Service Technician

Service Technician, Western Cape

Requirements:

• N3 Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation.
• Trade Tested in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation or Millwright.
• Unendorsed driver's licence.
• SAGA Membership will be advantageous

Experience:

• 5 years of experience as an electrical, instrumentation or millwright technician.
• Boiler servicing and commissioning on John Thompson Boilers will be advantageous.
• Read and interpret various schematics and understand technical data
• Use hand tools and trade-type tools.
• Experience on Invertor Drives and PLCs.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications, e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point
• Knowledge of package boilers.
• Computer literacy

Key Responsibilities

• Plan layout and installation of electrical wiring, equipment and fixtures based on job specifications and local codes.
• Prepare sketches or follow drawings to determine the location of wiring and equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes.
• Install ground leads and cables and connect power cables to equipment, such as motors and elements.
• Installs, inspects, repairs, services, and upgrades equipment according to instructions.
• Evaluate basic boiler room systems, gather information, and help solve problems.
• Generates sales leads and operative quoting to the company through daily work and interaction with the customer - engages actively with the client.
• Ensure accurate and timely administration of relevant documentation such as service or inspection reports, timesheets and orders.
• Use a variety of tools and equipment such as power construction equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment.
• Repair or replace wiring, equipment, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools.
• Perform physically demanding tasks, such as laying conduit and moving and lifting heavy objects.
• Estimate and compile material list required for onsite equipment installation and termination
• Identify and determine system requirements and program and implement VSD / VFD equipment to produce required demand.
• Fault finding and error identification of VFD / VSD.
• Determine, install, and configure instrumentation equipment to various processes to meet required output or demand.
• Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, equipment, and components and correct the problem