Instrumentation Technician

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine inspections and fault-finding on components in plant
• Install control systems, instruments, control valves and all other instruments
• Conduct planned maintenance and repairs
• Repair / overhaul components
• Maintain a clean workplace / good housekeeping
• Complete daily registers and job cards
• Conduct applicable spares inventory weekly and report
• Report safety incidents / accidents
• Comply with safety, health, security and environmental standards
• Do pre- and post-assessments of equipment sent for repairs
• Provide technical assistance and direction to other functional groups to drive quality improvements and enhance the maintenance function
• Liaise with planned maintenance officers to ensure inspection and audit findings are scheduled for remediation
• Develop the critical spares and sub-assembly register for all equipment on the operations
• Analysing the blueprints for instrumentation systems to determine the specifications of the components to be maintained / replaced
• Develop the critical spares and sub-assembly register for all equipment in the operations
• Fault find PLC-based control system using circuit diagrams and software; Work with Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) software, hardware wiring, drives (Siem measuring instruments (scales, weighbridges, level detectors, temperature controllers (Digital and analogue)
• Programme and faultfind on the VSD drives