Electrical and Instrumentation Technician

Recruiter: Persona Staff

Job Ref: CPT006685/N

Date posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

SUMMARY: Our client based in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town is looking for an Electrical and Instrumentation Technician to join their team.

POSITION INFO: REQUIREMENTS Instrumentation and Electrical Qualification - could be red seal only 3-5 years similar experience Fibre Optic Splicing - 2 years experience EC&I industry knowledge \/ experience Basic Project Management skills (advantageous) RESPONSIBILITIES Managing projects, liaising with clients, vendors, contractors, suppliers for quotes, procurement, ordering and collecting of spares, onsite job completion. Calibrating, installation, maintenance, commission, fault finding and addressing day to day technical issues on a variety of field instrumentation and lab instrumentation equipment namely flow, pressure, differential pressure transmitters, differential. Pressure (flow meters), temperature, level (Radar, Ultrasonic, pressure, DP cell), wireless, radio, valves. Servicing ABB breakers from 1600A to 5000A, Drives, soft starters, HV switchgear, change-over switches, Allen Bradley Smart relays, Allen Bradley smart overloads, single and 3 phase generators, motors, plugs, dosing pumps (Grundfos & Sera), submersible pumps, Lights, switches, joints. Planned and unplanned electrical maintenance. Commissioning and upgrades of multiple plants namely, FMCG, alcohol, juice, solar farms, data centres, quarries, Tiger brands, dairy and Wastewater treatment works. Programming of Siemens S700 PLC's using TIA Portal, IFM PLC's, Deep Sea controllers, HMI's. Testing equipment used namely Megger, multimeter, Fluke Data loggers, milliamp source, Fibre optics splicing machine, OTDR, VFL, Light, source, 4-20mA source \/ tester, fluke thermowell Solar (Sunsynk, Huawei). Programming of Deep-Sea controllers, HMI's, PLC's. Minor programming with TIA. Profibus, profinet, ethernet, ASI interface, IO Link. Commission, troubleshoot and calibrate control and instrumentations systems. Use software to download programmes and to perform IO testing. Perform loop and alarm testing. Use electrical systems for fault finding to find a resolution. Perform safety system testing in line with FAT testing. Complete all relevant documentation of testing and commissioning records. Support and perform witnessed testing for clients\/third parties. Feedback issues or opportunities in order to facilitate continuous improvement. Record test results and failure accurately, identifying faults and correct as required. Ensure faults are to be logged and recorded. All changes will need to be tracked and auditable. Feedback concerns and failures to the relevant teams. Follow all quality control plans with an excellent level of understanding throughout. Use and work with logic flow diagrams, P & ID and any other information required. Communicate when required with key stakeholders as well as any other departments. Prioritise workloads dependent on project and business needs. Visit sites when required to complete testing and fault finding. Champion all things relating to Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery. This will include process improvements and the elimination of waste\/inefficiencies. To apply, please send your CV to Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive feedback within 48 hours, please accept your application as unsuccessful. Persona Staff Pty (Ltd) is POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013) compliant, all personal information is protected according to legislation. Applying for any of our available vacancies, you give Persona Staff consent to process your Personal Information for Recruitment Purposes, according to the POPI ACT, 2013. If you have any concerns regarding your Personal Information and our compliance towards the legislation, you are welcome to request out POPI Act Policy.