Controls Systems Automation Technician

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Milton Resourcing Full time R250 000 - R500 000 per year

ROLE DESCRIPTION:
Responsible for developing and maintaining Industrial Automation Control Systems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain all industrial automation control systems in the plant.

• Maintain up to date backups for PLC's, Scada, drives, computers and Industrial Automation networks

• Upgrade outdated or discontinued industrial automation systems.

• Perform process optimization in the plants, through performing verification and analysis.

• Provide technical support and advice to the specific plant's engineer and plant manager.

• Lead the automation aspect of plant improvement; and on projects; in the plants, to maintain the latest Industrial Automation standards and to improve the plant automation systems.

• Troubleshooting of Industrial Automation's control systems and assisting in troubleshooting of electrical, pneumatics, hydraulics and instrumentation systems on a daily basis.

• Making improvement suggestions and driving technology migration and upgrades in the plants.

• Carry out small/medium scale systems modifications in the plant; on the PLC, Scada, HMI or AC/DC drives and integration thereof.

• Serve as the Automation Lead on projects, regardless of who is managing the projects to maintain the desirable highest standard of Industrial Automation.

• Participate in the department's safety improvements programs.

• Standby duties for all plants and attend to breakdown call-outs in different plants.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• National Diploma: Engineering Electrical (L/C) preferably in Control Systems field (essential).

EXPERIENCE, PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Must have a minimum of 5 years' experience in Industrial Automation.

• In depth knowledge of Industrial Automation Systems integration.

• In depth knowledge of design, analysis, and interpretation of – electrical drawings, instrumentation drawings, pneumatic and hydraulic circuit diagrams.

• In depth knowledge of Interpreting P&ID diagrams and modify when necessary.

• Good written and spoken communication skills and particularly an ability to write good technical reports.

• Must have strong background in Basic fundamentals of Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering (L/C) circuits design and analysis, Hydraulic circuits design and troubleshooting, Pneumatic circuits design and troubleshooting, Process Control & Instrumentation, system design and analysis.

• Must have strong background in Computer maintenance, hardware and software setup, and troubleshooting.

• Must have strong background in PLC programming, Scada applications development and HMI applications development

• Must have strong background in AC and DC Drive setup, programming, and integration.

• Must have strong background in Industrial Communication networks troubleshooting – Profibus, Ethernet, Fiber Optic, Profi-net, Device-net, Control-net, ASi and other industrial automation communication protocols.

• Must have strong background in Competency on Allan Bradley, Siemens, AVEVA Industrial Automation products.

• Results orientation - Able to drive initiatives through to completion.

• Self-managing team player – Ability to develop own initiatives and drive implementations in order to improve automation systems.

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