Instrumentation & Automation Technician – Plant Optimization

Hulamin; Pietermaritzburg; Hybrid; ZAR 450,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Hulamin is seeking a skilled instrumentation maintenance professional in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, to drive reliability and safety through proactive maintenance and optimization of electrical and control systems. The role includes responding to breakdowns, performing shutdown activities, and executing key projects to upgrade and modify the plant.

You will develop and execute maintenance plans, manage spares, and contribute to cost containment while updating MAXIMO to streamline workflows

Responsibilities

• Process optimisation and carry out preventative, corrective and statutory instrumentation maintenance to ensure assets perform in line with the company safety policies.
• Attending instrumentation breakdowns, shutdown activities, project work and implementing plant optimization to ensure improved reliability.
• Assist with developing, improving and executing maintenance plans for various key machine centers.
• Assist in highlighting and driving improvement opportunities in the plant.
• Assist with spares management and maintain and improve SHE standards.
• Update computerized maintenance management system (MAXIMO) to manage workflow.
• Cost containments initiatives and the ability to solve problems using various problem-solving tools.
• Programming, maintenance and fault finding on electrical and control systems.
• Planning and execution of projects (new plant upgrades and modifications).
• Co-ordination of industrial control, automation and instrumentation systems.

Job description

Hulamin is seeking a skilled instrumentation maintenance professional in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, to drive reliability and safety through proactive maintenance and optimization of electrical and control systems. The role includes responding to breakdowns, performing shutdown activities, and executing key projects to upgrade and modify the plant.

You will develop and execute maintenance plans, manage spares, and contribute to cost containment while updating MAXIMO to streamline workflows