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Electrical and Instrumentation Technician

Electrical and Instrumentation Technician

Persona StaffCape Town, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

REQUIREMENTS

  • Instrumentation and Electrical Qualification could be red seal only
  • Electrical and Instrumentation Technician 3-5 years
  • Fibre Optic Splicing - 2 yrs experience
  • EC&I industry knowledge / experience
  • Basic Project Management skills (advantageous)

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Managing projects, liaising with clients, vendors, contractors, suppliers for quotes, procurement, ordering and collecting of spares, onsite job completion.
  • Calibrating, installation, maintenance, commission, fault finding and addressing day to day technical issues on a variety of field instrumentation and lab instrumentation equipment namely flow, pressure, differential pressure transmitters, differential.
  • Pressure (flow meters), temperature, level (Radar, Ultrasonic, pressure, DP cell), wireless, radio, valves.
  • Servicing ABB breakers from 1600A to 5000A, Drives, soft starters, HV switchgear, change-over switches, Allen Bradley Smart relays, Allen Bradley smart overloads, single and 3 phase generators, motors, plugs, dosing pumps (Grundfos & Sera), submersible pumps, Lights, switches, joints.
  • Planned and unplanned electrical maintenance.
  • Commissioning and upgrades of multiple plants namely, FMCG, alcohol, juice, solar farms, data centres, quarries, Tiger brands, dairy and Wastewater treatment works.
  • Programming of Siemens S700 PLCs using TIA Portal, IFM PLCs, Deep Sea controllers, HMIs.
  • Testing equipment used namely Megger, multimeter, Fluke Data loggers, milliamp source, Fibre optics splicing machine, OTDR, VFL, Light, source, 4-20mA source / tester, fluke thermowell Solar (Sunsynk, Huawei).
  • Programming of Deep-Sea controllers, HMIs, PLCs.
  • Minor programming with TIA.
  • Profibus, profinet, ethernet, ASI interface, IO Link.
  • Commission, troubleshoot and calibrate control and instrumentations systems.
  • Use software to download programmes and to perform IO testing.
  • Perform loop and alarm testing.
  • Use electrical systems for fault finding to find a resolution.
  • Perform safety system testing in line with FAT testing.
  • Complete all relevant documentation of testing and commissioning records.
  • Support and perform witnessed testing for clients / third parties.
  • Feedback issues or opportunities in order to facilitate continuous improvement.
  • Record test results and failure accurately, identifying faults and correct as required.
  • Ensure faults are to be logged and recorded. All changes will need to be tracked and auditable.
  • Feedback concerns and failures to the relevant teams.
  • Follow all quality control plans with an excellent level of understanding throughout.
  • Use and work with logic flow diagrams, P & ID and any other information required.
  • Communicate when required with key stakeholders as well as any other departments.
  • Prioritise workloads dependent on project and business needs.
  • Visit sites when required to complete testing and fault finding.
  • Champion all things relating to Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery. This will include process improvements and the elimination of waste / inefficiencies.
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    Electrical Technician • Cape Town, South Africa