CIC & OT Technician – Mining Operations

About the role

The CIC & OT Technician is responsible for installing, maintaining, configuring, fault‑finding and repairing communication, instrumentation and control (CIC) as well as operational technology (OT) systems that support mining operations, both underground and on the surface.

Key responsibilities

• Install, maintain and troubleshoot underground and surface communication systems such as leaky feeder, radio, VoIP, telephony, public address and emergency systems.
• Terminate, test and support data and fibre‑optic networks, switches, wireless access points, patch panels and structured cabling.
• Maintain OT infrastructure including servers, industrial network devices, backups, user access and patching.
• Calibrate, test and maintain field instrumentation (transmitters, sensors, level, flow, pressure and temperature devices) and associated control loops.
• Support PLC, SCADA and automation systems, perform fault diagnosis and liaise on configuration changes.
• Install and service CCTV, access control, tracking and monitoring systems and their cabling/power supplies.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree/HND in Electrical, Telecommunications, Instrumentation, Computer Engineering or equivalent with 3–5 years relevant experience, OR Technician Part III with 5 years experience in mining or heavy industry.
• Relevant certifications such as MINCOM, CCNA or equivalent, instrumentation and calibration training, LOTO, working‑at‑heights and first‑aid are highly desirable.

Required skills

• Leaky feeder and radio communication systems
• VoIP and telephony
• Fiber‑optic and structured data networks
• Network switching and wireless access points
• CCTV and access‑control systems
• Instrumentation calibration and field devices
• PLC and SCADA support
• OT network administration and backups