• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice maintenance vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance. • Effectively delegate any maintenance issues to be resolved and small projects to the right skills in the team, planning and managing effective works. • Develop a Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedule, ensure full preventative maintenance is carried out, plan in missed maintenance activities, and lead the team to deliver effectively. • Optimise equipment according to standard procedure, enhancing performance and product quality, ensuring the achievement of all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). • Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems. • Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources as required. • Manage contractors on site to ensure they meet legal and company requirements.• Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff. • Monitor the completion of tasks and ensure good performance. • Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance. • Liaise and communicate with other departments, customers, suppliers and other service providers.• Ensure an effective interface with other departmental staff, customers, suppliers and other service is maintained. • Recommend solutions without compromising quality or service while optimising cost.• Work collaboratively, negotiate and engage with key stakeholders to facilitate delivery and compliance with the maintenance strategy.

Management Function by: • Establish, manage and maintain a capable resource pool in the Division to serve the Project Engineers and network demographics.• Ensuring employee well-being.• Accountable for staff discipline and performance appraisals.• Maintaining serviceability of work stations, fleet, tools and equipment.• Ensuring effective and efficient work flow.• Controlling work type execution within the required constraints ( time, money, quality ).• Responsible for the training needs of staff on complex protection relays and fault finding techniques.• Ensure a safe work environment and eliminate unsafe acts.• Maintaining the prescribed Safety System.• Ensures a quality technical one stop legendary service to Project Engineers.• Investigating and evaluating incidents and claims to ascertain liability and remedy.• Attending to customer complaints, needs and claims.• Providing customers with technical information and advice.• Plans work on a daily basis.• Leads staff in work execution.• Organises all resources to execute work.• Organising and co-ordinating all material manpower, tools and equipment.• Ensuring correct cost allocations.• Controlling utilization of all resources.• Auditing work execution on site.

1 - Ensures the optimal management of discipline specific TSS Field work resources by• Work coordination and compiling production plan based on work schedules• Effective leadership, technical guidance and support to TSS staff as well as auditing• Creating a positive climate for creativity, innovation and continuous improvement in the TSS• Motivating, encouraging, rewarding and recognising staff• Managing the section’s outputs within financial constraints• Compiling the discipline specific Field section’s annual budget2 - Ensures that the discipline specific TSS field work activities (ED systems maintenance, fault finding and commissioning - Build Maintain & Repair) are effectively managed and executed by• Co-ordinating and executing maintenance plans for all discipline specific secondary plant• Ensuring that approved procedures, policies, standards and best practices are implemented• Ensuring the timeously commissioning of capital projects• Adherence to Quality, Safety / Statutory, Developmental and Environmental requirements3 - Ensures that discipline specific customer and special investigations for Customer Services, Field Services, EDSM, EDNS, Network Optimisation and other stakeholders are undertaken and reported on for• Customer supply points and EDFS equipment• Network incidents4 - Supports new technology relating to ED Field Services procedures and activities and represents the discipline in Tescod Work Group activities where appropriate5 - Provides input to EDNS regarding the Capital expansion and EDNS 5 year refurbishment plan based on specific secondary plant performance, -condition and field experience 6 - Safety: Ensures a safe work environment and eliminate unsafe acts by complying to the Occupational Health and Safety Act and statutory appointments 7 - Acts as a coach / mentor for newly appointed staff and trainees and accredits EDFS staff where appropriate

Maintains discipline specific equipment (protection,) on a scheduled basis• Maintain, Repair and Commission Protection Equipment phase I, II and III in almost every functionality which include normal Fdr O/C, E/F and SE/F, Fdr Directional O/C, E/F and SE/F, Trfr O/C, E/F and SE/F, Trfr Differential, Trfr RE/F, Fdr Current Differential, Fdr Distance, Fdr Solkor, Bus Zone, UFLS, and Busbar Overload.• Test and Commission Primary Plant for example Power Trfr`s, Current Trfr`s, Voltage Trfr`s, Bkr`s, Isolators, Weight Operated Disconnects, Pole Mount Breakers, Pole Mount Sectionalisers, Voltage Regulators.• Do fault calculations and calculate settings for Protection Equipment on Reticulation Schemes.• Maintains discipline specific equipment (protection, telecontrol, metering, DC or telecom’s) on a scheduled basis.• Diagnose, repair faults on discipline specific equipment (protection, telecontrol metering DC and telecoms).• Installs and commissions discipline specific equipment (protection, telecontrol metering DC one telecoms) on a scheduled basis.• Takes a leadership responsibility for EDFS discipline specific work during maintenance, fault finding and commissioning on major plant and key customer installations.• Undertakes and reports on discipline specific customer and special investigations for customer.• Services, Field Services, EDS, EDNS systems optimisation and other stake holders.• Acts as Mentor and Coach for newly appointed EDFS staff and trainees as well as FSC staff.• Ensures that drawings are updated, revisions marked up and submitted to EDNS group.• Ensures that all administration related duties pertaining to the standards, work orders and legal requirements are performed.• Performs maintenance, repair installations and commissioning activities in accordance with safety standards, Occupational Health and Safety Act and statutory appointments.

