Do you like heavy mining equipment? And feel comfortable with vehicle electrics and software configuration? Are you open to international challenges? Then this may be right for you.
As Commissioning Engineer you will make digital technology save the lives of miners and increase productivity in mines, both underground and in surface applications. You will need to make this happen with your planning mindset, own hands, and with a strong team of engineers to cover your back, providing fantastic support and an enjoyable team spirit. You will be reporting directly to the COO of Nerospec SK.
Your responsibilities are to ensure that projects and technical installation are carried out timely and on budget, as well as servicing installations and keeping a close relationship with the customer. As Commissioning Engineer you should have an electrical/technical background, project management, and customer relationship skills. You need to be detail orientated, multitasking, proactive, and willing to travel.
On the job, you will prepare and plan customer site projects, including resource planning for flawless project execution, component delivery, hardware, and tools availability. Also, you will be working at customer sites, including mining machine installation of hardware, installing software, servicing NSK products on site, working with clients, partners and vendors, keeping regular communication with project management and customers, and delivering basic reports.
Tasks:
- Planning customer site installation jobs from scheduling activities with customers all the way to getting parts, materials, and sub-contractors in line to deliver the job
- Manage timelines and delivery dates for entire technical installations projects
- Hands-on installation of safety and productivity solutions like Vehicle Intervention Control for Collision Avoidance or Data Loggers via discrete or CAN bus data interfaces and LTE or WiFi Networks for mobile data collection
- Training of local installation crews in case of big fleet installations
- Maintaining customer focussed relationships and understanding of customer requirements, engaging the back-end team to deliver the best possible project result
- Functional validation of installations and handover of solutions to customers
- Close collaboration with the South African back-end team
Skills:
- Self-organization: from planning trips, service jobs, tools, and parts requirements, to scheduling team support
- High-quality awareness: we only do good jobs
- Communication: working directly with the Mine Site Customer team as well as the German headquarter team and the South African design and manufacturing team
- Customer focus: nothing is more important for us than ensuring that the mine site customer is receiving what they need to increase safety and productivity
- Hands-on solution-focused attitude
- English speaking fluently
Education & Experience:
- Several years of work experience as an Electrical Service Technician or Auto Electrician
- Electrical system education and passion
- Experience with project commissioning and international projects is a plus
- Proficient in software installation and configuration
- Interest in vehicle controllers, customer and application-specific installations, software development, and WiFi and LTE networks
- Exited to bring Industry 4.0 into real live Mining Equipment
Are you interested? We look forward to receiving your application documents at: albert@nerospec.com
About us:
Nerospec SK solutions make Mines, Machines, and Miners safer, connected, and more productive with our fleet-wide and end-to-end digital mining solutions. Nerospec SK is a Joint Venture between the South African technology company Nerospec and the German industry Holding Schmidt-Kranz Group. Our passion for mining, our technology development, and our manufacturing capabilities as well as our global sales and service set-up is unmatched and the basis of our competitive advantage.