C&I Engineer

Profile Personnel; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Profile Personnel is seeking a skilled professional in Cape Town for a role focused on industrial automation. The ideal candidate will take ownership of existing automation and reporting software, drive the development of industrial automation tools, and provide operational support for monitoring and control systems.

Required qualifications include a B.Eng. in Electronic, Mechatronic, or related fields, and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the sector, particularly on Ignition platforms. Strong problem-solving skills and an innovative mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of >5 years' experience in industrial automation.
• Strong software development skills.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience on Ignition platforms.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of industrial automation tools.
• Provide operational support for monitoring and control systems.
• Develop and implement integration between software packages.

Skills

Software development skills

Strong interest in machine learning

Experience with industrial automation

Problem resolution

Team collaboration

Education

B.Eng. (Electronic/Mechatronic/Control & Instrumentation)

Tools

Siemens TIA Portal

Ignition Vision

Adroit control systems

MS SQL

Schneider Unity software

Ignition Flow software

Job description

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Take ownership of existing automation and reporting software
• Drive development of industrial automation tools
• Continuous improvement and development of industrial automation software
• Providing operational support with regards to monitoring and control systems; perform requested software changes; providing guidance and support to EC&I technicians.
• Contribute to developing standards, templates and control logic
• Implementation of control software
• Develop reporting and monitoring tools using Ignition/SQL/Flow tools
• Develop Ignition Perspective templates
• Maintain existing reporting and monitoring software package(s)
• Develop and implement integration between software packages (as and when required).

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS & FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Qualifications: B.Eng. (Electronic/Mechatronic/Control & Instrumentation);
• Minimum of >5 years’ experience in industrial automation
• Strong software development skills
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience on Ignition platforms (Vision, Perspective) as well as Adroit.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in on-site commissioning and/or operational support, preferably within the water treatment sector.
• Strong interest and experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence and Data Science.

Well experienced in

• Siemens TIA Portal, Step 7 Software
• Ignition Vision, Perspective platforms
• Schneider Unity software
• database, such as MS SQL
• Ignition Flow software
• Adroit control systems (SCADA, HMI, IloT)
• EcoStruxure control Expert Software for Modicon PLCs (schneider)

Suitable experiences in

• Interpreting P&ID drawings
• VSD configurations
• Industrial communication protocols, such as Profinet, Modbus TCPIP, etc

• Interest in engineering methodologies and technologies.
• Must be able to meet deadlines.
• Self-sufficient, responsible, organised.
• Result oriented.
• Innovative thinker.
• Entrepreneurial mindset.
• Focuses on technical problem resolution.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team.