Instrument Technician - Maintenance (Johannesburg Pool - Based in UAE

EMIRATES GLOBAL ALUMINIUM (EGA); United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is seeking an Instrument Control Technician to respond to breakdowns and perform preventive maintenance on critical plant systems. The role involves diagnosing faults, calibrating instruments, and working to safety procedures while minimizing downtime in a high-demand industrial environment.

Responsibilities include ordering parts via SAP, maintaining logs, and mentoring newer technicians.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read and understand engineering drawings and manuals.
• Must have knowledge / experience in the field of electrical, electronics, computer, hydraulic, and pneumatic devices.
• Experience with maintenance and calibration in power or desalination plants is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Attend to all instrument control equipment breakdowns and planned preventive maintenance within given time constraints.
• Diagnose instrument control breakdowns and troubleshoot plant equipment to minimize downtime.
• Complete maintenance work in accordance with safety procedures and plant requirements; calibrate equipment as scheduled.
• Order spare parts using SAP and maintain records of maintenance work completed.
• Guide new instrument mechanics and share knowledge to enable effective maintenance.

Skills

Reading drawings and manuals

Electrical & electronics

Instrumentation knowledge

Education

Higher secondary or diploma

Tools

SAP

Calibration tools

Job description

Attends to all instrument control equipment breakdowns and planned preventive predictive maintenance work with minimum direction supervision within the given time constraint minimizing production downtime Technically assesses the requirements of allocated jobs and selects the necessary tool nbsp and equipment to complete such work Effectively diagnoses instrument control breakdowns failures troubleshoots failures of plant and equipment with minimal direction Completes all maintenance work in accordance to the safety procedures maintenance nbsp plans and plant operational nbsp requirements Achieves all equipment calibrations as per the schedule business requirements Using the computerized maintenance system SAP orders the necessary spare parts from nbsp warehouse and maintains records of all maintenance work completed Monitors any repeated breakdown and recommends proper modification to resolve the problem and completes the required modification to resolve the problem Provides guidance to newly joined instrument mechanics to familiarize them with the plant and shares the nbsp knowledge necessary for them to be fully equipped to carry out maintenance work

Minimum Qualifications

• Higher secondary or diploma

Minimum Experience

Must be familiar with all maintenance tools and should have good knowledge of Plant Safety. The knowledge and experience required in the position is that gained previously experience working in a power or desalination plant and with exposure preferably to any of the maintenance and calibration of the following field instrumentation:

• Pressure, temperature, level, & flow measuring devices
• Pneumatic & Hydraulic valve actuation systems
• CO2 Fire Protection systems
• Infrared Gas Detection systems

Working under time and technical pressure, and knowing that any mistake/error made will substantially cost the power station either on delay, equipment damage, or personnel injury.

He can be assigned and work on shift duty. He can be called out any time to attend to breakdown work for the shift operation manager.

He has to keep abreast with new technologies and control concepts. Working in very hot, dirty environment, and high level platforms.

Skills

• Must be able to read and understand engineering drawings and manuals.
• Must have knowledge / experience in the field of electrical, electronics, computer, hydraulic, and pneumatic devices