Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Recruiter:

Staff Solutions Recruitment

Job Ref:

E.L003222/NM

Date posted:

Friday, April 24, 2026

Location:

Sandton, South Africa

Salary:

Negotiable Monthly

SUMMARY:
New Vacancy!! A well known Water Treatment Operation based in Sandton is looking to employ a Control & Instrumentation Engineer to join their team.

POSITION INFO:
Job Responsibilities:

Take ownership of existing automation and reporting software
Drive development of industrial automation tools
Continuous improvement and development of industrial automation software
Providing operational support with regards to monitoring and control systems; perform requested
software changes; providing guidance and support to EC&I technicians.
Contribute to developing standards, templates and control logic
Implementation of control software
Develop reporting and monitoring tools using Ignition/SQL/Flow tools
Develop Ignition Perspective templates
Maintain existing reporting and monitoring software package(s)
Develop and implement integration between software packages (as and when required).

Job Requirements:

Qualifications: B.Eng (Electronic/Mechatronic/Control & Instrumentation);
Minimum of >5 years’ experience in industrial automation
Strong software development skills
Minimum of 3 years’ experience on Ignition platforms (Vision, Perspective) as well as Adroit.
Minimum of 2 years’ experience in on-site commissioning and/or operational support, preferably within the water treatment sector.
Strong interest and experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence and Data Science.
Well experienced in:
Siemens TIA Portal, Step 7 Software
Ignition Vision, Perspective platforms
Schneider Unity software database, such as MS SQL
Ignition Flow software
Adroit control systems (SCADA, HMI, IloT)
EcoStruxure control Expert Software for Modicon PLCs (schneider)
Suitable experiences in:
Interpreting P&ID drawings
VSD configurations
Industrial communication protocols, such as Profinet, Modbus TCPIP, etc
Interest in engineering methodologies and technologies.
Must be able to meet deadlines.
Self-sufficient, responsible, organised.

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