Scada Technician

Mpumalanga

,

Nelspruit

A vacancy exists in the Maintenance Department at the Ngodwana Site for a Technician ICT & SCADA reporting to the Maintenance Manager.
- Inspect and maintain plant and equipment to meet operational requirements.
- Ensure routine maintenance as per planned schedules.
- Locate, and rectify faults on plants and equipment.
- Replace, repair, and maintain instrumentation and circuits.
- Troubleshoot and rectify equipment and system problems.
- Keep records of instrumentation service history.
- Run diagnostic tests, adjust to ensure machine run runs at optimal performance using diagnostic software and complex solving skills.
- Read, understand, and interpret information and work in a compliance with technical specifications and supporting documentation of equipment suppliers, such as instrumentation and electronic circuit blueprints, diagrams, and schematics.
- Comply with industry health, safety and environmental working practices and regulations.
- Prepare work areas to undertake work related activities and reinstate those areas after completion of the work-related activities.
- Communicate, handover and confirm that the appropriate maintenance process has been completed to specification.

QUALIFICATIONS
- Diploma in electrical/Instrumentation or DCS/SCADA related qualification

EXPERIENCE
- At least 5 years' post apprenticeship Instrumentation Technician experience in a fully automated environment.
- First principles relating to the operation and maintenance of appropriate plant and equipment.
- Relevant industry health and safety standards, regulations, and environmental and regulatory requirements.
- Maintenance and operational practices, processes and procedures covering a range of plant and equipment.
- Experience and knowledge of PLC programming.
- Experience in all facets of control and instrumentation.
- Knowledge of PLC systems, SCADA, and HMIs.
- Experience in variable speed drives.
- Signal exchange (Profibus, MPI, IFM etc).
- Experience in various instrumentation equipment.
- Advanced computer literate (MS Office).
- Good communication skills.

For more information please contact:
Elsabe Olckers