Electrician (Permanent Position) X5

REMUNERATION

• R 344 445.02 Per Annum Post Level Seven 7 plus benefits as prescribed by collective agreements of local Authorities

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Grade 12/ Senior Certificate.
• Recognised Manpower Trade test in electrical.
• Qualification in electrical engineering or an equivalent NQF electrical engineering qualification.
• Statutory/regulated certification specific to vocation if applicable.
• Computer Literate MSWord & Excel.
• Code EB 08 driver's license PDP added advantage.
• Knowledge and understanding of pre-paid electrical metering system.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial calculations, statistics, etc.
• Knowledge and understanding of identifying faults physically.
• Knowledge and understanding of reading bulk meters physically and electronically.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

The successful candidate will be responsible to

Investigate and check electrical consumption to ensure correct usage and correct faulty accounts based on outcome of investigations, including but not limited to:

• Bulk Meters.
• Commercial Electricity.
• Household Electricity.

Responsible for the supervision and monitoring of the pre-payment metering system:

• Maintain services in the absence of the general workers.
• Investigate and identify possible illegal usage of electricity.
• Program bulk meters.
• Program prepaid meters.

Revenue Collection

• Read bulk meters on a monthly basis by the first of each month and prepare accounts for Financial Services.
• Performing financial calculation based on the information received.

Performs electrical engineering duties that require exercise of judgment and application of standard engineering principles and practices:

• Works from instructions, drawings, proposals and specifications.
• Prepares specifications and documents in accordance with requirements.
• Investigates technical problems and establish procedures and corrective actions to avoid recurrences.
• Identify and resolve software and potential hardware problems