Re-Advertisement- Consultant Automation Engineer/Technologist at Rand Water

Minimum Requirements

Essential (must-have) qualifications are:

• Formal engineering qualifications (MTech, MEng, MScEng degree)
• Professional Registration with the Engineering Council of SA
• 6 to 10 years’ experience in industrial automation (measurement, control and instrumentation)engineering / infrastructure management
• Minimum of 3 years’ management experience

Desirable qualifications are:

• Advanced Management Programme
• Membership of a fraternal voluntary association

Primary Duties

• Assist the Automation Asset Manager to lead and manage all activities of the section that will result in optimal lifecycle performance of the specific category of assets
• Assist the Automation Asset Manager to develop, compile, execute and manage the section business plan that supports the departmental and divisional business plan
• Assist the Automation Asset Manager to develop and maintain generic standards for asset performance and availability, maintenance regimes, rates of deterioration, lifespan, etc.
• Provide and update plans and costs for the management of each asset, for incorporation into the integrated Asset Management Plan
• Manage and lead the process relating to the review and improvement of standards and specifications for the asset category
• Manage asset assessors and maintenance staff in:
• Condition assessment and performance measurement of assets to agreed standards and
• frequencies
• Regular audits of maintenance activities
• Providing a maintenance support service to operating sites
• Manage, specify and review improvements to design specifications, operating and maintenance regimes.
• Review and approve specification and design of new assets to ensure lifecycle performance is adequately addressed
• Develop and prepare annual budget for Automation asset management, and practice financial management and control
• Assist the Automation Asset Manager to manage the development of staff by monitoring performance, coaching and mentoring, career path and succession planning
• Initiate and lead Automation asset management related projects
• Direct and lead technical advances and world class expertise for the category of asset
• People and resource management by monitoring performance of staff and implement succession planning
• Effective management and monitoring the section’s budget to ensure actual expenses against budgeted amount and delegate action on variances
• Create and encourage a culture of teamwork, and achievement, through the application of frequent feedback and communication with staff and promote employment equity

Knowledge

• Specification, design,operation, andmaintenance of the asset category (i.e.,automation engineering)
• Financial and economic principles, including life cycle costing
• Condition assessment and performance measurement techniques and evaluation
• Asset rehabilitation technology
• Principles of plant maintenance and reliability
• Principles of asset management

Skills

• Technical report writing and development of specifications
• SCADA and HMI installation and commissioning
• PLC programming and configuration, I/O installation, and commissioning
• Installation and wiring of instruments to the PLC and control panel I/Os
• Electrical control panel construction, installation and commissioning
• Control panel fault tracing, redesign, and re-wiring
• System alarm reporting and logging
• Industrial networking and telemetry systems
• Production of P&ID and AsBuilt drawings