Career Opportunities at RusselSmith Group

Job Reference Code: RS-SMD-004
Job Type: Contract

Summary of Functions
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing, developing, delivering, and improving in-house software applications on a variety of platforms and systems.
• Maintaining systems by monitoring and correcting software defects.
• Working closely with other staff on the maintenance and performance of software systems and asking questions to obtain information, clarify details and implement information.
• Finding and fixing faults in applications.
• Solving application problems in a timely manner.
• Ensuring proper version control and documentation of development activity.
• Developing user guides and providing varying degrees of software support.
• Making sure that applications can be run on existing and new hardware.
• Creating applications tailored to business needs to run on platforms/hardware.
• Delivering technical presentations/demonstrations of work.
• Researching, identifying and recommending new applications that would improve company operations.
• Applying proven analytical and problem-solving skills to help validate, verify, communicate, and resolve software application issues through
• careful testing in order to maximize the benefit of RusselSmith’s IT investments and initiatives.
• Reports - Generating the required weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual reports and presentations based on applications developed or improved on.
• Monitoring and managing databases for optimal performance
• Other duties as required by the Organization

Educational Qualifications/Requirements

• A first degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or any related field.
• Also should be good in Javascript, PHP, and services such as Microsoft SharePoint to develop the necessary specifications for software.

Experience Required:

• 2-5years

Skills/Qualifications Required:

• Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Communication Skills
• Creativity Skills
• Customer-Service
• Attention to Detail
• Problem-Solving Skills
• Teamwork
• Technical Skills
• Resilience

Physical Demands:

• Occasional travel by airplane and automobile in conducting business is necessary. Regular use of the telephone and e-mail for communication is essential. Sitting for extended periods is common.
• Hearing and vision within normal ranges is essential for normal conversations, to receive ordinary information and to prepare or inspect documents.
• No heavy lifting is expected. Exertion of up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally may be required.
• Good manual dexterity for the use of common office equipment such as computers, calculator, copiers, and FAX machines.
• Responsibilities may require evening and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported.

Work Environment:

• The job is performed indoors in a traditional office setting.
• Activities include extended periods of sitting and extensive work at a computer monitor.

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Summary of Functions
The Technician / Engineer should be capable of:

• Health and safety precautions
• The health and safety precautions at the work site
• Safety precautions when handling and removing compressed Asbestos fibre (CAF) gaskets
• Hot bolting and live plant procedures and risk assessment
• Pressure, temperature and hostile environmental factors (such as corrosion and vibration) on the degradation of the bolted assembly
• Factors which result in bolt load variation
• Applied and residual load
• The effect of different lubricants on friction losses
• The relative accuracy of different methods of tightening
• The technique for application of tensioned bole loading
• Joint assembly methods and tightening procedures
• The need to check gaskets, nuts and stud bolts against specification
• The requirement to tag and complete records for assembled joints

The need to:

• Check the compatibility of selected Torque tools and equipment capacity prior to use
• Top up oil levels in hydraulic pumps
• Clean and protect tools and equipment from corrosion
• The principles of joint component sealing action
• The principles of bolt elongation and tensile stress
• The function of gasket or seal types
• The importance of correct bolt loading
• The effect on bolt load and seal compression using different methods of tightening
• The importance of using correct lubricant
• The importance of correct selection of joint components to comply with the design specification
• The correct sequence and number of tightening passes required for toque and tensioned bolts
• The principles and techniques used for direct bolt length measurement
• The need for and using reporting procedures when defects or faults in bolt tightening equipment or its assembly are identified
• The principles of preparing bolted joint connections for assembly
• The need for seal face cleanliness and for nuts to be free running
• The effect of joint alignment and gap uniformity on residual bolt loading
• The importance of gasket storage, handling, preparation and installation
• Good installation practice for bolting, washers and nut orientation for tightening method and equipment to be used
• The need to report variance from design specifications and tightening procedures
• The principles and requirement for the safe selection, calibration, installation and use of hydraulic torque and bolt tensioning equipment
• Principles of carrying out bolt de-tensioning and joint breakout safely and correctly
• The important of attending product specific training and following manufacturer’s procedures for proprietary joint types.
• Why mixing components from different equipment manufacturer is prohibited
• The principles of inspection after tightening and the procedure and the techniques to be used such as “break loose” tests (Check passes) and bolt tightness Tap-test
• The requirements for the storage, preparation, maintenance and calibration of torque tools and bolt tensioning equipment for its safe use.

Ability to:

• Recognize and rectify the faults with torque or tensioning equipment
• Interpret joint or flange manufacturer identifying marks
• Identify defects, distortion and surface irregularities on flange sealing faces and threads

Demonstrate ability in:

• Preparation of all joint components
• Correct selection and assembly joint components
• Diagnosis and rectification of problems with hydraulic equipment
• Selection and correct installation of hydraulic torque or tensioning equipment
• Correct application of various tightening techniques
• Carrying out specified tightening sequence and subsequent tightening passes to ensure axial alignment and squareness of the joint assembly
• Carrying out joint breakout safely and correctly
• Carrying bolt ‘break loose’ tests (check passes) to check integrity of assembled tensioned assembly
• Completion of a joint record sheet
• Integrity and inspection checks of completed joint assembly
• Maintaining a personnel portfolio of joint assembly

Educational Qualifications
Experience Required:

• 0-2 years.