Instruments Technician

Cape Town - My client is Africa’s largest producer of unmodified and modified starch, glucose and related products. They produce a wide range of high quality products for customers across Africa and around the world using maize as raw material. The products manufactured at their mills are essential ingredients in the manufacturing processes of various different companies, in many industries such as food and beverages, paper manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, building materials and adhesives.Introduction To maintain the safe operation of instrumentation installation in the Mill ensuring the maximum and optimum availability of the production equipment; through effective fault-finding, optimisation and maintenance of the equipment at the lowest possible cost. Ensuring maximum and optimum availability of the production equipment.Minimum Requirements Qualifications:Grade 12 with Maths and ScienceN6 or S4 plus maintenance experienceQualified instrumentation technician (trade tested) Knowledge:Knowledge of basic electrical and instrumentation principlesKnowledge of DCS, PLCs, Drives, RCA, ON-key Experience:Minimum of 3 years instrumentation experience in fault finding and installationExperience in variable speed drives, DCS, PLCs, Instrumentation, Electrical installationExperience in calibration of instrumentation Job Specification The key outputs this role contributes to the business:Maintain safe, healthy and risk free working environmentOptimise plant & equipment availabilityPlant availabilityAvailability of all relevant spares and documentationMaintenance scheduled attainment and continuous improvement projectsEffectively utilise CMMS systemEffectively utilise the Stores systemPersonal conductTimekeeping and leave managementContribute to self-developmentProvide technical E & I support Leadership Competencies Non negotiableCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsProblem SolvingOperational ExcellenceCustomer focus (Internal and External)Potential Problem AnalysisDecision makingPlanning and organising skills Technical CompetenciesFault findingPragma On-key maintenance systemTechnical knowledge of engineering equipment