- Johannesburg
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Manufacturing
- Reference: 2355786
Vacancy Details
Employer: Sotina Recruitment
Job Summary
The Industrial Electronic Technician is responsible for the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, programming, and optimisation of industrial electrical, electronic, and automation systems within a continuous 24/7 manufacturing environment. The role focuses on maximising equipment uptime, ensuring safety compliance, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across both ageing and new production systems.
Responsibilities
Install, maintain, fault-find, and repair industrial electrical and electronic systems.
Read, interpret, and troubleshoot electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and control systems.
Program, maintain, and troubleshoot PLC systems (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Delta, and similar platforms).
Program, commission, and fault-find variable speed drives (Siemens, Control Techniques, Allen Bradley, etc.).
Perform diagnostics using appropriate testing and diagnostic tools.
Support and implement industrial automation solutions to improve production efficiency and system reliability.
Proactively maintain, upgrade, and modernise ageing equipment to reduce downtime.
Prepare, install, and integrate auxiliary equipment onto existing or new production platforms.
Participate in breakdown support, planned maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Work effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering and maintenance team.
Be available for extended hours, standby, and callouts as required in a 24/7 operation.
Ensure all work complies with health, safety, and quality standards at all times.
Required Skills
- Strong Communication And Teamwork Skills.: 7 to 8 years
- Experience Working With Ageing And Legacy Manufacturing Equipment.: 7 to 8 years
- Exposure To Continuous Improvement Or Automation Upgrade Projects: 7 to 8 years
- Ability To Work Independently Under Pressure In A Fast-Paced Environment.: 7 to 8 years
Candidate Requirements
Matric
Qualified Electrician or Millwright OR National Diploma in Electrical / Electronic Engineering
Trade Test (Red Seal) mandatory
Minimum 8–10 years’ experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment
Strong understanding of industrial control systems and automation.
Proven experience in PLC programming and variable speed drive commissioning.
High level of competency in reading and interpreting electrical and control diagrams.
Strong fault-finding, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills.
Willingness to work extended hours and participate in standby/call-out rotations.
Sotina Recruitment endeavours to provide feedback to all candidates whenever possible. However, if you do not hear from one of our Recruiters within 30 days, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
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About Sotina Recruitment
Sotina Recruitment Agency - Sotina Holding was established in 2010 and provides recruitment services to business partners. Our offices are based in Johannesburg Gauteng and Paarl Western Cape. We adapt best practices to facilitate sourcing, validating and evaluating profiles to deliver candidates of the required skills and calibre to our clients. Based on the requirement of the job profile, we search for candidates from our online database and we also advertise in local platforms like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, we pride ourselves with high quality standards, professionalism, integrity, passion and excellent customer service. We recruit top calibre candidates throughout South Africa.
Our human resources management solutions range from permanent recruitment, short-term long-term contract placements.
These are more reasons to partner with us:
Our candidates go through comprehensive background checks
Team
We have a multi-talented team of highly experienced recruitment consultants, who specialize in different industries and sectors. Our team of consultants works in close coordination with clients to conceptualize their requirements and offer them best solutions. Further, we also have a dedicated team of customer care, who attend to all the queries of the clients and furnish them with complete information about the services.
Customer Satisfaction
While speed, dependability, reliability and efficiency are our priority, customer satisfaction is the ultimate goal. Our unique working methodology and untiring efforts enable us to shortlist appropriate candidates, who are at the helm of rendering the best of present generation services. We utilize our in-depth market knowledge and comprehensive research techniques to meet the unique requirements of every client
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