Technical Advisor Electrical and Automation

Wärtsilä Energy leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our partners to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system modelling expertise. These cover decarbonisation services, future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

Did you know Wärtsilä has delivered 76 GW of power plant capacity and more 110 energy storage systems in 180 countries around the world?

In this fast changing world of energy, we are constantly on the lookout for future-oriented talent to join our team and to work towards enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services - together. Want to join the ride?

What will you be doing?

As an Electrical and Automation Technical Advisor, you will work providing support to the customer's operation and maintenance to achieve uninterrupted operations of the plant. You will prepare reports, plans, and budgets as agreed with the Agreement Manager on a weekly/monthly basis. In case of failure of the supplied equipment, you will assist the customer in troubleshooting and repairing in a consultative manner.

Preferred candidate location: Comodoro Rivadavia (Open to Relocation)

As an Electrical and Automation Technical Advisor, you will focus on these responsibilities:

- Identify together with the customer and actively seek improvement or potential risk areas regarding operational reliability and availability, especially in the areas of electrical systems, automation, instrumentation, and PLCs.
- Report to the Agreement Manager if the customer is neglecting the QEHS policy, refuses or delays scheduled maintenance and/or improvements for operational reliability and availability.
- Support the customer's operation and maintenance to achieve uninterrupted operations of the plant.

- Keep internal logbooks up to date, record system parameters, update fluid analysis data, running, standby, planned and unplanned maintenance hours in the CM database monthly.
- Support the customer in a consultative manner in planning, organizing, and executing all planned and unplanned maintenance of the Plant, with a particular focus on electrical and automation systems.
- Support the customer in a consultative manner in performing maintenance of all supplied equipment using approved working methods and proper tools, with a particular focus on electrical and automation systems.
- Prepare reports, plans, and budgets as agreed with the Agreement Manager on a weekly/monthly basis.
- In case of failure of the supplied equipment, assist the customer in troubleshooting and repairing, with a particular focus on electrical and automation systems.
- Minimum once per month, keep a claim status report meeting with the customer, unless more frequent meetings are required by the contract.
- Communicate effectively with the plant team relative to the condition of the plant equipment and performance, with a particular focus on electrical and automation systems.
- Support on contracts O&M procedures and routines, and training plant personnel, with a particular focus on electrical and automation systems.

The ideal candidate has the following:

General Skills:

- Cost awareness & effectiveness
- Quality, environmental, health and safety skills
- Workplace ICT equipment & applications skills

- Fluent English and Spanish level

Professional Skills:

- Contract Planning Operations Management
- Power Dispatch Management
- Fuel and lube oil management 

- Contract knowledge
- Auxiliary system knowledge
- Knowledge of electrical systems, automation, instrumentation, and PLCs
- Scheduled maintenance
- Electrical knowledge
- Engine control system knowledge
- Operator's station knowledge
- Troubleshooting, electrical and automation
 

Management & Leadership Competencies:

- Leading people: Team building
- Leading people: Communication
- Delivering results: Problem solving and decision making

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Last application date: 06/05/2024 

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. 

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Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 17,800 professionals, in more than 280 locations in 79 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com. 
 

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