Electrical Engineer II x2

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The Secunda Operations Electrical Engineering team provides technical support to various electrical maintenance departments, who own and maintain the electrical equipment used in the Sasol Secunda Operations petro-chemical plant in Secunda. The engineering support provided includes technical support on day-to-day engineering issues arising from the plant, as well as longer term asset management support for the electrical equipment throughout the factory.

This includes fault‑finding during breakdown scenarios, providing inputs into RCAs related to equipment failures, providing engineering guidance for electrical changes made on plant equipment, ensuring compliance to engineering specifications/standards and managing deviations, commissioning support for equipment after maintenance or after equipment replacement/renewal, reviewing and compiling project documents & reviewing electrical designs, project initiation, front‑end loading & support, as well as subject‑matter expert support for specific electrical equipment groups.

The support also includes identification of electrical equipment/system risks and active management of these risks in support of the plant’s production and safety targets.

The Electrical Engineering Utilities team specifically provides technical support to two of the business units within Secunda Operations, namely the Power station and Water & Ash business units. A total of 7 electrical engineers make up the Utilities plant support team, all reporting to the Electrical Engineering Team Lead for Utilities.

• HV/MV/LV switch gear, transformers and cables
• MV/LV VSD’s and motors
• Motor control centres
• Synchronous Generators & Gas Turbines
• Protection systems & relays
• Industrial UPS systems
• Battery back‑up systems for protection and control systems (chargers & batteries)
• Earthing & lightning protection systems

• Know & understand electrical equipment failure modes and failure trends in order to manage equipment reliability & predictability.
• Identify & mitigate electrical equipment risks through engineering out / design improvement / renewal / redesign.
• Ensure compliance to electrical specifications or standards for projects executed in your area of responsibility, as well as for any changes to plant electrical equipment or systems. Identify & manage deviations when necessary.
• Provide technical & commissioning support to plant electrical maintenance teams on complex electrical systems.
• Provide technical & commissioning support to project teams during execution of electrical projects.
• Ensure best practices on electrical systems and maintain compliance in own area of responsibility.
• Ensure project success by adherence to cost, schedule and quality targets for small single discipline electrical projects where the role of engineering or project manager is fulfilled.
• Review project documentation & electrical designs to ensure proposed solutions are compliant to standards/specifications, fit for purpose, cost‑effective and will integrate with existing plant equipment.
• Identify specific electrical equipment in your area of responsibility and that can have a significant production impact, and become subject matter expert.
• Assist with compilation of asset renewal plans & roadmaps in your area of responsibility, based on equipment condition and business risk.
• Take the lead or assist with electrical equipment incident investigations when production losses are incurred.
• Set criteria for specific electrical maintenance strategies from the specifications/standards and OEM…