Mine Electrical Technician

Description

MAIN PURPOSE:

The Underground Electrician is responsible for the removal, repair, and installation of electrical components and basic to intermediate troubleshooting while working under minimal supervision.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES:

• Follow instructions of senior electrical personnel to ensure safe completion of routine and non-routine repairs and construction
• Perform inspection, preventative maintenance, installation, cleaning and repair of industrial electrical and instrumentation equipment such as substations, power distribution systems, switchgear motors, motor controls, system and components, instrumentation, and pneumatic equipment in an underground mining environment
• Perform installation, termination and testing of 480 Volt and 13.8kV cables and associated equipment
• Install and maintain telephones, paging systems, long term evolution (LTE), fiber optic, ethernet, wireless networks, tele-remote, and mine radio systems.
• Receive and follow oral or written instructions from supervisor, including wiring diagrams and/or schematics, and select required materials and equipment to perform the job
• Assist and take direction form senior level electrical personnel to ensure safe completion of routine and non-routine repairs and construction
• Troubleshoot equipment using a digital multi-meter and by referring to wiring diagrams and schematics
• Work collaboratively with other trades personnel and crew members
• Ensure standards of housekeeping are maintained in all department facilities, storage areas and shops
• Inspect electrical systems, equipment, and components to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with current regulations
• Ensure all required logbooks are maintained and updated. Submit oral and written reports relevant to job duties, prepare shift pass-downs, and work orders
• Operate forklifts, man lifts, pick-up trucks, and related service vehicles in an underground mining environment
• Commission, maintain, and repair mine production drills
• Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Willingness to attend and complete online or part-time studies as part of a registered apprenticeship program
• NFPA70E safety training is an asset
• Completion of an approved certified electrical and/or instrumentation program at the college level is an asset
• 2+ years of experience working with high voltage systems as a line-worker or industrial electrical apprentice preferred
• 2+ years of experience in telecoms installation and service is an asset
• Must be familiar with, or willing to quickly learn the function, installation, programming and maintenance of, PLCs, VFDs, Soft-Start and basic operational control system circuitry
• Previous underground experience preferred

KEY PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Action Oriented - Initiates timely action to address important issues.
• Collaborates - Encourages unity rather than us vs. them thinking
• Commitment - committed to personal development and continuing education
• Communicates Effectively - Clear, concise, and professional in communication
• Decision Quality - Considers various inputs, criteria, and trade-offs to arrive at effective decisions and recommendations
• Dedication - ability and willingness to work outside of scheduled shifts when called upon to complete critical tasks and projects
• Ensures accountability - Follows through on commitments.
• Reliability - Can be counted on to be punctual and maintain a high standard of attendance
• Manages Ambiguity - Accepts needed change despite the uncertainty it brings

HSEC ACCOUNTABILITIES

Everyone in the workplace is responsible for his or her own safety and for the safety of their co-workers. Employees are responsible for performing all tasks in accordance with relevant HSEC Site Procedures, so as to work safely and keep the workplace safe. Eagle Mine LLC is responsible for determining steps required to ensure health and safety of all employees, protection of the environment, and the community. Specifically, all employees must:

• Accept personal responsibility for HSEC
• Identify hazards, unsafe actions, and conditions that could result in damage to property, injury, impacts to the environment, and the community
• Obey any instruction issued to protect their own personal health and safety, and the health and safety of others, protection of the environment and the community.
• Report, as soon as practicable to their Manager any situations where HSEC requirements are not being conformed to within their work area
• Avoid endangerment to any other person through any act or omission
• Only use equipment you are trained to use and operate the equipment in a way that is safe, protects the environment and doesn’t cause undue community impacts.
• Participate in HSEC training provided to them
• Report all incidents; including but not limited to injuries, near miss, community interactions and impacts, environmental impacts, spills, unsafe work practices, etc.