SCADA Technician

A vacancy exists in the Maintenance Department at our client's 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. 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 O