Lead Instrumentation Engineer – Plant Automation

XPS Materials Group

Rasimone

On-site

ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Boshoek Smelter in the North West of South Africa seeks a Senior Instrumentation Engineer to lead the plant’s instrumentation and control efforts. You will support safety, reliability and efficiency through robust maintenance plans and advanced fault analysis.

With 5+ years in instrumentation within heavy industry, you will supervise teams, coordinate shutdowns, and drive continuous improvement using SAP PM, MES, and ERP tools. On-site role with strong collaboration across disciplines.

Qualifications

National Diploma (NQF 6) or higher in Electrical Engineering (Light Current/Process Instrumentation) or Mechatronic Engineering.
Instrumentation Trade Test.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in industrial instrumentation and process optimisation in heavy industry/mining/smelting.
At least 3 years’ supervisory or team-lead experience.
Experience with PLC, SCADA and DCS programming and fault-finding.

Responsibilities

Support the Superintendent in implementing plant instrumentation, control strategies, standards and maintenance plans.
Provide technical engineering support for plant instrumentation, PLC, SCADA, DCS, and industrial networks.
Manage instrumentation personnel and contractors to meet safety, quality, availability and cost targets.
Ensure safe installation, commissioning, maintenance and optimisation of instrumentation and control systems.
Lead fault-finding, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Develop and review maintenance tasks, SAP PM records and spares.
Monitor performance and drive process optimisation and continuous improvement.