Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Staff Solutions Recruitment; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Staff Solutions Recruitment seeks an experienced Automation Engineer to take ownership of existing automation and reporting software and drive development of industrial tools.

You will provide operational support for monitoring and control systems, implement software changes, and guide EC&I technicians. The role includes building standards, templates and control logic, plus integration between software packages as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelors level engineering degree in Electronic/Mechatronic/Control & Instrumentation with 5+ years in industrial automation.
• Strong software development skills and hands-on project delivery.
• Minimum 3 years experience on Ignition (Vision, Perspective) and Adroit.
• At least 2 years on-site commissioning/operational support, preferably in water treatment.
• Interest and experience in machine learning, AI and data science.

Responsibilities

• Own automation and reporting software, driving development of industrial tools.
• Provide operational support for monitoring and control systems; implement requested changes.
• Develop standards, templates and control logic for automation projects.
• Implement control software and integrate multiple software packages when required.
• Develop reporting and monitoring tools using Ignition/SQL/Flow tools; create Ignition Perspective templates.
• Maintain and enhance existing reporting/monitoring software packages.

Skills

Software development

Ignition Vision

Ignition Perspective

Adroit

Machine learning

Data Science

On-site commissioning

Education

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

Tools

Siemens TIA Portal

Step 7 Software

Ignition Vision

Ignition Perspective

Schneider Unity

MS SQL

Ignition Flow

EcoStruxure Control Expert

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• 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).

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• 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.