Reliability Engineer

SUMMARY:
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.

POSITION INFO:

Key performance area

Review.

Review opportunities (including organizing external expertise and resources) to improve and/or execute work in compliance to statutory requirements using OEM, RCM, 5Why and RCA processes to improve equipment reliability and availability.

Review the operational parameters against the design and/or agreed operating parameters and determine improvement opportunities.

Review historical failure, lead Electrical Root Cause Analysis to determine repeat failures and determine the criticality of equipment.

Initiate improvements of critical equipment and/or critical processes to improve equipment reliability and availability.

Improve measurements, system architect, inspection schedules and Process Control System to achieve more than 85% Plant Availability.

Identify and implement Electrical training (on-job and outsourced training) and technical coaching as needed.


Review/Assess and identify opportunities to improve the electrical grading, protection, power quality and metering of the electrical network.

Develop, Design, Lead.

Develop the preventative maintenance strategies following the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) approach in collaboration with the Reliability Engineering personnel.


Implement and improve stability of the electrical network as per the best engineering practice standards including the interfacing between the electrical and instrumentation installations.

Develop the Electrical standards and procedures in line with the OSH and relevant standards (i.e. SANS, IEC, etc.) with more focus on the requirements of the SANS 10142 Part 1 and Part 2.

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 devices that are fit-for-purpose.

Lead the replacement program for the transformers with transformer that utilizes non-PCB insulation medium.

Lead the management of change in the removal of risk of plant un-availability due to the electrical network (including installation of alternate supply to the Effluent Farm). Lead the assessment of the medium voltage equipment (i.e., switchgear, transformers and cables) and lead the corrective program to ensure electrical network availability.

Develop Service Level Agreements with contractors to support the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) in the plants.

Manage.

Manage Electrical projects (i.e., maintenance/small projects) including the CAPEX processes related to the project(s).

Participate in 5S continuously, implement standards and enforce 5S standards.


Enforce good practices concerning housekeeping

Enforce execution of Risk Assessments and audit plants to ensure zero injuries of personnel (including contractors in your control)

Initiate, support initiative, and implement energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions
throughout the NCP Chlorchem site.

Manage the process change from the reactive maintenance to preventative and predictive maintenance.

Manage the spares inventory and ensure adequate spares including quality, quantity and spare that are fit-for-purpose are available to ensure an acceptable plant availability is maintain.

Measure.

Identify and improve deviations from Operations Within Agreed Parameters concerning electrical installations 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 to statutory and company standards and procedures.

Identify and improve condition-based monitoring system and implement maintenance strategies to improve the operations to achieve an average production of 65kA

Assess the effectiveness of the maintenance strategies on the CMMS software (SAP system) and improve, update and/or add strategies to improve equipment reliability and availability.

Continually assess the spare management process, initiate improvements and/or acquiring of critical spare equipment to improve equipment reliability and availability.

Related SHERQ responsibilities
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Technical knowledge demonstrated and learnt 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., rectifier system)

Computer Literacy in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point)

Ariscu

Experience in Programming of Protection relays, Billing Meters and VSD

Knowledge of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (I.e. SAP)

Value driven

Attention to details

Be able to do basic problem solving and decision making and analysis

Ability to work under pressure

Experience

5 to 10 years’ experience with 3 years handling maintenance projects.

Computer literacy in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Knowledge of the Area Classification.

Experience in Programming of Protection relays, Billing Meters and VSD.
Qualifications:

Grade 12

BTech or BSc in Electrical Engineering.

GCC for Factories (Advantage).

Reporting structure:
This position reports to the Engineering Manager: E&I.
Personal Circumstances:

Must be able to obtain a satisfactory medical report from the companies’ medical centre.
Other requirements:
Please ensure:

That the application form is fully completed and attached with your CV.

That the reference number and/or position name of this advertisement is quoted on your application form.

That recently certified copies of all qualifications referred to on your application form and cv, are submitted.


External Applicants:
Please attach a copy of your most recent payslip. We regret we cannot consider any applications received without this information.
Failure to comply with the above requirements will result in your application being disqualified.
Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply, should the applicant be successful the incumbent will be reasonably accommodated depending on the inherent requirements of the job.
All applicants are thanked in advance for showing interest however correspondences will only be entered into with the shortlisted candidates.
Closing date: 14 October 2024

CV’s to be sent to:
Recruitment for this position will be conducted with the intention progressing our Employment Equity policy, targets, and objectives. The Company reserves the right not to fill this position

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