We’re urgently seeking a Power Monitoring & Control Room Data Analyst – 6 Months Contract – Sandton (Gauteng) to join the Operation & Maintenance department and will report to the Head of Monitoring & Control Room
Duties & Responsibilities
- Collect and analyse data from the RSA generation assets in order to issue executive and technical reports containing the Operation & Maintenance technical indicators.
- Develop projects aimed at the continuous improvement of technical indicators (e.g. availability) in coordination with the person responsible for technical services and the Global Centre’s of Competence. Management may require the hiring of specialized professional services.
- Discuss, analyse and reconcile the results obtained from the indicator calculation processes with the supervisors of the generation centres.
- Implement and monitor action plans aimed at solving technical problems and relevant processes of the RSA generation assets in coordination with the person responsible for technical services, the competence centres and on-site supervision.
- Monitor the signals necessary to measure the operational efficiency of the generating units of Solar and Wind technologies.
- Use of the software tools and applications implemented for the management, control and reporting of performance indicators and unavailability events (e.g. SAS / Jira/ PI etc.).
- Support the annual planning of the Energy and Availability budget of the EGP RSA generation centres in coordination with supervision and technology personnel, complying with the instructions and provisions of Enel Green Power.
- Draft local Operation & Maintenance instructions / manuals related to indicator monitoring and reporting processes.
- Provide analytical reports on daily, weekly and monthly basis with comments explaining main performance drivers and mitigating actions
- Assist with generation of all external and internal MCR reports, as per organisational requirements.
- Collaborate and assist Operational Performance & Improvement to calculate operational KPIs.
- Notify the plant staff and reference O&M specialists of data irregularities.
- Communicate any issues affecting Control Room systems and Operational data quality to the Head of the MCR, its Operators and the supervisor
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Engineering Degree in Electrical / Mathematics / Statistics / Computer Science
- Min 3 – 5 years of experience in a similar line of work in the Energy Sector
- Experience in Analytics, Machine learning, Data catalogue and Project Management
- Excellent written communication and attention to detail
- Ability to demonstrate accurate technical drawings and good report writing
Package & Remuneration
Salary: R25K per month
Contract: 6 months
Location: Sandton, Johannesburg