Sasol Digital Technician Jobs in South Africa
Purpose of Job
This position will render a service toward Full Calendar Operation of the mine (Fulco).
Overall responsibility for safe execution of maintenance work for all Control, Monitoring, Communication networks and Instrumentation equipment at The Colliery. Design, develop and test digital subsystems in conjunction with software development team to ensure system meets operational requirements.
Accountable for Digital System Integrity, uptime and Asset Health, Legal digital equipment safety standards and equipment reliability and functional performance as per design specification.
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
Appoint, lead and support appointed Technicians and Mechanician to assist him her in the safe maintenance practices in terms of regulation 2.9.2.
Operational managerial control over Digital Domain, Routine Backlog and P&CM work and Technicians , ensures compliance to maintenance master schedules backlog, 2 and 12 Week WBS,
Maintenance and expansions of Collieries’ process control network (PCN) and underground business network, including underground WiFi, at set standards, along with the software and hardware equipment on the Collieries’.
Industrial IT on these networks.
Ensure the uptime and reliability of these networks, systems and equipment
Software management and governance, including Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), e.g. SCADA, Joy.
Connect (or equivalent from other suppliers), firewalls and work management applications on mobile devices.
Responsible for hardware included, e.g. network equipment, servers, underground mobile devices (UMDs), power line modems, Mobile Communication Units (container) and digital sensors
Developing standards and SOPs.
Participating in the development and deployment of new technologies and tools.
Critical link to manage provision of real time data from operations to IOC and planning and scheduling systems.
Managing the Colliery’s Industrial IT annual budget and capital.
Responsible for future digital enablement growth with wider adoption of wearables, sensors and reliance on realtime data from equipment.
Continuation of Recruitment Description
Ultimate accountability for MES, underground connectivity, device and system availability.
Effectively manage Colliery level call center with support from the control room.
Good understanding of the Sasol mining process and other processes, culture, values, strategic objectives, etc.
Ensure System of proper handover and sign off takes place to the Operations once scheduled maintenance work is completed.
The management of service providers OEMs operating in the area of responsibility, providing sufficient supervision.
Coordinate overtime and Call-out system and protocol management.
Key Performance Deliverables
Uptime on communication, networks and Digital equipment.
Safety Performance IFR.
Compliance to Maintenance, 2 week and 12 week WBS
Process Enablers:
COC IOC monitoring of reliability and accuracy of digital equipment outputs.
Work Management System – Maintenance Master schedules and SAP.
Defect identification and elimination process.
System Backups and redundancy of critical systems and critical spares.
Reporting:
Statutory and Legal compliance etc
Weekly VPC and 12 week WBS updates – Compliance to plan
Colliery Engineering VPC inputs
Formal Education
N6 or National Diploma qualification in Electrical engineering or control instrumentation
GCC (Electrical in Coal Mining) Wish
ECSA Registered (Wish)
Min Experience
Experience: 5+ relevant years
How to Apply
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