Supervisory Function by: • Establish, manage and maintain a capable resource pool in the Technical Service Centre placed and located to serve the customers and network demographics.• Ensuring employee well-being.• Accountable for staff discipline and performance appraisals.• Maintaining serviceability of work stations, fleet, tools and equipment.• Compile and maintain the asset register.• Ensuring effective and efficient work order flow.• Controlling work type execution within the required constraints ( time, money, quality ).• Ensure an effective network operating capability.• Collating customer requirements into the emergency preparedness plan.• Providing inputs into network capability.• Advising and training staff on complex switching and fault finding techniques.• Ensure a safe work environment and eliminate unsafe acts.• Chairperson of a health and safety committee.• Maintaining the prescribed Safety System.• Ensures a quality technical one stop legendary service to customers.• Investigating and evaluating incidents and claims to ascertain liability and remedy.• Attending to customer complaints, needs and claims.• Providing customers with technical information and advice.• Plans work on a daily basis.• Leads staff in work execution.• Organises all resources to execute work.• Organising and co-ordinating all material manpower, tools and equipment.• Ensuring correct cost allocations.• Controlling utilization of all resources.• Auditing work execution on site.

Performs planned maintenance on networks up to and including 132kv • Inspects, evaluates and executes non intrusive maintenance on substations, control rooms, lines and feeders• Conducts maintenance on large power users supply points and metering• Conducting intrusive maintenance on networks up to and including 33kv• Responds to call outs and prompts from the dispatcher during abnormal conditions and power interruptions to minimise customer outages• Analyse network fault indicators• Rapidly restores supply to customers• Creates assets on networks up to and including 132kv • Commissions new plant• Updates information systems• Ensures a safe working environment and eliminate unsafe acts• Provides on job training to staff• Provides a one stop technical service to customers

Performs planned maintenance on networks up to and including 33kv• Inspects, evaluate and executes non intrusive maintenance on substations, control rooms, lines and feeders• Conducts maintenance on small power users supply points and metering• Responds to call outs and prompts from the dispatcher during abnormal conditions and power supply interruptions to minimise customer outages• Analyse network fault indicators• Creates assets on networks up to and including 33kv • Commissions new plant• Updates information Systems• Accepts accountability for and plans Minor projects• Ensures a safe working environment and eliminate unsafe acts• Provides on job training to Staff• Provide a one stop technical service to customers

Training as Apprentice ( Electrician ) and experience gainedCircuitry and Fault Finding:Motors and Starters:• Star Delta Starters:• Other Starters:• Single phase forward and reverse starter with rotary selector switch; Single phase forward and reverse starter by switch or contactors; Dual speed motor; Resistance starter; Three phase forward and reverse panel; Sequence start control panels.Circuit Breakers:• Cables:TransformersLine Maintenance:• Installation work:• Steel conduit – bend sets and 90 deg bends, thread pipe and fix to boxes, saddle pipe with steel saddles.• Plastic conduit – bend sets and 90 deg bends, install pipe with relevant plastic fittings, saddle pipe plastic saddles.• Sprague tubing – fit tubing to box.• PVC cable end – make off cable end and fit cable gland.• Surfix cable – make off ends and fit to installation.• Meter Box – wire three single phase KWH meters, install circuit breakers, and install earth and neutral bars.• Main Distribution Board – wire in accordance with SABS code of practice, loads must be balanced, board must be labelled.• Socket outlet – plugs must be balanced and controlled by different circuits.• Lighting circuit – two way switching as well as three way switching.• Stove circuit – wire stove two phase three wire according to SABS.• Geyser circuit – wire geyser according to SABS.• Earthing and bonding – bond all metallic water piping to the installation earthing system, earth all exposed conductive parts of the installation.• Installation test – insulation resistance to earth, insulation resistance between conductors, earth continuity resistance, polarity of switches.Amron Panel:• Three phase forward and reverse, single phase forward and reverse, sequence starting, automatic star delta, automatic star delta forward and reverse.Basic silver soldering and brazing: Basic Power Plant:Kilowatt Hour MetersBatteriesHydraulic Systems Air Systems High Voltage Operating