This document outlines the duties and responsibilities of an Instrumentation and Control Manager which include ensuring safety, leadership of people in the Instrumentation and Control and IT departments, leadership of results through customer focus and managing budgets, and operational support through maintaining plant availability, reliability, and commissioning projects. Key responsibilities involve implementing safety policies, managing people's performance and development, preparing budgets, resolving automation faults, and designing, testing, and commissioning new automation projects.

1. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. SAFETY
 Aligning and leading the departments with the Company SHER strategic direction
 Implementing SHER Policies, Standards, Procedures, Protocols, Guidelines at departmental level
 Implementing Risk Assessments, Management of Change, Behavioral Monitoring, Planned Task
Observations and Critical Task Observations
 Participating in SHEQ audits and action findings
 Participating in Significant Incident Investigations
2. LEADERSHIP OF PEOPLE
2.1 Instrumentation and Control Department
 Setting team objectives/targets and performance assessments on all subordinates and IT service
providers
 Identifying training needs and completing Training Plan (matrix)
 Ensuring that individual Development Plans are linked to performance results
 Developing training and development agreements with subordinates and acting as Coach and
Mentor to ensure that objectives are achieved.
 Managing section by ensuring that unique talents of all subordinates are identified and
developed (change orientation)
2.2 I.T. Department
 Carrying out Performance Evaluation monthly meetings with IT Service providers
 Assisting Commercial department with drawing up tender documents for contract renewals and
new projects
 Liaising with Consultants on project work and User related problems
 Carrying out functional checks and tests on all completed projects and service acceptance
3. LEADERSHIP OF RESULTS
3.1 Customer Focus
 Ensuring that systems and controls are in place to maintain the plant at:
 Specified performance levels and within prescribed technical and legal requirements
 Standards that permit a safe and environmentally acceptable operation
 To meet the required-rated capacity at minimum lifecycle costs
 Providing specialist technical advice/assistance to customers to ensure they are kept
informed of new technological developments and improvements in the field of
Automation & IT
3.2 Fixed Cost Budget
 Preparing Instrumentation and IT department fixed cost and capital expenditure annual
budget
 Monitoring section budget to ensure variances are addressed on time
 Reviewing cost reports, investigating over-expenditure and taking corrective action
 Implementing cost effective technology to ensure continuous improvement of processes
4. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
4.1 Plant Availability
 Checking uptime data,investigatingwhere necessary and taking corrective action to ensure plant
availability
 Reacting swiftly to automation faults that may cause plant stoppages
 Liaising with various sections, departments and IT Service Providers on all aspects relating to
Instrumentation and IT that may affect operations
 Providing a comprehensive Automation support service to the operations team
 Ensuringthat the correct spares and adequate quantities thereof are in stock and devising action
plan to handle emergency situations

2.  Managing the filing of documentation for easy retrieval
 Prioritizing and planning work
 Provides adviceand supportto Automation Specialistswhen trouble shootingautomation related
defects
4.2 Plant Reliability
 Taking steps to solve down-time problems
 Implementing modifications according to procedures
 Liaising with various departments and sections to ensure plant reliability
 Carrying out Route Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) to resolve concerns and faults within the plant
 Planning activities to ensure systems are fully operational
 Monitoring progress and activities on all systems, both during start-ups and during operation to
ensure faults are identified and corrected without delay
4.3 Projects and Commissioning
 Advises Engineering/Maintenance/Production departments on Automation related aspects
 Plans, implements and commission all Automation projects
 Keeps abreast of latest equipment/technological trends
 Design, develops and writes software programs for new projects on the Siemens DCS system.
 Develops and commission approved systems.
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
 Project design,implementation, testing and commissioningof the Briquette Stacker system. Project
was implemented on a Siemens TIA Portal V13 usingS7 300 CPU and TP1200 Comfort HMI panel.
 Upgradingof the Siemens PCS7 DCS system from version 7.0 to version 8.0 SP1. The system
comprises fiveS7 400 CPUs, one Engineering Station, two WINCC Servers, one Web Server and five
WINCC clients.
 Assisted the MES consultantin the upgradingof the Simatic IT (MES) system from version 6.3 to
version 6.6
 Project design,testing and commissioningof the Chrome Ore Dryer Gas Burner System to comply
with legislation governinggas installation and reticulation systems (SANS 329:2008 section 5,2)