Senior Automation Engineer

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  Established company in Nelspruit is recruiting for an experienced Automation engineer to design, develop, maintain, and troubleshoot industrial automation systems using PLC, SCADA, HMI, drives, sensors, instrumentation, and networking technologies.

National Diploma / BTech (Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or Process Instrumentation) with a minimum of 5 years of hands‑on automation engineering experience.

• 5+ years of hands‑on automation engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency with at least one major PLC / SCADA platform.
• Ability to lead projects, mentor juniors, and interface with clients.
• Able to design complete automation systems end‑to‑end (electrical + commissioning + integration).

• Draft and implement PLC logic (Phoenix Contact, Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider, Omron, AB, ABB etc.).
• Develop and configure SCADA / HMI interfaces and dashboards.
• Perform onsite commissioning, FAT, SAT, and system integration work.
• Troubleshoot automation hardware and comms issues (I / O faults, encoder problems, comms buses, sensors, VFDs, etc.).
• Interpret electrical diagrams, P &IDs, loop drawings.
• Implement industrial communication protocols (Modbus, Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet / IP, MQTT etc.).
• Ensure system compliance with safety standards and risk assessments.
• Prepare documentation (functional specs, manuals, IO lists, as-builts).

Only SA citizens may apply