Operation Engineer

PREFERENCE: AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Requirements

Qualifications:

• An accredited Mechanical/Electrical Engineering degree
• Demonstrated competence at engineering level supported by relevant education and training

Experience:

• At least 8 year experience in the operation of a large power plant, 3 of which should preferably be in the capacity of Operation Engineer
• Leading and managing people
• Use of safe systems of work
• Use of computerized management system
• Reporting

Skills:

• Behavioral:
• Drive to achieve results through himself and others
• Ability to build and work with multi cultural and multi disciplinary staff
• Ability to work together with the other departments in order to achieve the best result for the company
• Take ownership
• Maintains high ethics standard
• Motivation and leadership of team and individual team members
• Respects the others as well as the cultural diversity
• Seek, organize and exchange information for decision making and problem solving
• Ability to create a climate of open communication on personal and professional issues
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritizing tasks and activities in line with business objectives
• Quality and environmental awareness and managing according to quality standards and procedures
• Innovation, vision, creativity, taking initiative, problem solving and decision making
• A pro-active approach to planning and decision making
• Ability to build effective relationships with key stakeholders
• Language:
• English Language: excellent communication skills both written and verbal;
• Afrikaans/Zulu is an advantage;
• IT:
• Computer literate: must have a high degree of skill in DCS, Business Computing Applications such as Databases,
• Word Processors, Spreadsheets, PowerPoint and Enterprise Resource Planning applications (Maximo/SAP or
• equivalent);

Key Responsibilities

• Assists Shift Charge Engineer to supervise and oversee daily plant operations and maintenance in the Operations
• Shift Team in order to ensure that operational targets are achieved safely, efficiently and within the company rules and procedures, OEM guidelines, legal, environmental, contractual and other requirements;
• Assist to establish the appropriate procedures and computerized maintenance management processes as applicable to a prudent operation management, in particular the permit to work system;
• Starts/Stops and Dispatches the plant safely in line with the requirements of the Off-taker;
• Continuously improve systems and procedures based on experience;
• Understands and adheres to all Plant Safety Guidelines and Procedures. Strives to maintain an injury-free environment;
• Understands and masters the Plant Emergency Handling Procedures;
• Participates in the Plant Training and Qualification Program;
• Ensures control of the plant process and electrical distribution through the plant Distributed Control
• System (DCS) and other process control devices;
• Assists in scheduling daily maintenance actions, plant configuration changes and varying power generation levels;
• Monitors plant chemistry and chemicals handling;
• Identifies problems with plant equipment and clearly communicates the conditions associated with these problems to the Shift Charge Engineer / Plant Maintenance Team;
• Ensures the completion of shift round checklists, routine daily/weekly/monthly test checklists and equipment change-over checklists, etc.;
• Coordinates with the Shift Charge Engineer;
• Submits the necessary reports and recommendations to the Shift Charge Engineer concerning equipment/plant status and/or any problems;
• Responsible for the generation and sending the Plant’s daily data requirements in a timely manner to all applicable parties;
• Maintaining high standards of management, ethics and leadership

Queries

For more information regarding the position, please contact:

Nolonwabo – 083 651 0569