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Power Cable Tech Specialist

SA · Expat Europe💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-24

Core

Perform underground power cable installations, repairs, fault location, testing, maintenance, and commissioning for high-voltage cables (2.4KV-115KV) in the field.

Role type

Senior IC power cable technician

Builds

Reliable electrical energy delivery infrastructure

Domain

Energy / Power Systems / High Voltage Transmission & Distribution

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

High voltage cable splicing and termination, fault location and diagnosis, cable testing (megger, partial discharge, TDR), preventive maintenance, excavation supervision, safety grounding procedures, reading construction drawings and schematics

Preferred skills

Submarine cable handling, oil-filled cable (LPOF/HPOF) maintenance, training junior technicians, switching operations

Technologies

Insulation resistance testers, Partial discharge analyzers, Very Low Frequency (VLF) testers, Tan delta power factor meters, Time Domain Reflectometers (TDR), High Potential AC/DC testers

Responsibilities

Supervise and perform high potential cable testing up to 230 KV; Install, repair, and maintain HV transmission/distribution cables (solid dielectric, PILCA, LPOF, submarine); Locate and repair cable faults using thumping and high-voltage burn-set; Perform splices, terminations, taps, potheads, and transitions; Supervise cable excavation and laying; Conduct commissioning tests on new cables; Train subordinate technicians in diagnostic and repair procedures

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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