ENGINEER TECHNICIAN

City of Tshwane•Tallahassee, FL

11d

About The Position

To maintain a SCADA system (supervisory and data acquisition, distribution management and outage management systems) for the optimum network operation state regarding safety, reliability, stability and optimum network performance by identifying problems and negative tendencies on the system and to address these problems

Requirements

An appropriate three-year tertiary qualification or degree (national diploma or degree) in Electrical Engineering or Electronic Engineering
At least three years’ relevant working experience in a local authority energy and electrical network environment, preferably on network control systems (SCADA), field, substation elements, layouts and busbar wiring in substations
A valid Code B driving licence
Computer literacy
Must undergo a criminal record check and such a person shall allow their fingerprints to be taken by the Tshwane Metro Police Department at own cost
Willingness and ability to work shifts, standby and overtime
Applicants must be willing to be placed anywhere in Tshwane from time to time as required and determined by the departmental management. Thus, by applying for any of these positions the applicants irrevocably accept this condition.

Nice To Haves

Registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa as Engineering Technician or Technologist will be an added advantage
Supervisory experience will be an added advantage

Responsibilities

Collect needs from the users of the SCADA and DMS/OMS systems, analyse them, identify uncertainties and clarify them on a daily basis
Provide needs through the Chief Engineer Network Operational System (CENOS)
Decide with the CENOS on how to satisfy needs
Identify problems on the SCADA and DMS/OMS systems, gather information about them, report them and investigate or request investigation by relevant parties
Record failures of equipment from the SCADA systems as well as mean time to repair, mean time to replace, mean time to failure, cause of failure, annual failure frequency, document performance and CENOS
Run queries on the database to the remote terminal units to verify the integrity of software
Backup software in Config Pro
Monitor file systems on the database for proper working
Increase file systems space if needed
Report problems to the CENOS and rectify problems
Conduct first line maintenance on the hardware of the SCADA system (remote terminal units, modems, D20 processor unit card, modems, I/O cards, power supplies, etc) to verify proper functioning
Report any equipment problems to the CENOS
Get run out list and single line diagrams from the CENOS
Check the correctness of data
Populate the remote terminal unit database
Hand over the database to be checked
Conduct emergency maintenance on the hardware of the SCADA system by receiving problems from the Chief Engineer Network Control System, go to the substations to repair faulty equipment and report back on the cause of the problem
Set up communication to the substation (modems, radio or multiplexer)
Test each I/O point (one bits, two bits, controls, analogues, tap position and counters at the substation on the database)
Compile a monthly report of the successes of work actions and identify any problems or shortfalls