Instrumentation Technician
Dangote Group, Ghana

JOB SUMMARY

• Perform routine maintenance, repairs, installation, calibration, adjustment and integration of various types of plant instrumentation equipment.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform all work order maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration of plant equipment as directed.
• Troubleshoot, inspect, test, maintain, repair, clean and calibrate instrumentation and solid state and microprocessor based control equipment including plant communications equipment, programmable controllers, distributive control systems, generator excitation equipment, battery chargers, and semi-conductor devices.
• Repair or replace control devices such as switches, photo eyes, proximity sensors, pushbuttons, contactors, motor starters, transmitters, etc. as needed.
• Install control and measurement instruments on existing or new plant equipment.
• Troubleshooting, repair, and minor programming of various PLC control systems, frequency drives and other electrical equipment.
• Participate in plant safety, health and environmental programs and observe safety in accordance with government and company standards.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Section Head/Engineers from time to time.

• Use a wide range of test equipment, including recorders, computers, and control and tuning modules, PC based software analyser programs, oscilloscopes, data analysers, logic test equipment, analogue and digital multi-meters, meggars and other test equipment, while performing tests to identify problems and to maintain and calibrate equipment to performance standards.
• Make regular inspection rounds of plant instrumentation, and control equipment.
• Assist in developing detailed preventive and predictive maintenance procedures for plant instrumentation and control equipment.
• Install, build, or modify plant instrument, and control equipment as directed by the Instrumentation Engineer or Section Head.

Requirements

EDUCATION amp; WORK EXPERIENCE

• Trade Test II + 16 years related job experience or
• Trade Test 1 + 8 years related job experience or
• OND + 5 years related job experience.

SKILLS amp; COMPETENCE

• Good knowledge of phase testers, multimeters, meggers and other testing equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret documents and drawings.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Very good organisational skills.
• Good interpersonal, networking and teaming skills.
• Proficiency in the use of office productivity tools

Benefits

TBD

Job Rewards and Benefits