Winder Technician
Listing reference: kalam_000102
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 16 August 2025
Position summary
Industry: Mining & Quarrying
Job category: Electrical Engineering
Location: Northern Cape
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
About our company
Kalagadi
Introduction
The Winder Technician will be responsible for providing electrical and instrument maintenance and breakdown assistance to all electrical and instrumentation affected areas.
Job description
- Adhering to all legal and safety requirements of Maintenance.
- Reporting to the GES or Engineer and planning and upgrading of Equipment.
- Have knowledge of the M340 and HIMA (Hi Matrix) PLC on the Winding Plants
- Fault finding and repair on all electrical and instrumentation equipment up to 11KV.
- Modifications and plant improvements.
- Ensuring adherence to SHEQ standards.
- Responsible for housekeeping, personal safety for fellow workers, reporting any safety incidents or accidents.
- Ensuring that all installations and maintenance is done according to the Mine Health and Safety Standard.
- Training and coaching of new E & I artisans, existing E & I artisans and apprentices.
- Effectively completing administration duties e.g., work orders, spares requests, breakdown / RCA reports etc.
- Responsible for educating / familiarizing oneself with the related drawings and functional / operational philosophies.
- Responsible for proper daily routines and to ensure that the equipment and systems are operating to the highest level.
- Responsible for first line calls on all instrumentation and electrical equipment.
- Programming of all motor protection relays & devices, Siemens SIMOREG drives, VSD's, SITOR modules, protection relays for 11 & 3.3 kV breakers.
- Keeping all fixed plant equipment operations to its optimal performance by optimizing parameters.
- Ensuring correct grading of fault currents between substation incomer breakers.
- Injection testing of switchgear for correct relay operation during commissioning.
- Developing, planning, installing, and commissioning new electrical and instrument installations.
- Performing legal electrical and instrumentation inspections.
- Maintaining and fault finding on Siemens, ABB Schneider Equipment, crushing and conveying systems, cranes, winders, extracting fans including legal duties.
- Ensuring the following of company's procedures and guidelines.
- Navigation of Win CC systems.
- Managing stock levels of spares in the area.
- Planning and managing own work; and relieving Supervisor when required.
Minimum requirements
- Grade 12 or Equivalent
- National Diploma or similar qualification in Electrical Engineering.
- Qualified Electrician Sec 26D more
- Minimum of Five years' experience as a Winder Technician in an electrical maintenance environment, including HT, AC and DC experience.
- Advance computer literacy.
- Experience on Siemens Drives and Schneider Drives (Cyclo Converter) equipment, Winder Machinery, Crushing & Conveying equipment, and Refrigeration plants and will be an advantage.
- Experience on fault-finding using Schneider, Siemens SCADA System.
- Good inter-personal and communication skills.
- 5 to 10 years Electrical & Electronic Equipment Installation / Repair
- Sound knowledge of the relevant legislation with regards to cranes, conveyors, winders, and compressors.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to interpret electrical and instrumentation drawings and perform fault finding.
- Ability to work underground if required.
- Good understanding and knowledge of planned maintenance principles on Schneider and Winder Controls Winding Systems, Crushing and Conveying systems and operations.
- Ability to work under pressure and without supervision.
- Ability to fault find during problem solving on all electrical and instrumentation equipment. (Siemens with Profibus, Asi bus and Simocode).
- Ability to compile reports i.e., technical, RCA documents.
- Ability to read and interpret Schneider Drawings
- Ability to perform supervisory duties and relieve as supervisor when required
Other Requirements
- High personal integrity and professionalism
- Excellent planning and organizing skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including customer service orientation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Self-motivation and the ability to work independently as well in a team
- Strong and dynamic personality
- Must be medically fit to work underground
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Safety Management
- Electrical Engineering
- cranes
- conveyors
- Mining
- electrical drawing
- winder