Columbus Stainless, founded in 1966, is South Africa’s and Africa’s only producer of stainless steel flat products. You'll find our product in everything from a kitchen sink to a quality wristwatch. Because of the boundless potential for stainless steel as a metal for the future, we at Columbus remain dedicated to becoming one of the leading suppliers of...
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Minimum qualification of N6 diploma, S4 or BTech in Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering with at least 5 years of experience in a metals manufacturing industry: furnaces, hot and cold rolling and or other heavy engineering industries.
The ideal candidate would have done programming and fault finding on Siemens PLC’s (Siemens S5, S7, or 1500, TIA portal),
The ideal candidate must have fault finding and programming / commissioning experience on AC and DC variable speed Drives (ABB / Siemens / Nidec)
The ideal candidate would also be able to do programming and fault finding on SCADA Systems (Intouch &WinCC).
Experience on Electrical distribution i.e. motor testing and electrical fault finding (525V)
Sound knowledge of process instrumentation and PID control loops
Knowledge of annealing furnaces and related ancillary equipment will be advantageous
Ability to work under pressure and meet work deadlines with attention to detail
Requirements
Job Specification:
Provide first line maintenance support to ensure 24 hours coverage in order to enhance plant availability, product quality and cost
Perform combination of Electrical and Instrumentation tasks
Provide a service to production to minimize delay times and solve reoccurring delay’s
Perform standard and shutdown schedules and tasks
Test spares that have been repaired
Maintain store items (spares) and identify and manage LRU’s
Work in close relation with other Instrumentation Techs, Electricians and Millwrights.
Standby duties are required
Implementing optimization and new capital projects.Perform combination of Electrical and Instrumentation tasks
Provide a service to production to minimize delay times and solve reoccurring delay’s
Perform standard and shutdown schedules and tasks
Test spares that have been repaired
Maintain store items (spares) and identify and manage LRU’s
Work in close relation with other Instrumentation Techs, Electricians and Millwrights.
Standby duties are required
Implementing optimization and new capital projects.
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