Andrada Mining | Full time

Projects Electrical Supervisor

Uis, Namibia | Posted on 08/20/2024

Job Information

  • Date Opened 08/20/2024
  • Job Type Full time
  • Industry Engineering
  • City Uis
  • State/Province Erongo
  • Country Namibia
  • Zip/Postal Code 0000

Job Description

Andrada Mining recognizes that the diversity and talent of our people will ultimately determine our business’ success. Andrada Mining is therefore committed to seeking out and retaining a diverse and talented workforce to ensure business growth and performance.  Andrada  Mining believes in treating all people with respect and dignity. We strive to create and foster a supportive and understanding environment in which all individuals realize their maximum potential within the Company, regardless of their differences.  All new employees will be selected based on culture and values fit.

 

About Our Process

 

At Andrada Mining, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the company values and meet the role requirements. It is therefore imperative that Andrada Mining ensures that the appropriate selection criteria, based on diverse skills, experiences, and perspectives, are used when recruiting employees and board members, Therefore, as part of the recruitment process, several checks may be conducted to demonstrate an applicant’s suitability for a role, including police/criminal background checks, medical, due diligence checks, right to work checks, occupational assessment, and/or reference checks.  

 

About the Role

 

Projects Electrical Supervisor will be responsible for:

 

The Electrical Supervisor Role support the Projects department through Supervision of safe execution of construction activities on site.  The responsible person will ensure that all construction activities comply to Andrada engineering and Safety standards. The primary supervisory tasks will be on Electrical and Control and Instrumentation work but will also include civil and mechanical work when required.  For the execution of these projects multi-disciplinary teams are utilised consisting of internal Andrada staff from different departments in the organisation, Client (Operations), and external professional consultants and contractors to top up shortfalls in internal skills or capacity. The Electrical Supervisor report to the Construction manager on site and is responsible to ensure all contractors adhere to schedule, work safely and conform to all technical standards.

 

Duties and responsibilities will include and not be limited to:

  • Oversee all Installations, repairs and maintenance of the electrical distribution and communications networks.
  • Oversee commissioning of electrical / Instrumentation equipment associated with electric motor drives and plant control panels.
  • Read and interpret electrical / instrumentation diagrams and plans.
  • Lead the troubleshooting, repairs, and maintenance of the electrical/instrumentation systems and mining equipment during construction and commissioning.
  • Install and maintain domestic-related electrical installations.
  • Generate written reports detailing work performed and problems found.
  • Lead and conduct risk assessments when performing routine tasks.
  • General housekeeping – clean equipment with specialized machinery, relevant signages, and spillage material.
  • Control monthly electrical instrumentation cost according to budgets.
  • Perform electrical isolations and ensure compliance to the UTMC permit to work system
  • Ensure Daily site diaries are submitted and conform to requirements
  • Daily supervision of the Artisans / Contractors.


Requirements

The successful candidate will ideally possess the following: 

 

  • Formal Education Recognized Trade diploma in electrical field – N3 and higher Certification
  • Minimum 5 years post-trade experience, 3 years must be in a supervisory capacity.
  • Previous experience in mining / heavy industry will be advantageous.
  • Good background on Industrial Instrumentation
  • MS Office
  • MS Project
  • Valid Driver’s license
  • Electrical installations and construction
  • Field Instrumentation installation
  • Computer literacy.
  • Excellent interpersonal relations skills.

Desirable: 

  • High Voltage authorization and switching experience.
  • CAD
  • Namibian Citizenship