SCADA Technician

Red Rocket South Africa Pty Ltd · Western Cape

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Responsibilities

  • 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
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