Junior Instrumentation Mechanician

Neopak; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer of recycled paper products in Pretoria is seeking a skilled technician. You will work in a shift-based team providing first-line support to production, ensuring plant reliability through effective fault diagnosis and maintenance. Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience in the Pulp and Paper Industry. This role offers competitive remuneration based on market rates.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience in the Pulp and Paper Industry or related.
• Understanding of Process Control Loops.

Responsibilities

• Provide first line support to production and engineering.
• Diagnose faults and ensure plant reliability.
• Perform maintenance and calibration of instruments.
• Provide first line response support to Production and Process Teams.
• Monitor backlogs and open job cards; close off completed job cards.
• Ensure adherence to Health, Safety, Housekeeping Environmental and Quality Standards and Regulations.

Skills

Fault-finding of instrumentation control loops

Maintenance of instrumentation

Calibration and installation of process instruments

Adherence to Health and Safety standards

Tools

DCS/SCADA systems

Job description

Job category: Engineering, Technical, Production and Manufacturing

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

About our company

Neopak is a world-class South African business with the core competence and exclusive focus on the manufacturing of high quality recycled containerboard and related paper products.

Introduction

To work as part of a shift-based team, providing first line support to production, process and engineering department. Responsible for ensuring plant reliability through effective fault diagnosis, maintenance, and continuous improvement to maximise equipment availability.

Responsibilities

• Fault-finding of instrumentation controlloops, using the DCS/SCADA systems and relevant tools.
• Maintenance of instrumentation in the plant, performing schedules, section checks, reporting defects.
• Calibration, installation, servicing and overhauling of a wide variety of industrial process instruments.
• Working closely with and providing first line response support to Production and Process Teams.
• Monitoring backlogs and open job cards.
• Closing off completed job cards.
• Ensuring adherence to Health, Safety, Housekeeping Environmental and Quality Standards and Regulations, and the reporting of deviations.
• Ensuring that instrumentation and electrical installation and maintenance standards and procedures are adhered to.

Qualifications

• 2 years experience in the Pulp and Paper Industry or related.
• Understanding of Process Control Loops.