Supervisor Instrumentation – Richards Bay needed at South32

ABOUT THE ROLE:
This role is a permanent full-time position.

• As a Supervisor Instrumentation, you will be responsible to lead a team of instrument artisans and be responsible for the execution of Work Management and supervise work execution, inspections, and observations in a safe and sustainable manner. This position will report to the Technical Support Superintendent Process Control & Automation within the maintenance department.

Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:

• Supervise activities of the Instrument team according to company procedures and schedules and ensure that all work objectives are safely achieved
• Critical to this role is achieving the agreed KPI’s for instrumentation equipment in the plant
• The OHSACT and the company’s HSEQ and quality standards to be adhered to with no compromise
• A key focus area is to ensure maximum plant availability and operational stability through pro-active management interventions to improve equipment performance
• Have a clear understanding of maintenance and calibration schedules that will contribute towards safe and successful work execution
• Ensuring effective execution of all maintenance activities during outages and handing over the equipment to production timeously for plant start-ups
• Management and development of the instrument team in such a way to ensure a positive IR climate;
• Continuous engagement with plant stakeholders to ensure instrument maintenance and calibration schedules are valid and adhered to.

ABOUT YOU:

You will have experience and demonstrate capability in the following:

• A minimum of 4 – 6 years instrumentation or automation experience is essential of which at least 1 year must have been in a supervisory capacity
• Experience in Allen Bradley PLC systems and programming, ABB Robotics and Wonderware SCADA systems development is critical to this position
• Knowledge on CCTV systems would be advantageous;
• Be prepared to work shifts if needed and perform standby duties from time to time as required by the organization;
• Computer literacy (MS Office).

Qualifications for this role are:

• National Diploma in a Technical field of study

OR

• A T3/S4 in an Engineering field of study
• Valid Trade Test