Profession mine electrical engineer

Mine electrical engineers supervise the procurement, installation and maintenance of mining electrical equipment, using their knowledge of electrical and electronic principles. They organise the replacement and repair of electrical equipment and components.

Personality Type

• Investigative / Realistic

Knowledge

• Electrical mine machinery manuals

  Understand equipment manuals, including schematic drawings and electric circuit diagrams.

• Electrical engineering

  Understand electrical engineering, a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.

• Electricity

  Understand the principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.

• Geology

  Solid earth, rock types, structures and the processes by which they are altered.

• Mine safety legislation

  The laws, regulations and codes of practice relevant to safety in mining operations.

• Electronics

  The functioning of electronic circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including programming and applications. Apply this knowledge to ensure electronic equipment runs smoothly.

• Design drawings

  Understand design drawings detailing the design of products, tools, and engineering systems.

Skills

• Install electrical mining machinery

  Assemble and disassemble electrical mining machinery. Requires hand and eye coordination and spatial awareness.

• Maintain records of mining operations

  Maintain records of mine production and development performance, including performance of machinery.

• Supervise staff

  Oversee the selection, training, performance and motivation of staff.

• Use a computer

  Utilise computer equipment or digital devices to facilitate quality control, data management, and communication. Follow instructions given by a computer programme, create computer files or documents.

• Maintain electrical mine machinery

  Inspect and conduct planned maintenance of electrical mining equipment. Conduct routine repairs and replace damaged components. Analyse test results and machine error messages.

• Prepare technical reports

  Prepare technical reports that describe results and processes of scientific or technical research, or assess its progress. These reports help researchers to keep up to date with recent findings.

• Ensure compliance with safety legislation

  Implement safety programmes to comply with national laws and legislation. Ensure that equipment and processes are compliant with safety regulations.

• Procure electrical machinery

  Procure adequate electrical mining machinery and maintain records.

• Develop improvements to the electrical systems

  Design, propose and implement modifications to improve electrical systems; focus on sustainability, quality and safety.

• Advise on mine equipment

  Provide advice on mining and equipment for mineral treatment; communicate and collaborate with engineering experts.

• Design circuits using CAD

  Draught sketches and design electronic circuitry; utilise Computer Aided Design (CAD) software and equipment.

• Manage emergency procedures

  React quickly in case of emergency and set planned emergency procedures in motion.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB