Instrument Technician C3

Business Unit: Inland BU

Department: Engineering

Site: Dwaalboom

Location - Town / City: Dwaalboom

Job Advert Summary

This opportunity is suited to a qualified and motivated Instrument Technician who is committed to ensuring the reliability, efficiency, and safety of plant equipment. The successful candidate undertakes planned and unplanned maintenance on instrumentation and plant equipment, executes maintenance schedules, performs standby duties, and conducts risk assessments for maintenance activities. The role supports the achievement of Electrical Engineering KPIs by ensuring optimal equipment performance, reliability, and minimal downtime. The successful candidate also provides training and mentorship to Learners (Apprentices and Students on Attachment) and Handymen, contributing to skills development within the department while maintaining compliance with safety, quality, and operational standards.

Minimum Requirements

• QUALIFICATION National Certificate in Instrumentation and Control or any other related qualification.
• EXPERIENCE 2 Years experience in heavy Industry or mining environment.
• SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS • Driver's License.
• EMS, QMS, On key and other Sys(em Skills
• High Tensio n cables, switchgear, transformers, and instrumentation
• AC and DC drives, Precaps', AC and DC motors .
• PLC (Siemens S5 + S7)
• Maintenance systems.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Business Intelligence - Complete job -cards correctly and accurately with respect to time, asset classes, sub-classes and failure
• Submit Asset Care Change suggestions for Continuous lmprovement purposes.
• Liaise with Planning personnel to ensure that work order feed back is captured correctly.
• Functional Strategy and Planning - Perform proper job and spare
• Execution of Maintenance - Conduct electrical work which supports maintenance, diagnostics, repairs and installations of mechanical equipment as per planned and un -planned work orders.
• Perform planned and un-planned maintenance activities (as per CMMS) in a timeout and cost effective manner to the correct standard .
• Provide feed back to the Foreman on the execution of work for Continuous Improvement of work methods, tools, standardisation and p fanning.
• Perform preliminary failure diagnostics on equipment failures in order to take remedial action.
• Identify pro-active maintenance opportunities.
• Create requests for spares and materials and interact with stores issuing personnel.
• Perform periodic, scheduled Asset Health Checks.
• Maintain housekeeping standards.
• Operational Control - Ensure that Operational Best Practices (OBP) is adhered to.
• Complete intangible and tang ibIe time booking
• Complete daily checklists for tools and areas of responsibility.
• Perform capturing of operational data.
• Communication and Reporting - Participate meaningfully in the departmental Achieve engineering Key Performance Indicators.
• Provide input into interdepartmental INVOCOMs.
• Report factors, incidents and accidents that pose a business risk.
• Governance and Risk Management- Adhere to IMS, legal, statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Minimise environmental non-conformances.
• Comply with disciplinary rules, regulations ard procedures.
• Inventory Managemen t - Submit requests for non-stock, direct pumhases or emergency spares to the
• Minimise working material inventory.
• Contractor Management - Interact professionally with external service providers and contractors a required.