Electrical Maintenance Technician

About the role

The Electrical Maintenance Technician performs preventive, corrective and troubleshooting maintenance and testing of all electrical equipment in the plant, keeping process facilities available and reliable. The role covers fault finding, diagnosis and upkeep of low and high voltage electrical assets.

Key responsibilities

• Isolate and energize low voltage and high voltage motors, UPS, transformers, generators and other electrical circuits according to the company's enabling certificate, including skilled fault finding, diagnosis and troubleshooting.
• Accept and complete the electrical isolation confirmation certificate after each activity.
• Identify and obtain spare parts and tools needed for maintenance.
• Carry out routine, predictive and preventive checks, including visual inspections, to keep equipment in efficient operating condition.
• Install, modify and test equipment through the planned stages, following supervisor instructions and checking adherence to all parameters.
• Identify areas for improvement and help senior section personnel make modifications to the system.
• Verify completed work, complete maintenance activity sheets and surveys, and record work order failure history in the system.
• Contribute to method statement preparation and initiate near-miss reports.
• Update and maintain electrical drawings, records and documents.

Required profile

• Diploma in an electrical discipline or secondary school certificate with a vocational trade certificate in the relevant field.
• 4 years of experience maintaining electrical equipment in a large industrial plant, preferably in the oil and gas industry.