Instrumentation & Electrician Technician

Discover a Brighter Future 

At South32, we’re meeting the challenge of enabling a sustainable future through our focus on responsibly producing commodities critical for a low-carbon world.

As a collaborative, caring and inclusive company, there’s no better place to make a genuine difference. Together we’re making a positive, global impact that has the potential to change lives.

Whatever career path you choose, we’ll support you every step of the way to learn, grow and succeed. So join us, step towards a brighter future and leave your legacy.

ABOUT Hermosa

Hermosa, located approximately 75 miles south-east of Tucson, Arizona, is the only advanced mining project in the United States as of 2023 that could produce two federally designated critical minerals—manganese and zinc—as well as silver and lead. The project has the potential to help power the nation’s clean energy future, strengthen the domestic supply chain of critical minerals, grow the local economy, and improve lives in Santa Cruz County and the surrounding community for generations to come.

ACERCA de Hermosa

Hermosa, ubicado a aproximadamente 75 millas al sur este de Tucson, Arizona, es el único proyecto de minería avanzada en los Estados Unidos hasta la fecha que puede producir dos minerales designados como críticos por el gobierno federal: manganeso y zinc, así como también plata y plomo. El proyecto tiene el potencial de ayudar a impulsar el futuro energético limpio del país, reforzar la cadena de suministro nacional de minerales esenciales, hacer crecer la economía local y mejorar la calidad de vida en el condado de Santa Cruz y en las comunidades aledañas para las generaciones venideras.

WHAT SOUTH32 OFFERS
•    Annual short-term incentive bonus that recognizes both your individual performance and the overall success of the business.
•    When you choose to contribute more into your retirement savings, South32 will match it up to a certain percentage.
•    South32 provides you with 4 weeks paid time off.
•    12 weeks full-paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks full-paid parental leave for secondary carers

ABOUT THE ROLE 

The Instrumentation & Electrical Technician will report to Maintenance Superintendent. Key responsibilities are to provide technical support to all departments of the mine with a wide variety of instrumentation and electrical activities while also performing installations, calibrations, troubleshooting, repairs, breakdowns, and maintenance.

Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to: 
Accountabilities:
 

• Maintain existing electrical and instrumentation equipment in the mine.
• Locate and diagnose faults on electrical and instrumentation systems and equipment.
• Investigate equipment when it fails and determine corrective measures, so that reoccurrence can be minimized.
• Trace circuits of defective units and replace or rectify defective components.
• Inspect transformers and conduct basic maintenance activities (i.e. checking temperature and advising when it should be repaired, replaced, or serviced).
• Perform basic troubleshooting on breakdowns.
• Conduct lightning detector checks and perform any maintenance service.
• Conduct earth resistance tests, as and when required.
• Align, fit, and assemble component parts, using hand tools, power tools, fixture, templates, and microscopes.
• Attend to breakdowns timeously, as soon as instruction has been received, to ensure that the mine continues to operate effectively.
• Provide inspections, repairs, installations, and recommendations, as and when required.

Installations
 

• Work from wiring diagrams, engineering drawings and equipment specifications when making installations.
• Make calculations for load requirements for circuits and choose the appropriate size and grade of component.
• Install all new electrical and instrumentation equipment, as instructed by the supervisor.
• Conduct RCD (Residual Current Devices) testing on all new electrical installations.

Testing
 

• Conduct Statutory Earth Resistance Testing as per compliance requirements.

• Perform appliance testing and tagging (statutory works).

Additional Knowledge:
 

• Knowledge of electric motors.
• Knowledge of PLC (Programable Logic Controller), SCADA (Supervisory control and data acquisition) and telemetry systems.
• Understanding of the operational regulation and protection of High Voltage equipment.

ABOUT YOU 

• Must have valid drivers license
• 3 years of electrical experience in industrial, mining, oil and gas sectors
• Preferable 1 year mining experience
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, interacting with diverse functional and cultural backgrounds.
• Experience with low, medium, and high voltage
• Microsoft Suite experience (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.)
• Experience with SAP

South32 is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we operate.  We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

South32 está comprometido a cimentar y mantener una plantilla de trabajadores diversa e inclusiva que refleje las comunidades en las cuales trabajamos.  Proporcionamos una proceso de contratación que es justo, equitativo y accesible para todos y alentamos la aplicación de candidatos de todas las procedencias.