SCADA Technician Job at Red Rocket South Africa Ltd

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 unplanned(corrective) 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)