Instrumentation Technician - Scientia, Pretoria at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

 Key responsibilities:

• Maintain calibration of measurement instruments and maintain the calibration schedule;
• Procure instrumentation, consumables and measurement instruments as required by testing projects and routine testing services;
• Develop test and measurement methods suitable to the RDI operational needs and customer testing requirements;
• Install, set-up and commission instrumentation and related equipment in the laboratory and at test facilities in the danger area as needed for testing;
• Undertake system checks, data recording, data integrity checks, fault finding and fixing during testing operations and do data post-processing after recording.
• Maintain instrumentation, cabling, transducers, data recording equipment and related tools and equipment incl. repair, clean and store ready for use.
• Support the Manager, Supervisor and Explosives Manager in ensuring that testing and training operations are carried out safely;
• Maintain and upgrade as required the instrumentation and control systems in the laboratory, milling plant and testing facilities in the danger area;
• Identify and communicate suggestions for continuous improvement.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A National Diploma in electronic/ electrical/ mechanical engineering or NQF Level 6 qualification;
• At least five years experience in control and instrumentation, or in use and maintenance of instruments and equipment in a mechanical laboratory and / or mechanical field measurements and data recording;
• Knowledge of transducers for physical measurements (e.g. force, acceleration, pressure, temperature) and data acquisition equipment; 
• Knowledge and ability to do post-processing of recorded data including the identification and clean-up of spurious data.
• Basic understanding of occupational health and safety protocols and standards; 
• Ability to prepare Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs);
• Good verbal and written communication skills;
• Planning and organizing skills;
• Strong mathematical skills;
• Mechanical, electrical, and electronic troubleshooting ability;

Operational requirements include:

• Lifting equipment operator;
• Drivers license.