Technician: Control & Instrumentation (x4 positions) – Swakop Uranium

Swakop Uranium, a Namibian world class uranium mining company, invites people who are self-motivated, energetic and wish to work in a High Performance Culture environment, to apply for the following role.

Technician: Control & Instrumentation (x4)

Location: Husab Site, Swakopmund Reports to the Team Leader: Control & Instrumentation

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To co-ordinate and provide Control & Instrumentation maintenance services, including the, installation and commission of plant production equipment to ensure maximum availability and development of instrumentation equipment and control systems.

Key Performance Areas:

• Performs inspections, maintenance, diagnosis, fault finding, repairs, and installation of instrumentation equipment in the area of accountability.
• Monitors, benchmarks and evaluates technology to ensure continuous improvements.
• Effects the implementation of new equipment and systems, taking cognizance of specifications.
• Optimizes the performance of equipment by monitoring the effectiveness and making corrective recommendations.
• Co-ordinates and effects the monitoring, installation, service, and reconditioning of a variety of equipment, instruments, and control systems.
• Coordinate and ensures technical availability to achieve optimal efficiencies on control gear/instrumentation, associated defined equipment and systems, and ensures availability of critical spares for all process control equipment.
• Maintains all required documentation, e.g. circuit diagrams, sequence tables, logic diagrams, making use of the appropriate software.
• Maintains a software backup of the control system and all relevant equipment requiring software downloads in the event of failure.
• Proactively partakes in the planning, installation, and commissioning of projects.
• Identifies, plans, and executes C&I projects in line with Swakop Uranium (SU) accepted project management principles to enhance, improve, and optimize operations.
• Provides administrative service to the designated section, taking cognizance of information availability and accuracy requirements.

Requirements and experience:

• National Technical Diploma (N6) with a National Vocational Trade Certificate Level 3 in Instrumentation/Electrical light current; OR National Engineering Diploma T4/S3 in Instrumentation/Automation/ Electronics.
• Candidates with a National Technical Diploma (N6) with Trade Certificate must have 3 -5 years post apprenticeship experience in an engineering environment;
• Candidate with National Engineering Diploma T4/S3 must have at least 2 years post qualification experience in the engineering field.
• Experience on Rockwell equipment (PLC Basics, Hardware Configuration, CMs, EM’s, EP’s)
• Experience in SCADA (Basics, SCR deployment, Server Backups, Client set-up) PLC Coding, Historian Server (Overview, Tag, Data)
• Valid Code B/BE Driver’s License.

Through its commitment to its people, the company offers a competitive remuneration package and the opportunity to work alongside some of the most experienced and dedicated people in the industry.