Automation Engineer

SUMMARY:
Process Automation Engineer (Petrochem)

POSITION INFO:

LOCATION - Sasolburg

VACANCY- Process Automation Engineer

REPORTING TO - Technology Leader

Our client is a well known PET products manufacturer and is recruiting for a Process Automation Engineer to be based in Sasolburg, Vaal Triangle area.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Process Automation Strategies.
• Leads the establishment of medium- and longer-term visions for Process Automation technology architecture and performance goals, in close relationship with overlapping and bordering technologies such as information and Communication, Electrical and Instrumentation.
• Defines and leads the processes and procedures to establish year to year roadmaps with to longer-term visions as guide.
• Align and adapt the visions and strategies to best meet the business objectives and requirements.
• Defines and leads the processes and procedures to select and develop the most effective technologies, procedures and practices to be used for Process Automation.
• Process Automation Covers:
• Process Control (production process automation)
• Process Information:
• Management Execution System (production process information management)
• Process Excellence tools (Digital-tools) – Application of Automation and ICT platforms to automate and enhance selected processes (not only production processes)

Process Excellence (PEX)

• Serves as PEX Facilitator
• Member of the PEX steering team.
• Leads selected PEX projects.
• Leads investigations for selected OTS (opportunity tracking system) opportunities.

Project Executions

• Serves as Project Manager for selected capital and expense projects.
• Serves as Process Control engineering expert for selected capital and expense projects.
• Participates in the identification and selection of value-adding capital and expense projects.

MINIMUM CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• National Diploma or Bachelors degree Qualification (Technical-Instrumentation, Instrumentation & Control, Electronics, Electrical).

• A minimum of 8 years in Industrial Automation Systems, including at least 5 years in DCS, ESD and SIL systems. Preferably in a petrochemical industry e.g. polyolefins, refining.

Proficiency in:

• Distributed Control Systems (DCS) such as Siemens and Yokogawa.
• Manufacturing Execution System (MES) such as AspenONE.
• Databases such as MS SQL Server deployment and application.
• Visualization platforms such as Power BI.
• Server hardware and operating systems.
• Application development with industry popular languages such as VB-script, Java-script and on platforms such as Internet Information server and Azure.
• System Integration, between different platforms with common technologies such as ODBC, OPC, Modbus and Profibus.

BENEFITS

A market-related Total Guaranteed Package including retirement fund and medical aid contributions and a travel allowance.

If you meet the requirements kindly submit your application to or lindim1 @boikagogroup.co.za