Technician – Instrumentation Engineering

Technician – Instrumentation Engineering

The Dangote Group is one of the most diversified business conglomerates in Africa with a hard-earned reputation for excellent business practices and products' quality with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa.

The Group's activities encompass:

Cement - Manufacturing / Importing Sugar - Manufacturing ...

Technician – Instrumentation Engineering

• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification OND , Professional Certificate , Vocational
• Experience 3 years
• Location Nigeria
• Job Field Engineering / Technical

Department: Maintenance (Instrumentation)

Reports To: Instrumentation Supervisor / Instrumentation Engineer

Job Overview

• The Technician – Instrumentation Engineering is responsible for the installation, calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, testing, and repair of plant instrumentation, control systems, analyzers, and field devices to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.
• The role supports process control, automation, and plant reliability by maintaining instrumentation equipment in accordance with maintenance standards, manufacturer recommendations, and Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) requirements.
• The successful candidate must possess strong knowledge of industrial instrumentation systems, control loops, process measurement devices, and troubleshooting techniques within a manufacturing, petrochemical, fertilizer, or process plant environment.

Key Responsibilities

Perform Preventive and Corrective Maintenance:

• Execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities on field instruments, analyzers, control valves, transmitters, gauges, and control systems to ensure equipment reliability and availability.

Calibrate and Test Instrumentation Equipment:

• Calibrate pressure, temperature, flow, level, vibration, and analytical instruments in accordance with approved procedures and operational requirements.

Troubleshoot Instrument and Control System Faults:

• Diagnose and rectify faults affecting instrumentation devices, signal transmission systems, control loops, PLC interfaces, and process automation systems.

Install and Commission Instrumentation Systems:

• Install, configure, test, and commission field instruments, junction boxes, impulse lines, instrument tubing, control panels, and associated equipment.

Maintain Control Valves and Actuators:

• Inspect, troubleshoot, maintain, and assist in the calibration of control valves, actuators, positioners, and pneumatic systems to ensure optimal process control performance.

Interpret Technical Drawings and Documentation:

• Read and interpret P&IDs, loop diagrams, instrume