Clerk of Works- Electrical Engineering - Cape Town, South Africa - De Beers Group of Companies

De Beers Group of Companies
De Beers Group of Companies
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Cape Town, South Africa

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**Company Description

  • ABOUT THE DE BEERS GROUP OF COMPANIES**:

ABOUT DE BEERS MARINE:

De Beers Marine (DBM) is based in Cape Town, South Africa and is part of the De Beers group.

Activities managed include Marine exploration, geophysical surveys, sampling, mining, ship conversion, upgrades and maintenance, large project management, engineering design and mining system equipment builds.

DBM executes world leading R&D in marine mining practices resulting in the most successful and advanced marine mining equipment and operations globally.

**Job Description

  • KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS**:
  • To ensure that a consistently high standard of quality control and supervision is maintained for each contract, via site inspections, assessing contract implementation with due regard to construction and safety, health & environment legislation and, if appropriate, to instruct contractors to cease operations.
  • To act on behalf of the nominated DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by undertaking audits of the Electrical Services Maintenance Contracts. This will involve visiting sites, checking on site service work against the schedule and contractors' invoices, liaising with the OfficerinCharge at the establishment and feedback of information / problems.
  • To ensure that current knowledge of construction services legislation, standards, methods of installation and safety, health & environment knowledge is uptodate using all appropriate means including reading, research from the construction industry lead bodies, and networking with all appropriate legislation organisations and inhouse departments.
  • To provide a service at all times to the nominated DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by ensuring that the standards of work and the materials supplied by contractors are as specified in accordance with the contract information.
  • To act on behalf of the nominated DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer in respect of site problems and defects in works under construction
  • To act on behalf of the nominated DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by advising the Engineering Design Teams on standards of quality, finish and compliance with the specification, having due regard to the requirements of the Contract Administrator, the schedule and the money being expended.
  • To participate in the arrangement for the feedback of information from inport projects.
  • To maintain liaison with the Client maintenance staff, and ensure that handover arrangements are effective.
  • To assist DBM Senior Electrical Engineering Officer by advising designers on the practical aspects of electrical installations, to ensure the equipment maintainability and practicality of design proposals.
  • To monitor the performance of contractors and consultants on site and to ensure that electrical installations are constructed in accordance with scope of works; drawings and specifications.
  • To provide feedback on the performance of contractors and consultants to contribute to works list & planning databases
  • To attend design team meetings with inhouse and external consulting design staff.
  • To attend and report to precontract and site meetings.
  • To assist DBM Senior Electricall Engineering Officer by identifying technical problems on site, to recommend corrective action.
  • To witness testing, commissioning and balancing of electrical installations.
  • Preparing scope of works and schedules.
  • To assist DBM Senior Electricall Engineering Officer by maintaining his/her responsible Company SAP systems processes.
  • Qualifications
  • BTech in Electrical or equivalent
  • 5 Years post qualification experience, preferably in the mining and/or marine electrical environment
  • Experience of offshore mining techniques an advantage
  • Advanced Electrical maintenance/project experience/exposure
  • Min 5 years managing a maintenance/project work team

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:


  • Strong organizational and planning skills
  • Timely decision making and decision quality
  • People and process management
  • Managing and measuring work
  • Sets high personal performance standards
  • Develop strong ethical and auditable contractor relationships
  • Computer literate
  • Excellent Communication skills
  • Knowledge of De Beers Marine Metallurgical process and engineering and electrical standards
Additional Information

**Closing Date : 19 July 2023
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