SCADA Technician
Red Rocket South Africa Pty Ltd · Western Cape
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- Performing preventive maintenance in the entire BOP O&M Facility as per the Preventive maintenance plan scheduling for SCADA equipment related to the Substation, MET Mast, Weather stations, Fibre-optic Cables, Terminations, SCADA and Security System.
- Performing unplannedcorrective repairs for the breakdowns and failures on the facility SCADA devices and equipment
- Liaising with colleagues in finishing pending SCADA activities or fixing unplanned faults and failures in the facility.
- Carrying out troubleshooting/fault finding on SCADA equipment in the Facility.
- Abide by bona fide work practices in relation to the company regulations and working ethics.
- Attending training organized by the company this includes but not limited to, Occupational Health and Safety, First Aid, Fire Fighting.
- Collect, analyze, and report site activity data, including plant operational performance, and contractor activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with reporting standards.
- Maintain and manage comprehensive documentation of all SCADA activities, ensuring alignment with the company's Central SCADA systems
- Support the preparation of detailed reports, including daily, weekly, and monthly summaries, on SCADA related aspects of site operations.
- Identify and escalate any SCADA risks, incidents, or deviations from standard operating procedures to the Plant Coordinator.
- Support in standardizing and optimizing the various systems dedicated to efficiently monitor and manage the assets, in order to comply with Company policies, procedures, standards, and requirements.
- Implementation and continuous maintenance of all data-related aspects of the of SCADA systems
- Support in developing, implementing and improvement of asset performance tools and databases
- Evaluations on short-, medium- and long-term periods of performance indicators not limited to energy production, availability and performance ratios, actual performance versus expected performance indicators
- Ensuring that full and up to date records and systems are in place and are maintained;
- Overall compliance to all the internal Policies and Procedures of the Facilities where applicable;
- Support the O&M Team / Command Centre services in that all information is recorded in both electronic and hard copy and meets internal and external audit standards and the Red Rocket repository rules;
- Support internal O&M Team/ Command Centre Operations Manuals and relevant procedures, within the overall Operational systems as and when required;
- Verification of performance data, reports and information from third party service providers;
- Implementation of all SCADA tools as provided, and strategies undertaken for different plants during Operations and Maintenance Phase;
- Open to travel and regular prolonged periods at remote facilities;
- Monitor and Operate the OEM Turbines - Human Shutdown on Demand HSDOD requests, received by Environmental specialists
Requirements Minimum Educational Qualifications:
- Degree/ Diploma in Engineering / IT or relevant field
- Certification in SQL, SCADA and programming courses are advantageous
Minimum Previous Experience
- 1-3 years working experience in similar role in power plants.
- Extensive Experience working with SCADA platforms of Wind, Solar and Hydro facilities
- Experience in working with SQL Databases, Ubuntu or similar systems
Other Skills
- Computer and ICT Literacy
- A keen interest in Internet of Things
- Troubleshooting, Problem solving and Fault-finding skills Detail-oriented and highly organized
- Self-regulated and the ability to work independently
- Report writing
- Programming
Languages
- English Read, write & speak