Specialist Conditioning Monitoring

About the role

To monitor the condition and reliability of equipment and provide advice to enable equipment to perform its intended function for a specified interval under stated conditions. Support the Condition monitoring team to maintain and execute a predictive maintenance program for the mine / plant to determine the health status / condition of machinery/equipment and to identify deviations and implement corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and competency to ensure integrity, reliability, and availability of condition monitoring systems, at the lowest cost.
• Establish a predictive maintenance programme to assess machinery/equipment's condition and identify deviations.
• Formulate a technical approach and guide data assimilation, assessment, interpretation, and contextualisation for a portfolio of projects.
• Carry out the predictive maintenance plans to ensure machine availability is at an optimum for production.
• Synchronise production and maintenance plans and align with the budget.
• Ensure compliance to mechanical engineering specific standards and best practices, including quality assurance.
• Manage deviations from discipline standards when necessary.
• Provide plant maintenance advisory support.
• Act as an expert consultant on discipline specific topics group wide.
• Assist in the selection of external service providers by measuring their technical competence.
• Assist with root cause failure analysis to determine failure modes and to prevent any future failures.
• Manage the standardisation of a data-based setup and equipment standards by ensuring a uniform quality control system.
• Ensure safe working practices to prevent injury or incidents by following SOP's.
• Consistently reduce all non-value-adding work.
• Ensures that all of the activities of the predictive maintenance team are achieved within budget.
• Report on progress and make information available in the format as agreed by the Condition Monitoring department.
• Compile monthly predictive maintenance reports.
• Discuss progress, exception reports, follow-up actions at agreed business unit forums.
• Assist with the Sasol Mining Warranty Claim and Scope of Work processes at the business unit.
• Introduce online / real-time wireless technology on critical equipment.
• Monitor the performance of new technology and report back.
• Train and coach fellow employees and learners on condition monitoring.
• Establish a network of internal and external experts to consult and guide when necessary.
• Participate in engineering governance bodies (standardisation committees).
• Understand customer needs and suppliers contributions to drive operational results in the best interest of the company.

Requirements

• National Diploma /B-Tech degree / Bachelor's degree
• National Senior Certificate / N3 with Mathematics, Science and English
• Qualified Artisan Trade Test (Electro-Mechanic preferred) Mechanical or Electrical essential
• Experience: 4+ relevant years
• Experience on Laser alignment, Thermography and Ultrasound Condition Monitoring Techniques
• Knowledge of the AMSuite / CSI Condition Monitoring System (Wish)
• Sound knowledge of maintenance principles
• Vibration Analysis Certification (Minimum Level 2)
• Oil Analysis Certification (Minimum Level 1)
• Valid Drivers License