Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer

Design and/or specification of test boxes, cables, equipment, software and systems to facilitate testing of electrical and electronic equipment designed for unmanned air vehicles
Perform as a team member or independently to trouble-shoot, diagnose, and propose and implement electrical power and control equipment process control component repair solutions
Take ownership for the site electrical standards and ensure that they meet legal, corporate and local electrical requirement including safety standards
Working collaboratively with the maintenance manager, ensure that personnel are aware, trained and perform work according to any relevant legislation, and according to standard procedures and risk assessments which are complete and adequate
Support the Maintenance Manager in leadershipand management of the Electrical& Instrument Technicians to encourage and control an effective and disciplined workforce through energetic and driven leadership
Support the Maintenance Manager for control and setting of the site Electrical &Instrumentation maintenance budget, and provide appropriate management of expenditure whilst ensuring all key preventive and corrective maintenance tasks are completed to schedule
Provide Leadership to drive continuous improvement and improve equipment reliability (including the areas of maintenance performance, plant reliability, and safety, health and environmental performance)
Take responsibility to ensure that electrical/instrumentation maintenance schemes are in place such that Capital assets fulfill their life expectancy with minimum expenditure
Take responsibility for Communicationand interaction with the Engineering and Technical Manager on all new projects to ensure they are compliant with site and global standards and the requirements of plant maintenance schedules
Support ongoing Assessment and approval of Electrical contractor companies, including auditing performance and managing site activities

AC switchgear
120V to 13.8kv
NEC
Engine mechanics
Electrical principles and processes
Estimating technology and tools
National Electric Code
NFPA
AC/DC circuit theory
Calibration

The Employ Africa Group is the partner you need to recruit, manage and pay qualified personnel in your African enterprise, complying fully with all local labour and tax regulations. We are a multinational entity, operating throughout Africa, catering for all your employment needs.

We have offices in Durban, Johannesburg & Cape Town in South Africa, Algiers in Algeria, Luanda in Angola, Ndjamena in Chad, Libreville in Gabon, Abidjan in Ivory Coast, Nairobi in Kenya, Nouakchott in Mauritania, Port Louis in Mauritius,Maputo, Matola, Pemba and Vilanculos in Mozambique, Windhoek in Namibia, Dakar in Senegal, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Tunis in Tunisia, Kampala in Uganda and Lusaka in Zambia.

From these primary bases, as well as our partner offices in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Lebanon (in the Middle East) and India, we provide a range of services to international companies doing business in Africa. Our largest clients across our service offerings are in the Oil & Gas, Power Generation, NGO, Humanitarian and ITC sectors. However, we are able to work with companies in any sector.