JOB DESCRIPTION:
Key performance areas include, but are not limited to:
- Lecturing of the following advanced diploma modules: Industrial Networks, Process Instrumentation, Digital Control Systems, and Digital Signal Processing.
- Conducting practical sessions
- Supervision of projects evaluating ECSA’s Graduate Attributes.
- Contributing to quality assurance in the department and programmes.
- Keeping updated evidence files
- Marking and moderation of assessments and exams
- Delivery of exam papers on time
APPLICATION CRITERIA:
Qualification:
- Master of Engineering Electrical: Process Control Engineering
- First degree must be in Process Control
Experience:
- A minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience in an institute of higher education, or two (2) years of professional industrial experience.
- Teaching/training experience
Skills & Criteria:
- Deep disciplinary expertise in either Process Control Systems, Instrumentation or Industrial Automation.
- Eligibility for ECSA registration (compulsory ECSA registration for foreign qualifications)
- Proven research ability, with publications or industrial innovation in process control or embedded systems.
- Strong experience with Engineering Software Packages, especially:
- MATLAB/Simulink (modelling and control simulation)
- LabVIEW, PLC programming platforms
- Must be working on SCADA/DCS.
- Problem-solving and critical thinking Skills.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, especially in interpreting, designing, and improving control strategies, feedback systems, and signal processing applications.
- Understanding of ECSA Accreditation Requirements, Familiarity with Graduate Attributes (GAs), Programme
- Outcomes (POs), and the ECSA accreditation process for engineering qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment
- Literacy, Ability to interpret course outcomes, assessments, rubrics, moderation reports, and link them to ECSA’s criteria.
Please email applications to recruitment3@vut.ac.za and quote the post reference and post description in the subject line.