Control Systems Technician
Mecad Systems
- Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
- R40,000 per month
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Diploma in Electrical/Mechatronics Engineering
- Siemens PLC software, SCADA/SQL Training Certificate
- Minimum 3 years relevant experience & knowledge in chemical/process industry (of which 18 months Siemens PLC software, SCADA development)
- Degree in Electrical/Mechatronics Engineering
- Project Management Certificate
- SQL knowledge
- Automation project experience
- Experience in commissioning variable speed drives
- Excellent analytical, planning, organizing, verbal & written communication and reasoning skills
- Works in a goal result and customer - oriented manner. Considers economic aspects (quality,
- quantity, time, costs)
- Works independently and takes full accountability for assigned tasks
- Deals effectively with challenging situations and pays high attention to detail
- Shows an open attitude towards change and is willing to adapt to changing priorities, process
- conditions and circumstances
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where
- only limited standardization exists
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where
- only limited standardization exists
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
- Ability and willingness to learn new skills
- Establish and maintain effective work relationships within the department and the company (includes
- ability to handle stress and to interact with others from diverse backgrounds and points of view to
- establish and maintain a positive and productive work environment and minimize personal conflicts)
- Complies with established job safety practices, policies and procedures as specified in plant and
- corporate directives for the safe performance of the work assignment
- Availability to work during non-scheduled hours when necessary
- The position will support operations by maintaining, improving, troubleshooting and expanding
- control systems and instrumentation. Optimizing all facilities and manufacturing equipment in a safe
- and orderly fashion as directed by the Control Systems Specialist
- This position creates value for the facility by bench-marking our current systems with industry best in
- class leading to increased uptime and reliability, thus helping the facility to meet production and
- quality goals
- Provide detailed feedback on each project assigned to management as required
- The position will also be expected to respond to call-out requests in support of Plant Maintenance
- Technicians, deals with emergency-based failures on short notice, and perform other duties as
- required
- PLC and SCADA software development and commissioning
- Production batching system support
- Software version upgrades
- Configure and commission instruments and variable speed drives
- Plan, design and execute control systems projects
- Support Plant Maintenance Technicians with PLC, SCADA, Batch manager and VSD fault finding
- Communicating effectively with the production team, communicate pertinent information to next shift
- Comply with established job safety practices, policies and procedures as specified in plant and
- corporate directives for the safe performance of the work assignments
- Work with and coordinate activities with contractors
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