Instrument Technician - Coal Plant Automation & Calibration

Oza Holdings group; Komatipoort; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Fort Hare in Komatipoort is seeking an experienced technician to maintain, calibrate and repair instrumentation and control systems in a coal wash plant. You will handle belt scales, density meters, flow meters, level and pressure instruments to ensure accurate production data and plant safety.

Responsibilities include fault finding on PLCs, HMIs and SCADA interfaces, supporting control logic optimisation, and maintaining electrical systems such as VSDs and motor controls.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years’ experience in coal processing / wash plant environments.
• Experience with instrumentation and control systems including PLCs and HMIs.
• Proven experience with belt scales and weighbridges.
• Knowledge of PDS and radio systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and calibrate plant instrumentation and sensors.
• Troubleshoot PLC, HMI and SCADA systems; assist with control logic.
• Repair VSDs, motor circuits and electronic control panels.
• Install/maintain PDS, radios, GPS and telemetry where applicable.
• Perform advanced fault finding and root-cause analysis.
• Maintain pneumatic systems and valve operations.
• Ensure compliance with mining safety standards and procedures.
• Compile maintenance reports, calibration records and asset data.

Skills

Fault-finding

Diagnostic capability

PLC programming

Calibration procedures

Process control

Electrical schematics

Test equipment

Education

National Diploma / N6 / Trade Test in Instrumentation Engineering

Electrical Engineering (Process Control / Light Current preferred)

Job description

University of Fort Hare in Komatipoort is seeking an experienced technician to maintain, calibrate and repair instrumentation and control systems in a coal wash plant. You will handle belt scales, density meters, flow meters, level and pressure instruments to ensure accurate production data and plant safety.

Responsibilities include fault finding on PLCs, HMIs and SCADA interfaces, supporting control logic optimisation, and maintaining electrical systems such as VSDs and motor controls.