Control Room Internship 2025
Globeleq
South Africa
Posted on Jan 7, 2025
For more than 20 years, Globeleq has been a long-term investor, developer, owner and operator of diversified power projects in Africa, where the company is one of the largest Independent Power Producers. With nearly 1500MW of generation capacity in operation across 14 power plants in 6 countries, 760MW in construction or near operation and >2000MW in development, Globeleq is one of the largest independent power producers solely focused in Africa. Globeleq is 70% owned by British International Investment and 30% by Norfund, the development finance institutions of the UK and Norway, and has a proven track record for supporting the ongoing development of the African power sector.
Globeleq’s various generation technologies include gas, wind, solar PV, battery energy storage (BESS), and geothermal sources. The company is also actively pursuing new opportunities which are emerging from the energy transition, including desalination projects powered by renewables, as well as green hydrogen and ammonia projects.
The main role of the Control Room Intern is to remotely monitor and control the company’s power generation facilities to optimise energy production and ensure safety.
Monitoring and operational control is done through the operation of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Computerised Maintenance and Management (CMMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), systems. SCADA, CMMS, ERP and other systems are used to detect, analyse, respond and report on events that could negatively impact power plant energy production and operational safety and facilitate optimal asset performance.
The internship is based at the Cape Town corporate office.
In line with our Employment Equity commitments, candidates from designated groups
are preferred.
Globeleq’s various generation technologies include gas, wind, solar PV, battery energy storage (BESS), and geothermal sources. The company is also actively pursuing new opportunities which are emerging from the energy transition, including desalination projects powered by renewables, as well as green hydrogen and ammonia projects.
The main role of the Control Room Intern is to remotely monitor and control the company’s power generation facilities to optimise energy production and ensure safety.
Monitoring and operational control is done through the operation of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Computerised Maintenance and Management (CMMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), systems. SCADA, CMMS, ERP and other systems are used to detect, analyse, respond and report on events that could negatively impact power plant energy production and operational safety and facilitate optimal asset performance.
The internship is based at the Cape Town corporate office.
In line with our Employment Equity commitments, candidates from designated groups
are preferred.
- Application Deadline
- January 21, 2025
- Department
- Operations
- Employment Type
- Internship
- Location
- South Africa
- Workplace type
- Onsite
Key Responsibilities
- Use the SCADA and CMMS systems to monitor the company renewable energy power plants to optimise energy production and improve plant key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Dispatch the on-site operations and maintenance (O&M) team to attend to outages, faults, communications infrastructure failures and any warnings or events.
- Execute remote operations via the SCADA system as requested by authorised personnel.
- Execute Eskom plant control commands on request from authorised personnel.
- Analyse, interpret and report power quality events.
- Troubleshoot and analyse data including following various types of process charts and schematics - such as electrical drawings, network diagrams and workflow diagrams, to: 1. Undertake initial investigations; 2. Apply corrective action; 3. Raise work orders for on-site intervention
- Assist with compliance and performance reporting by gathering information, using the SCADA and CMMS.
- Monitor company IT/network infrastructure; interrogate events to identify root causes and escalate accordingly.
- Attend to incoming calls and escalation procedures.
- Support the company work planning and control process, by creating work orders, planning work and completing feedback on completed work.
- Be responsible for following all cooperative safety policies and procedures.
- Monitor and identify continuous and focused improvement opportunities.
- Any other duties, as assigned by the Line Manager, in line with the role.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent command of English.
- Able to distinguish colour and hear alarms.
- Effective, verbal communication; includes being responsive, having good listening skills and being able to communicate appropriately with all levels of personnel.
- Effective written communication; includes writing clear, concise e-mails and report-writing.
- Able to manage stress and high-pressure situations.
- Able to handle multiple projects, prioritise work and work effectively under minimal supervision.
- Well-organised and responsive in all communications.
- Good team player; able to balance team and individual responsibilities.
- Open to new learning opportunities.
Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications:
- Minimum all courses completed prior to P1 (Electrical) or P2 (Mechatronic) of a National Diploma by December 2024 or completing a Bachelors in Technology Degree in Electrical / Mechatronic Engineering by December 2024. As this is an internship position, applicants should have no more than 1 year’s relevant working experience.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel is required.
- Knowledge of or experience in the use of SCADA would be advantageous.
- Exposure to power plant or field maintenance is advantageous.
- Knowledge of/experience in ERP/CMMS systems such as SAP, IFS or Ellipse is an advantage.
- Knowledge of Network data communications, client/server functions and hardware/software architecture are advantages.
- Working knowledge of power plant production would be advantageous.
About Globeleq
We develop, own and operate power plants utilising various technologies across the African continent. With many years of international industry experience, the support of committed shareholders, and long-standing project, technology, finance and government partnerships, we have the financial strength, management and operational expertise to power Africa to realise its potential.
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