Technician Instrumentation; C4; Mms042/23gs

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**TECHNICIAN INSTRUMENTATION, C4**:SERITI **POWER, MIDDELBURG MINE SERVICES, MPUMALANGA**

**INTERNAL & EXTERNAL**

**The role**:
To provide equipment maintenance services and to conduct technical analysis and equipment condition monitoring in a safe and sustainable manner, safely execute maintenance work at an operation as per the engineering strategies, processes, schedules, and work instructions in either opencast or underground environments. Maintaining systems to optimize and maximize production ensuring targets are met.

**The duties will include but are not limited to**:

- Maintain, diagnose faults and repair instruments, equipment and systems, and install equipment and components according to specifications to ensure availability as per set limits
- Develop, refine and document appropriate maintenance strategies for specific equipment types
- Assist Supervisor with compilation and review of WI’s to ensure maintenance and performance of equipment, 2-way radio system, collision avoidance system.
- Model the expected results of maintenance strategies to understand impact on availability, reliability and cost
- Update, modify and maintain technical equipment specifications
- Assess process failures pattern analysis for relevant equipment types
- Conduct Risk assessments, troubleshooting, fault finding, reliability audits on equipment, initiate corrective action and recommend cost effective upgrades
- Maintains a clean and safe worksite
- Ensures the upkeep of maintenance tools and equipment
- Coordinates activities associated with troubleshooting and repairing maintenance equipment
- Ensure effective maintenance of relevant equipment and related machinery to ensure optimal utilization and availability toward maximizing production and throughput schedules
- Continuously observe and monitor equipment / vehicle / underground equipment performance against standards to identify non
- conformances or deviations to the direct Supervisor to ensure defects are followed up and attended to
- Identify and report defects, equipment failures and time required to do repairs to the Supervisor to enable applicable decision-making, action planning and problem
- The maintenance or repair of instruments / equipment / systems
- Coordinates activities associated with trouble-shooting and repairing maintenance equipment
- Accesses any area safely to perform necessary maintenance on equipment
- Test and commission equipment prior to handover
- Perform hands-on maintenance support during breakdowns and shutdowns

**You will need**:

- National Diploma in Instrumentation
- Ability to work independent and as a team player
- Analytical and a proven ability to solve problems
- Computer literacy and SAP
- Valid Code 08 driver’s license
- In possession or able to obtain a valid Certificate of Fitness

**Advantageous**:

- Couching &Mentoring and Supervisory Development training
- Detailed knowledge of general instrumentation on crushers, conveyor belts, stacker/reclaimer and DMS plant
- Sound knowledge of PLC/VSD programming and faulty finding specifically on Allen Bradley and Schneider electric products
- Sound knowledge of SCADA development and fault finding on FactoryTalk View/Wonderware intouch softwares
- Understanding of industrial networking and communication protocol (Devicenet, profibus, Controlnet, Ethernet, Modbus+ etc)
- Sound knowledge of environmental monitoring systems specifically Ningi and Guduza
- Experience in the mining industry will be advantageous

**Ref No: MMS042/23GS**

**Closing date: 24 May 2023**

**Read**:
Appointments will be made in line with Employment Equity targets.

All applicants are thanked for their interest.

Applications which have not been responded to within 30 days of closing date should be regarded as unsuccessful.