Organization: Lead Country South Africa
Location: Midrand, South Africa
Reporting Manager: Solutions Engineering Manager
The Business
Siemens Smart Infrastructure combines the real and digital worlds across energy systems, buildings, and industries, enhancing the way people live and work and significantly improving efficiency and sustainability. We work together with customers and partners to create an ecosystem that both intuitively responds to the needs of people and helps customers achieve their business goals. It helps our customers to thrive, communities to progress and supports sustainable development to protect our planet for the next generation.
Role Headline
As a Test technician, you will closely with the engineering and quality team to thoroughly check materials, procedures and test electrical systems to ensure that customers get high-quality, functional products. Advice on product design with regards to testability of the product and design. Creates test solutions incl. related test environment, coordinates product ramp up and drives continuous improvement topics.
Responsibilities Of The Role
- Estimates the scope of the test, selects, and defines the measuring and tests equipment or devices.
- Support Lead project engineer in all substation secondary-plant technical designs and relevant project inputs (Protection, Control, Telecoms and Metering)
- Responsible for the technical support of project management of small/medium/large projects
- Supporting product and system testing, preparing standard test records and completing test documentation
- Adhering to safety standards while performing duties and performing acceptance testing with customers
- Following work plans and cost estimates for work in ones area of responsibility, ensuring quality timely implementation within targeted cost
- Supporting risk assessments to assure safe systems of work and takes appropriate actions
- Assisting with customer or official contacts and communication pertaining to test assignments or meetings
- Using standard processes and tools and maintaining the tools and ensure tools have valid calibration certificates at all time
- Assisting commissioning engineers on site or within a production environment
- Support Lead project engineer in all substation secondary-plant technical designs and relevant project inputs (Protection, Control, Telecoms and Metering)
- Responsible for the management and coordination of multi-disciplinary project teams
- Take responsibility for budgets, resourcing and outsourcing of project work within the section, as well as agree project budgets with other sections on large projects comprising multi-disciplinary project teams
- Author competent technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational
- Check work of all those in the project team and take responsibility for their work
- Present / represent their technical work to internal and external stakeholders
- Regular clients contact under direction of project manager and/or peer and senior engineer
- Successful in identifying and following through on leads associated with additional work prospects on the projects they are involved with
- Train others in respective functional field
- Supervise Engineers or Technicians (internal and external) in undertaking checks and inspections of constructed works for compliance with design and specifications, including monitoring and proposing remedial actions
- Development of specific design procedures and technical related documentation
- Plan and coordinate investigations and surveys
- Coordinate work between function
- Respond on technical queries and propose solutions within the technical field
- Analysis the test sequences for potential improvements and carries out or initiate the required implementation measures.
- Ensures and participates in the systematic further development of the quality assurance system.
- Maintains the testing documentation and testing manuals.
- Schedules, organizes, and monitors the creation of test solutions.
- 3 to 5 years practical and specialized experience, or specialized qualification needed
- High performer
- Ability to work within a team and autonomously
- Analytical thinker
- Attention to detail
- Solid professional judgement and problem-solving competence
- Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Intellectual skills
- Organizational & management skills
- Self-development skills
Our Culture
Our culture embraces different perspectives, open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspect of our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than just react to it. Thats why we invite you to take on new challenges, test your ideas, and celebrate success.
The companys approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets under the Employment Equity Act will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an equal opportunity employer we encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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