Performance and Monitoring Technician (Solar Plant SCADA)

Performance and Monitoring Technician

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The primary functions of the candidate are:

• Maintenance and troubleshooting of IT environment
• Execute daily control room monitoring tasks
• Support to Performance & Monitoring, Field IT, and Electrical departments in ad hoc requests (SCADA data extraction and analysis)

RESPONSIBILITIES (grouped by estimated percentage of workload allocation, not limited to):

• 70%
  • Office IT management (to be executed in line with official procedures)
    • Specifically including office user support
    • Office network maintenance (laptops, desktops, printers, )
    • Internet connection monitoring and management
  • Proactively identify areas of improvement within procedures
  • Continuous monitoring of plant devices (from SCADA, Visual Basic scripts, )
  • Continuous plant failure logging/documentation

·         30%

• Ad hoc functions and support within the Performance & Monitoring, Field IT, and Electrical departments

REQUIRED SKILLS (QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE):

• Recognized Degree or National Diploma in either Information Technology or similar
• Working experience in an IT environment
• Experience in usage of SCADA User interfaces (will be an advantage)
• Knowledge and experience in Modbus TCP and serial communication protocols (will be an advantage)
• Functional knowledge of Microsoft Office environment
• Must have knowledge of computer networks
• Knowledge of fiber optic networks
• Good problem solving /network debugging skills
• Valid Driver’s license, minimum category B and have own transport to and from work

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Be self-driven and ability to work independently, but able to work according to approved systems Framework
• Be a team player and able to communicate well
• Must be focused on contributing towards the overall improvement of the business
• Must be able to work under pressure
• Must be able to manage time efficiently
• Must be able to cope with frequent interruptions whilst paying attention to specific tasks