part 1 and Part 2.
  • • Lead the Management of Change to stabilize and correct the electrical network through ensuring grading, electrical protection, power factor correction, quality monitoring complies with engineering best practices standards.
  • • Lead the improvement and implementation of the latest technology to improve equipment reliability and availability.
  • • Lead the replacement of inferior and/or obsolete electrical equipment with equipment that is fit-for-purpose with special attention to the transformer replacement program to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
  • • Lead the energy management program to ensure that the energy footprint is continually improved/reduced.
  • • Manage Electrical projects (i.e., maintenance/small projects) including the CAPEX processes related to the project(s).
  • • Initiate, support initiative, and implement energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions throughout the site.
  • • Manage the spares inventory and ensure adequate spares including quality, quantity, and spares that are fit-for-purpose are available to ensure an acceptable plant availability is maintained.
  • • Measure, identify, and improve deviations from Operations Within Agreed Parameters concerning electrical installation and equipment.
  • • Compile and review the KPIs (i.e., MTBF, MTTR) on equipment to initiate solutions to enforce preventative and predictable maintenance of assets.
  • • Enforce continuous improvement equipment reliability, equipment availability, and compliance with statutory and company standards and procedures.

Benefits:
Medical aid and pension fund.