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Engineering Support
▪ Provide advice and support to PV plant engineering and performance assurance teams.
▪ Provide support to Reliability of Supply team by creating & reviewing mitigation checklists for critical equipment based on FMEA risks and sign off maintenance strategy modifications.
▪ Routinely visit installations to gain an understanding and clarification of the issues that may have arisen on equipment related to Solar PV.
▪ Participate, when appropriate, and contribute to near miss investigations by providing the technical expertise in the discipline.
▪ Identifying long term solutions for assigned tasks related to reliability issues that are deemed safety critical / urgent / high value to key stakeholders.
▪ Provide guidance, mentoring and training on the specific asset category where required.
▪ Participate in the relevant network groups and provide guidance on Best Practices. Ensure REX/lessons learned are implemented.
▪ Advises based on quantitative evidence or advice from vendor / experts or others. Providing consultation and problem solving to Nomac personnel on PV plant problems and provide recommended course of action.
▪ Provide technical troubleshooting, data review and trend monitoring, historical trend reviews, event follow-up, root cause analysis to support plant maintenance strategies.
▪ Provide information and training for operations and sharing of lessons learned with internal peers.
▪ Work & Collaborate with other technical teams to address business challenges.
▪ Must leverage industry experience, equipment knowledge, software know-how, to support world class predictive analytics and monitoring solutions.
▪ Acts as a resource for others in solution design.
▪ Demonstrate ability to develop and implement appropriate plans and solutions to drive ongoing improvement of asset/system reliability within power & water sites.
Risk Identification and Mitigation
▪ Ensure asset risks on equipment related to PV sites are identified and mitigated to ensure safe and reliable operation of assets.
▪ Identify vendors with equipment causing continued reliability issues
▪ Lead RCAs on equipment related to solar concentration and thermal energy storage on PV projects and ensure the operational loss register is used as a trigger for RCAs.
Projects
▪ Review of Owner Technical Specification (OTS) and incorporation of lessons learned
▪ Review and validate Vendor/OEM Listing for new projects
▪ Provide ad hoc support to Project Execution Office and BD teams on new projects.
▪ Provide input to HAZOP’s and HAZID’s and design review process.
▪ Be responsible for providing technical approval for asset specific plant or process changes / modification.
▪ Be responsible for review and approval of Safety System Changes within their discipline.
Technical Expertise
▪ Act as centre of expertise providing in-depth technical knowledge on PV plant and equipment. Using that knowledge to design and implement solutions to improve the plant efficiency and reliability in the long term.
▪ Detailed experience in operation, maintenance and trouble shooting of PV systems, including inverters, trackers, PV modules, DC electronics and transformers.
▪ Detailed knowledge and demonstrated application of life maintenance planning and total maintenance cost management on equipment related to PV installations.
Policies, Processes, Systems & Procedures
▪ Identification and compliance with applicable international standards and best practice.
▪ Development & sign-off of local standards and guidelines as required.
▪ Ensuring that the technical content of procedures and guidelines are up to date and technically sound.
▪ Review, witness and sign-off of acceptance (ITP) test criteria and provide input to the Owner Technical Specification (OTS) for PV projects
Continuous Improvement
▪ Identify opportunities of improvement and contribute to organisational and departmental change initiatives, programmes and projects taking into account best practice and standards in the business environment.
Health, Safety, Security & Environment
▪ Ensure compliance to all relevant health, safety, security and environmental management policies, procedures and controls across the department to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance and a responsible environmental attitude.
Related Assignments
▪ Perform any other duties which the line manager may require to be carried out.
Skills
Minimum Qualifications:
▪ BA or B. S. Degree in electrical engineering studies,
Minimum Experience:
▪ 15 + years of experience in the field with high focus on O&M / plant reliability
▪ Detailed knowledge and excellent understanding of: Power generation O&M, Asset Lifecycle Management.
▪ World class knowledge of asset specific design, construction, operation and failure modes.
▪ Member of Engineering institute.
▪ Experience with OEM or Well -known Engineering firm or as part of the Engineering Centre of Excellence in large Generation or O&G organizations
Skills:
▪ Extensive experience of technical report writing.
▪ Good communication skills (verbal and written)
▪ Ability to prioritize and manage multiple work tasks simultaneously
▪ Good interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team setting
▪ Strong attention to details
▪ Strong analytical skills
▪ Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
▪ Self-starter requiring moderate direction or supervision
▪ Good organizational skills, ability to organize and prioritize work
▪ Ability to work effectively on multiple assignments
▪ Flexible and able to adjust to changing priorities
▪ Willing and able to perform other unrelated duties as required and learn new processes and technologies
▪ Frequently interacts with management, staff and other departments throughout the system
▪ Knowledge of tracking and trending for historical data is required