LOCATION - SasolburgVACANCY- Process Automation EngineerREPORTING TO - Technology LeaderOur client is a well known PET products manufacturer and is recruiting for a Process Automation Engineer to be based in Sasolburg, Vaal Triangle area.KEY RESPONSIBILITIESProcess Automation Strategies.Leads the establishment of medium- and longer-term visions for Process Automation technology architecture and performance goals, in close relationship with overlapping and bordering technologies such as information and Communication, Electrical and Instrumentation.Defines and leads the processes and procedures to establish year to year roadmaps with to longer-term visions as guide.Align and adapt the visions and strategies to best meet the business objectives and requirements.Defines and leads the processes and procedures to select and develop the most effective technologies, procedures and practices to be used for Process Automation.Process Automation Covers:Process Control (production process automation)Process Information:Management Execution System (production process information management)Process Excellence tools (Digital-tools) Application of Automation and ICT platforms to automate and enhance selected processes (not only production processes)Process Excellence (PEX)Serves as PEX FacilitatorMember of the PEX steering team.Leads selected PEX projects.Leads investigations for selected OTS (opportunity tracking system) opportunities.Project ExecutionsServes as Project Manager for selected capital and expense projects.Serves as Process Control engineering expert for selected capital and expense projects.Participates in the identification and selection of value-adding capital and expense projects. MINIMUM CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCENational Diploma or Bachelors degree Qualification (Technical-Instrumentation, Instrumentation & Control, Electronics, Electrical).A minimum of 8 years in Industrial Automation Systems, including at least 5 years in DCS, ESD and SIL systems. Preferably in a petrochemical industry e.g. polyolefins, refining. Proficiency in: Distributed Control Systems (DCS) such as Siemens and Yokogawa.Manufacturing Execution System (MES) such as AspenONE.Databases such as MS SQL Server deployment and application.Visualization platforms such as Power BI.Server hardware and operating systems.Application development with industry popular languages such as VB-script, Java-script and on platforms such as Internet Information server and Azure.System Integration, between different platforms with common technologies such as ODBC, OPC, Modbus and Profibus.BENEFITSA market-related Total Guaranteed Package including retirement fund and medical aid contributions and a travel allowance.