Division: Maintenance

Reference Number: IA-08-23

Grade: PG11

Closing Date: 11 August 2023

Purpose of the job
The Instrumentation Artisan reports to the Instrumentation Supervisor and has the primary
responsibilities to:

• Inspect the Instrumentation within the area of responsibility.
• Repair and/or replace the equipment that is not fit-for-service or unsafe.
• Maintain and/or Improve Instrumentation to ensure safe and continuous availability of the
  assets.
• Ensure that the Housekeeping within the area of responsibility is always acceptable and/or
  better than it was before the Mechanician interacted with the area in question.
• Ensure feedback is given to the line manager concerning the Inspection, Repair and/or
  Replacement conducted within the area of responsibility. The Feedback shall include a
  formal 5WHY and/or RCA report that describes the root cause of the breakdown and/or
  failure of an equipment(s) and/or system(s).

The responsibilities abovementioned shall be conducted in compliance with the requirements of the
Occupational Health and Safety Act No.85 of 1993. The responsibilities above mentioned shall include
ensuring equipment is visibly marked for identification and working drawings (Process and
Instrumentation Diagram) are always updated.
This position profile acts as a guide to the role only, and additional work outcomes may be required to
be performed by the incumbent.
Key performance area

1. Inspect

• Inspect the conditions of the instrumentation devices, piping, cables, cable racks and
  field station(s), Engineering Stations, DCS cabinets, PLC rooms as per the Work
  Order (WO) instruction and identify deviations with regards to safety and intended
  operational parameters. The DCS, Engineering Stations, PLC rooms shall include all
  the components within the rooms, cabinets, MCC and/or Stations.
• Inspect the conditions of the instrumentation equipment (i.e., Valves, Plant
  Instrumentation and Control, scales, bulk scales, etc) as per the Work Order
  instruction and identify deviations concerning the instrumentation best practices and
  safe operations of the equipment.
• The inspection as per the WO shall be completed on a daily basis.

1. Repair, Replace and Maintain

• Repair and/or replace all instrumentation within the area of responsibility and ensure
  the installation(s) is available for safe operation thereof.
• Repair and/or replace any safety guarding and/or safety system that has failed or not
  available for immediate safeguarding of personnel and protection of instrumentation
  against extended damages.
• Maintain the functionality and availability of the safety system. Maintain the
  operational availability of the instrumentation.
• Apply correct workmanship to avoid repeat failures of equipment and/or system(s).
  Repeat failure shall include failure of the equipment and/or system(s) on the same
  failure mode and failure within an unacceptable period.

1. Housekeeping

• Ensure that the housekeeping is always acceptable and is continually being improved.
• Ensure 5S is implemented and continually maintained.
• Ensure the housekeeping is enforced and/or enhances the safety of personnel within the
  area of responsibility.

1. Give Feedback

• Ensure that the feedback concerning the work completed on the Work Order (WO) is
  given to the relevant planner within the same shift it was issued. The feedback
  concerning the closure of the Work Orders, 5-Why investigations and/or RCA
  investigations shall be given to the Work Coordinator within the same shift the WO was
  issued.
• Ensure that all breakdowns have been investigated making use of the 5-Why
  investigation method as minimum.
• Ensure that the root cause of the breakdown(s) is identified correctly and resolved
  accordingly.
• The feedback on the WO shall include required spares and/or improvements to ensure
  the repeat failures are eliminated and/or reduced. The required spares and/or
  improvements to the plant within the Instrumentation Mechanician’s area of responsibility
  shall be given to the Work Coordinator in writing.

1. Related SHERQ responsibilities
   Technical Competencies

• Technical knowledge demonstrated and learnt in Instrumentation installations in the chemical
  processing plants.
• Basic knowledge of ISO 14001, 45001, 9001
• Knowledge of the SANS 10142 Part 1 and Part 2
• Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety, SIL and Area Classification Standards
• SHERQ Training course
• Safety Work Permit training
• Computer Literacy in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point)
• Digilex
  Behavioural Competencies
• Attention to details
• Be able to do basic problem solving and decision making and analysis
• Ability to work under pressure

Experience

• At least 3 years’ experience working as a qualified instrumentation artisan / mechanician,
  preferably in a chemical manufacturing environment.
• Computer literacy in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Knowledge of the Area Classification and Safety integrity Level (SIL) Standards.
  Qualifications:
• Matric
• Relevant Instrumentation Qualification
• Instrumentation Red Seal
  Reporting structure:
• This position reports to the Instrumentation Supervisor.
  Personal Circumstances:
• Must be able to obtain a satisfactory medical report from the companies’ medical centre.
• May be required to be on standby.
  Other requirements:
  Please ensure:
• That the application form is fully completed and attached with your CV.
• That the reference number and/or position name of this advertisement is quoted on your
  application form.
• That recently certified copies of all qualifications referred to on your application form and cv,
  are submitted.
• Applications can be handed in at the HR offices (Head Office) or sent electronically on or before
  the closing date.
• Only applications that are submitted to HR directly will be considered.
  Failure to comply with the above requirements will result in your application being disqualified
  Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply, should the applicant be successful the incumbent
  will be reasonably accommodated depending on the inherent requirements of the job.
  All applicants are thanked in advance for showing interest however correspondences will only be
  entered into with the shortlisted candidates.
  Closing date: 11 August 2023
  CV’s to be sent to: careers@ncp.co.za
  Recruitment for this position will be conducted with the intention progressing our Employment
  Equity policy, targets and objectives. The Company reserves the right not to fill this position