Engineer (Instrumentation)

Boshoek Smelter

Boshoek, North West, South Africa

Ref. No. 848

Internal & External

In this role you will be responsible for:

Support the Superintendent in implementing plant instrumentation and control strategies, standards and maintenance plans

Provide technical engineering support for plant instrumentation, PLC, SCADA, DCS, industrial networks and associated control infrastructure

Manage and support instrumentation personnel and contractors within the assigned area to achieve safety, quality, availability and cost targets

Ensure the safe and reliable installation, commissioning, maintenance and optimisation of instrumentation and control systems

Lead advanced fault finding, root cause analysis and failure-elimination activities, and ensure corrective actions are implemented

Develop and review preventative and predictive maintenance tasks, job plans, equipment records and critical spares in SAP PM

Monitor control-system and equipment performance and drive process optimisation, reliability and continuous improvement initiatives

Plan and coordinate instrumentation work for shutdowns and major outages, including quality control, commissioning and close-out

Develop technical scopes and specifications and coordinate the instrumentation aspects of capital projects, upgrades and plant modifications

Maintain software backups, configuration control, technical documentation and plant change-management requirements

Ensure compliance with engineering standards, statutory requirements, HSEC standards and company procedures

Participate in standby, provide second-line technical support during breakdowns, and coach and develop instrumentation team members

About you

National Diploma (NQF 6) or higher in Electrical Engineering (Light Current/Process Instrumentation), Electronic Engineering or Mechatronic Engineering

Instrumentation Trade Test

Minimum 5 years’ experience in industrial instrumentation, control systems and process optimisation within heavy industry, mining, smelting or metallurgical operations

At least three years’ supervisory or technical team-lead experience

PLC, SCADA and DCS programming, development and fault-finding experience, Siemens PLC’s will be an added advantage

Strong knowledge of field instrumentation, industrial communication networks, control-system configuration and plant interlocks

Demonstrated project management, shutdown, commissioning and continuous improvement experience

Computer literacy and practical experience with SAP PM, MES, MS Project, Excel and Outlook, supported by strong problem-solving and stakeholder-engagement skills

Applications Close: 09 October 2026