Division: Maintenance

Reference Number: IS-01-26

Grade: C5

Purpose of the job

The Instrumentation Maintenance Supervisor reports to the Engineering Manager: E&I and has the primary responsibilities of:

• Legal appointments: (a) as the OHS Section 8.2(i) for instrumentation works on site to ensure all legal and statutory compliance does take place according to the OHS Act, Pressure Equipment Regulations and General Machinery Regulations.

(b)in terms of General Machinery Regulation 2(7)(a) as an assistant to the Competent Person in respect of machinery used in your area of responsibility in terms of your duties.

• Fully understand the Occupational Health and Safety Act requirements and ensure that all legal inspections and risk assessments are carried out and that general safety is adhered to across all plants.
• Manage and plan the instrumentation execution of work as per the maintenance strategies available on the CMMS software (SAP system).

o    Plan the execution of work in line with the engineering standards, strategies and asset integrity philosophies for equipment, plant, machinery, and instrumentation installations.

o    Plan the execution of work in compliance to statutory requirements using OEM, RCM, 5Why and RCA processes to improve plant reliability and availability.

o    Plan and manage the execution of annual maintenance shutdowns.

• Organise the instrumentation personnel (Technicians, Mechanicians and Workshop Mechanicians) and material required to execute work in compliance to statutory requirements using OEM, RCM, 5Why and RCA processes to improve plant reliability and availability.
• Lead the instrumentation personnel (Technicians, Artisans and Workshop Controller) in ensuring compliance with the execution of the maintenance strategies, as well as legal and engineering best practice standards, in compliance to statutory requirements using OEM, RCM, 5Why and RCA processes to improve plant reliability and availability.
• Control the instrumentation infrastructure, systems, and instrumentation resources in ensuring the instrumentation infrastructure (i.e., Level, Pressure, Flow, Analytical instrumentation, etc.) is continuously available for operational purposes.
• Control and maintain the systems of work, plant, and machinery to the safety of personnel, and protection of the health of machinery.
• Control and maintain the systems of work, plant, and machinery to the safety of personnel, and protection of the health of machinery.
• The responsibilities above mentioned shall be conducted in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act No.85 of 1993 and all relevant NCP policies and procedures.
• 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.Plan

• Plan all the maintenance activities in line with the strategic maintenance plans available on CMMS software (SAP system) to ensure systems of work, plant and machinery is safe for use, it is without danger to health of employees and readily available for operational purposes.
• Initiate strategic maintenance activities to ensure systems of work, plant and machinery is safe for use, it is without danger to health of employees and the availability thereof is improved.
• Ensure all instrumentation maintenance activities (including shutdowns) are effectively scheduled and relevant resources (i.e., people, tools, material) is made available for execution of work.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure correct quality and quantity of spares are available. Contribute and support other departs towards the Total Productive Maintenance to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
• Plan the leave, training, and development for the sub-ordinates in line with the maintenance strategies developed for the department
• Plan the execution of work in compliance to statutory requirements using OEM, RCM, 5Why and RCA processes to improve plant reliability and availability. Maintain acceptable levels of communication with various departments to enable efficient execution of daily business strategies. The communication with various departments shall include communication on Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp application and emails.

2. Organise

• Ensure the adequate resource (internal and external) is available for the execute of the work. The resource here mentioned include personnel and material resources. Organize resource to execute work in compliance to statutory requirements using OEM, RCM, 5Why and RCA processes to improve plant reliability and availability.
• Continually review the risk assessments for internal employees and contractor before work commences and enforce rules to protect the safety and health of personnel, and the protection of the assets against damage.
• Maintain the functionality and availability of the safety system. Maintain the operational availability of the instrumentation installation and related instrumentation control system. Contribute to the achievement of more than 85% plant availability and annual average production of 65kA.
• Organize equipment spares in line with the asset management strategies improve equipment reliability and availability.

3. Lead

• Be the OHS Section 8.2 legal appointee and custodian for the instrumentation installations throughout the NCP Chlorchem site.
• Perform Plan Job Task Observations and coach, instruct, enforce and/or correct any behavior that poses danger against safety and health of personnel (including suppliers and contractors).
• Participate in 5S continuously, implement standards and enforce 5S standards
• Enforce good practices concerning housekeeping. Ensure zero Lost Time Injury is attained in the Instrumentation department.
• Perform on-the-job training for the technician, Mechanician and/or Workshop Mechanician. Perform weekly audits/walkabouts to identify areas that need improvements to remedy as accordingly.

4. Control

• Compile reports on compliance concerning daily work execution by Technicians and Artisans.
• Compile diagnostic report on the root causes of breakdowns and determine the short to medium term plans to prevent repeat failures and/or plans for collaborative resolution with other departments. Enforce turnaround time of four hours to restore plant after a breakdown.
• Maintain compliance to company policies, standards, and instructions for the Instrumentation Workshop personnel including the execution of the actions determined from the audits.
• Ensure the asset care execution of work is conducted within the agreed budget.
• Ensure Risk Assessments are performed per task perform by Technicians, Mechanicians and Workshop Mechanicians.
• Collaborate with reliability engineers and other departments to maintain control over spare management.

5. Related SHERQ Responsibilities

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Technical and Supervisory knowledge demonstrated and learnt in the Instrumentation field in the chemical processing plants or similar
• Extensive knowledge of ISO 14001, 45001, 9001
• Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety, SIL and Area Classification Standards
• SHERQ Training course
• Safety Work Permit training
• Computer Literacy in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Digilex and Power Point)
• Knowledge of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
• Attention to details
• Be able to do basic problem solving and decision making and analysis
• Ability to work under pressure
• Leader, Value driven and Team player

Experience

• 5 to 10 years’ Supervisor/Foreman experience in engineering/maintenance management.
• Computer literacy in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Knowledge of the Area Classification and Safety integrity Level (SIL) Standards.

Qualifications:

• Matric
• National Diploma in Instrumentation Engineering, Equivalent or Higher
• Instrumentation Red Seal

Reporting structure:

This position reports to the Engineering Manager: E&I

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 and subject of the email (if applicable).
• That recently certifiedcopies 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 (email below/NCP Website) on or before the closing date.
• Only applications that are submitted to HR directly with either of the 2 methods mentioned above will be considered.

External Applicants:

Please attach a copy of your most recent payslip. We regret we cannot consider any applications received without this information.

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: 29 January 2026

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.