Instrument Technician
Tiger Brands · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Start free — we apply for you →- To maintain, troubleshoot, calibrate, and improve instrumentation and control systems used in FMCG production equipment, ensuring high equipment availability, product quality, safety, and compliance with production standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance on instrumentation and control equipment.
- Troubleshoot electrical, electronic, pneumatic, and instrumentation faults on production machinery.
- Calibrate and maintain instruments such as: Pressure transmitters Temperature sensors/transmitters Flow meters Level transmitters Load cells Proximity sensors Photoelectric sensors Control valves Solenoid valves.
- Maintain and troubleshoot PLC, HMI and SCADA systems.
- Maintain pneumatic control systems, including actuators, regulators, valves, and positioners.
- Investigate recurring equipment failures and conduct 5-Why/root-cause analysis.
- Support production during breakdowns and minimise equipment downtime.
- Conduct planned maintenance according to the maintenance schedule.
- Assist with installation and commissioning of new equipment.
- Read and interpret P&IDs, electrical drawings, control circuit diagrams and instrumentation diagrams.
- Ensure instrumentation complies with food safety, quality, safety and environmental requirements.
- Participate in continuous improvement projects to improve OEE, reliability, quality and production efficiency.
- Work closely with mechanical, electrical and production.
- Maintain critical spares and identify instrumentation components requiring replacement.
- Ensure all work is performed according to company LOTTOO and safety procedures.
Required Skills & Knowledge
- Instrumentation and process control
- PLC fault-finding
- Industrial networking
- Calibration techniques
- Pneumatics
- Basic electrical fault-finding
- Process measurement
- Control valves and actuators
- VSDs and motor control
- HMI/SCADA systems
Root-cause analysis
- Preventative maintenance
- Computerised Maintenance Management Systems CMMS
- Qualifications
- Instrumentation trade test
- PLC and automation training
- Calibration training is advantageous
- FMCG/manufacturing experience advantageous
Key Performance Indicators KPIs
- Equipment availability
- Mean Time Between Failures MTBF
- Preventative maintenance compliance
- Calibration compliance
- Repeat failures
- OEE improvement
- Safety and quality compliance
Deadline:14th September,2026