Electrical & Instrumentation Winder Technician

Palabora-Mining-Company-; Phalaborwa; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Palabora Mining Company is seeking a skilled Electrical & Instrumentation technician to provide maintenance and breakdown support across electrical/instrumentation systems. The role involves fault finding up to 11kV, plant improvements, and adherence to SHEQ standards.

The incumbent will train E&I artisans and apprentices, manage work orders, spares, and RCA reports, and ensure installations follow GS6/GS7 specs. Applicants should be able to work underground if required.

Qualifications

• National Diploma or similar qualification in either Electrical or Instrumentation.
• Minimum of three years’ experience as a Winder Technician in an electrical or instrumentation maintenance environment, including HT, AC and DC experience.
• Advanced computer literacy.
• Experience on Siemens Drives (Cyclo Converter) equipment, Winder Machinery, Crushing & Conveying equipment and Refrigeration plants and will be an advantage.
• Experience on fault-finding using SCADA System.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical and instrument maintenance and breakdown assistance to all electrical and instrumentation affected areas.
• Fault finding and repair on all electrical and instrumentation equipment up to 11KV.
• Training and coaching of new E & I artisans, existing E & I artisans and apprentices.
• Effectively completing administration duties e.g. work orders, spares requests, breakdown / RCA reports etc.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Instrumentation fault finding

Teamwork

Communication skills

Underground work

Report writing

Interpret drawings

Education

National Diploma in Electrical or Instrumentation

Tools

Siemens Drives

SCADA systems

WinCC

SIMADYN D

SIMOREG drives

Job description

Palabora Mining Company is seeking a skilled Electrical & Instrumentation technician to provide maintenance and breakdown support across electrical/instrumentation systems. The role involves fault finding up to 11kV, plant improvements, and adherence to SHEQ standards.

The incumbent will train E&I artisans and apprentices, manage work orders, spares, and RCA reports, and ensure installations follow GS6/GS7 specs. Applicants should be able to work underground if required.