Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor – Mining & Energy Projects
- Location
- Rustenburg, North West
- Work model
- On-site
- Closing date
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In brief
**Overview** This role is for an experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor to join a client of Marvel Placement Consultant, a company operating in the mining industry. The position is based on-site in Rustenburg, Northwest, reporting to the Project Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for supervising and coordinating electrical and instrumentation construction activities for a battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment project. The role demands strong expertise in electrical and instrumentation, contractor supervision, construction safety, technical specifications, and testing and commissioning procedures to ensure safe, on-schedule, and compliant installations according to approved drawings, quality standards, legal requirements, and project specifications. **What you will do** The successful candidate will: * Supervise and coordinate all electrical and instrumentation construction activities on-site, including onboarding and managing contractors, and ensuring installations comply with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and project requirements for systems such as Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), inverters, transformers, switchgear, distribution boards, cable trays, conduits, cables, earthing, bonding, lightning protection, instrumentation, control panels, sensors, field devices, communications, protection, and control systems. * Establish and maintain a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSACT), applicable electrical regulations, and company safety procedures. This includes reviewing and enforcing contractor method statements, risk assessments, permit-to-work, coordinating pre-work risk assessments, toolbox talks, planned task observations (PTOs), and electrical isolations, enforcing lock-out/tag-out procedures, identifying and managing risks, and escalating significant safety concerns. * Oversee electrical testing, instrument calibration, loop checks, and functional testing. Coordinate inspections and testing with quality, commissioning, and engineering teams, verify installations meet approved specifications and quality plans, ensure testing and commissioning activities adhere to approved procedures, monitor and manage punch-list items and non-conformances, follow up on corrective actions, and support mechanical completion, energisation, commissioning readiness, and handover documentation. * Monitor construction progress, productivity, and resource requirements against the project schedule. Track progress against milestones, identify delays, site constraints, technical risks, and interface issues, implement or recommend recovery actions, coordinate construction activities with engineering, procurement, and commissioning, ensure contractors have necessary resources, and provide regular progress updates to the Project Manager. * Coordinate daily activities with electrical and instrumentation contractors, construction teams, and various internal and external stakeholders including the Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Process Manager, Plant Managers, Plant Engineering Team, E&I engineering teams, commissioning personnel, safety and quality departments, procurement, battery system suppliers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), inspection authorities, and testing specialists, resolving construction interface issues and technical challenges. * Maintain accurate daily site diaries, inspection records, progress reports, and commissioning records. Monitor contractor performance, track punch-list items, non-conformances, corrective actions, and outstanding deliverables, verify the completion and accuracy of as-built drawings, test packs, and project handover documentation, and provide regular updates on construction progress, safety performance, quality concerns, and project risks. * Ensure electrical and instrumentation installations comply with approved standards, codes of practice, drawings, and specifications. Apply approved systems, procedures, and technical requirements, verify contractor compliance, recommend corrective actions for deviations, escalate significant technical, safety, quality, and commercial matters, participate in lessons-learned activities, and promote accountability, teamwork, safety awareness, and continuous improvement. **Requirements (from the original advert)** The original advert states the following requirements: **Minimum Requirements:** * Red Seal Electrical Artisan qualification or an equivalent recognised qualification. * Relevant experience in electrical installation, testing and commissioning. * Experience in electrical and instrumentation supervision within industrial, mining, processing plant or energy projects. * Proven experience supervising electrical and instrumentation contractors and coordinating multidisciplinary construction teams. * Strong knowledge of electrical and instrumentation installation practices, including cable installation, terminations, earthing, bonding and instrumentation systems. * Experience interpreting electrical drawings, cable schedules, termination diagrams, loop diagrams and technical specifications. * Experience supervising electrical testing, instrument calibration, loop checks and functional testing. * Knowledge of inverters, transformers, switchgear, distribution boards, control panels and associated electrical equipment. * Understanding of battery energy storage systems (BESS), electrical safety and associated operating principles. * Knowledge of the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSACT) and applicable electrical regulations. * Experience with permit-to-work systems, lock-out/tag-out (LOTO), isolations, risk assessments and toolbox talks. * Experience monitoring construction progress, productivity, resource requirements and project schedules. * Experience managing punch lists, non-conformances, inspection records, test packs and project handover documentation. * Strong leadership, communication, planning, organisational and problem-solving skills. * High safety awareness, attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure and meet project deadlines. * Willingness to work on-site at the project location. **Advantageous:** * An instrumentation qualification. * A supervisory or project management qualification. * Experience working on battery energy storage system (BESS) projects. * Experience with inverters, transformers, battery systems, protection systems and control interfaces. * Experience coordinating energisation, mechanical completion, commissioning and final project handover. **Who should apply** This role is suitable for an experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor with strong expertise in electrical and instrumentation within industrial, mining, processing plant, or energy projects. The ideal candidate will possess proven contractor supervision experience, a thorough understanding of construction safety, technical specifications, and testing and commissioning procedures, particularly for Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) deployments. They must have robust leadership, communication, planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills, coupled with high safety awareness and attention to detail. A willingness to work on-site in Rustenburg, Northwest, and the ability to work under pressure to meet project deadlines are essential. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/electrical-instrumentation-supervisor-mining-energy-projects-marvel-placement-consultant Source: myjobmag
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