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Ec&I Engineer – Maintenance
Job Location:
Job Location:
Pretoria - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
6 November 2026 (Yesterday)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
3 February 2027
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Reference: NES028791-RS-1
An established engineering operation is seeking an experienced Electrical Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Engineer with a strong maintenance background to join its technical team.
The successful candidate will have more than 10 years of relevant industry experience with proven expertise in process instrumentation control systems and electrical maintenance within a manufacturing mining power generation or heavy industrial environment.
This role will focus on maintaining troubleshooting and improving industrial control and instrumentation systems to ensure equipment reliability operational efficiency and minimal production downtime.
An established engineering operation is seeking an experienced Electrical Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Engineer with a strong maintenance background to join its technical team.
The successful candidate will have more than 10 years of relevant industry experience with proven expertise in process instrumentation control systems and electrical maintenance within a manufacturing mining power generation or heavy industrial environment.
This role will focus on maintaining troubleshooting and improving industrial control and instrumentation systems to ensure equipment reliability operational efficiency and minimal production downtime.
Duties & Responsibilities
An established engineering operation is seeking an experienced Electrical Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Engineer with a strong maintenance background to join its technical team.
The successful candidate will have more than 10 years of relevant industry experience with proven expertise in process instrumentation control systems and electrical maintenance within a manufacturing mining power generation or heavy industrial environment.
This role will focus on maintaining troubleshooting and improving industrial control and instrumentation systems to ensure equipment reliability operational efficiency and minimal production downtime.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will have more than 10 years of relevant industry experience with proven expertise in process instrumentation control systems and electrical maintenance within a manufacturing mining power generation or heavy industrial environment.
This role will focus on maintaining troubleshooting and improving industrial control and instrumentation systems to ensure equipment reliability operational efficiency and minimal production downtime.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee and support the maintenance of electrical control and instrumentation systems across industrial operations.
- Maintain troubleshoot and optimise PLC-based control systems particularly Siemens PLC platforms.
- Provide technical support for SCADA and DCS systems.
- Diagnose and resolve instrumentation automation and control system faults.
- Perform and oversee calibration testing and maintenance of process instruments including pressure flow level and temperature transmitters.
- Ensure the reliability and availability of plant instrumentation and control equipment.
- Develop and implement preventative and corrective maintenance strategies.
- Investigate recurring equipment failures and conduct root cause analysis.
- Monitor system performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability efficiency and plant availability.
- Work closely with operations production engineering and maintenance teams to resolve technical issues.
- Ensure maintenance activities comply with relevant safety standards engineering procedures and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain accurate technical documentation maintenance records and instrumentation registers.
- Support upgrades modifications and continuous improvement projects involving control and instrumentation systems.
- or in Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering or Instrumentation and Control Engineering.
- More than 10 years of relevant EC&I engineering experience.
- Experience in process instrumentation and control engineering within manufacturing mining power generation or heavy industry.
- Strong knowledge and practical experience with Siemens PLC systems.
- Exposure to SCADA and DCS systems.
- Experience with industrial communication protocols including:
- Profibus
- Modbus
- Ethernet/IP
- OPC
- Practical calibration testing and maintenance experience on process instruments including pressure flow level and temperature instrumentation.
- Strong troubleshooting and fault-finding capabilities.
- Experience with industrial automation upgrades and control system modifications.
- Exposure to plant shutdowns commissioning and maintenance planning.
- Experience with preventative maintenance systems and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Knowledge of industrial safety standards and maintenance best practices.
- Strong technical and analytical problem-solving skills.
- Excellent fault-finding and troubleshooting ability.
- Practical hands-on maintenance approach.
- Ability to work under pressure in an operational industrial environment.
- Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Proactive approach to equipment reliability and continuous improvement.
- High attention to detail and commitment to safety.
Required Experience:
IC
