Johannesburg: Controls Systems Automation Technician

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 • Maintain up to date backups for PLC’s, Scada, drives, computers and Industrial Automation networks • Upgrade outdated or discontinued industrial automation systems.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.