Instrument Mechanician
Minopex · Mpumalanga
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- The purpose of this position is to maintain plant systems and equipment according to instrumentation and technical requirements.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Investigate, diagnose and perform trade related maintenance and repair of equipment and machinery according to the maintenance requirements, standards and specifications.
- Perform daily inspections in accordance with the Mine Health and Safety Act regulations, operational and company standards to report all defects and breakdowns on equipment and machinery to the Supervisor.
- Develop, modify, construct and install all types of trade related equipment required for the safe operation of all engineering equipment.
- Ensure that all installations and equipment are safe and in good working order after task completion. · Continuously monitor equipment failure and efficiency to improve trade specific equipment and systems.
- Consult with production teams on maintenance activities that affects production.
- Supports the achievement of engineering availability and production performance levels.
- Ensure that maintenance related information is recorded and reported to the relevant planning office to support the maintenance of the planned/asset maintenance system
Qualification Requirements
- Grade 12 or equivalent qualification
- Valid section 13 Trade test / Section 26D certificate
- Valid driver's license code B, EB or C1
- Own transport to attend to call outs
Experience & Skills Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years' experience as a qualified Instrument Mechanician in mineral processing plant.
- Experience in industrial networkingradio link, Profibus, profinet, fiber optic maintenance and faulty finding.
- Be able to work under no supervision.
- Perform Standby Duty, shift and work unplanned overtime when required.
- Experience in VSD/Softstater/DOL maintenance and fault finding.
- Forklift License, Cherry Picker Licence and Manitou Licence advantageous.
- Siemens PLC is a requirement Siemens S7 advantageous..
- CT Systems – Belt Monitoring safety devices advantageous.
- Process Automation Scales and density's
- English Language Proficiency
- Time management skills