INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN

PURPOSE

The role is responsible to install, test, repair, inspect and maintain metering and recording instruments, controlling devices, data logging and display equipment, communications, and telemetry systems, and to perform related work as required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety, Health and Environment

• Installations and Maintenance.
• Installs, maintains, repairs, overhauls, calibrates, and tests a wide variety of industrial instrumentation that record, indicate, control and regulate level, flow, pressure, temperature, position and water analysis.
• Troubleshoots telemetry and process controller hardware, maintains a functional knowledge of the operation of the telemetry system software and hardware.
• Makes periodic preventative maintenance inspections of all metering control instruments, diagnosing existing or potential trouble; cleans, lubricates, calibrates, and adjusts as conditions indicate.
• Lays out, install and place into service new metering, controlling, and recording devices, calibrating required; may extend or connect related electrical circuits.

Operations

• Troubleshoots SCADA, and PLC software and hardware, makes recommendations and performs software changes, maintains documentation of changes to the software and hardware.
• Performs the repairs and testing work requiring higher-level knowledge, skills, and abilities and serves as a technical resource to others.

Manage Compliance to FAMP & Client SHEQ

• Execute the MHSA/OHSA requirements
• Fulfill all 2.6.1 appointment requirements.
• Ensure compliance to FAMP & Client Internal SHEQ Systems

Understand and Perform Financial Administration

• Understand financial Costing.
• Preparing submitting & securing contract rate increases Managing stock control.

Attend all Requirements

• Quarterly meetings Quarterly Audits Monthly inspections

QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12/N3
• Trade test - MQA/MERSETA preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 3-4 years’ experience working on industrial instrumentation and control
• Experience in Diagnosing and making changes to PLC and SCADA software and hardware systems.

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Self-management skills
• Good communication skills
• Problem solving
• Analytical skill.