Process Controller – REF: JW397EX/2025 at Johannesburg Water

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Check SCADA and record daily plant readings for the Senior Process Controller. Physically check machinery and plant. Check equipment failure. Isolate faulty equipment. Unblock pipes and pumps.
• Wash secondary sedimentation tanks. Pump down tanks for cleaning. Operate national pump station. Clean pump stations. Report process problem to Senior Process Controller. Write job cards for maintenance. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS: ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

For applicants with minimum of 9 years wastewater experience:

• Std 8/ Grade 10 (or NTC I) plus Operations certificate or
• Std 8 / Grade 10- (or NTCI) plus Core Unit Standards from the Water and Wastewater NQF 3 Qualification equivalent to a value of least 30 credits

 For applicants with minimum of 7 years wastewater experience:

• Std 9 / Grade11 (or NTCII) plus Operators certificate or
• Std 9 / Grade11(NTCII) plus Water and Wastewater Treatment Practice N2 or
• Std 9 / Grade11(NTCII) plus Core Unit Standards from the Water and Wastewater 

     NQF 3 Qualification equivalent to a value of least 30 credits or

• NTC II in Water and wastewater Treatment practice or
• Water and Wastewater NQF 3 Qualification

For applicants with minimum of 3 years Wastewater experience:

• Matric/Grade 12 (or NTC III) plus Operators Certificate or
• Matric / Grade 12 (or NTC III) plus Wastewater Treatment practice N3 or
• Matric / Grade 12 (or NTC III) plus the Core Unit Standards from the Water and Wastewater NQF 4 Qualification equivalent to a value of at least 30 credit or
• NTC III in Wastewater Treatment practice or
• Wastewater Treatment NQF 4 Qualification

For applicants with minimum of 2 years Wastewater experience:

• Water and Wastewater NQF 5 qualifications. 

For applicants with minimum of 0 years Wastewater experience:

• National Diploma or National technical Diploma or NTC VI in   Microbiology/Biochemistry/Chemistry / Chemical Engineering/ Watercare/Water Sciences or
• Water and Wastewater NQF Level 6

Additional Requirements to the above:

• Code EB
• Knowledge of SCADA, Basic Occupational Health and Safety in the workplace. 
• Must be registered as class III with (DWS) Department of Water and Sanitation.