Electrical Automation Technician

 

Recruiter:

RMG Recruitment

Job Ref:

314274340

Date posted:

Friday, February 18, 2022

Location:

Port Elizabeth, South Africa


JOB SUMMARY:
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JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Electrical Automation Technician will be responsible for installing, maintaining, and developing electrical, process control and automation hardware, software, processing machinery and interfaces to ensure maximum plant efficiency and throughput for food production.

A National Diploma in Electrical/Automation Engineering is required, as well as 5 Years’, hands-on process control/automation engineering experience. This position reports to the Senior Production Manager.

Duties;

  • Maintain PC/PLC equipment, peripherals, scale heads, etc. to ensure plant availability for controlled feed production;
  • Develop, install and refine existing hardware installations to improve reliability and functionality;
  • Maintain interfaces to ensure >98% availability for feed production;
  • Maintain process control and automation software on PC’s, PLC’s, peripherals, etc. to ensure plant availability;
  • Achieve batching accuracy on all products;
  • Setup and record Variable speed drive setting on all batching augers;
  • Setup and recording of Scale controller settings;
  • Develop, install and refine existing software and control loops to improve functionality;
  • Maintain back-ups of parameter settings applicable to VDS’s, PLC’s, HMI’s etc;
  • Draw up task clarifications of proposed projects involving changes to plant utilization and/or new equipment.
  • Keep hardware firmware updated to latest version and revision

Skills:

  • Adroit Scada and MAPS (Mitsubishi Adroit Process Suite)
  • Allan Bradley PLC Programming and fault finding
  • Allan Bradley HMI Programming and fault finding
  • Mitsubishi PLC Programming and fault finding
  • Mitsubishi HMI Programming and fault finding
  • Delta HMI Programming and fault finding
  • Setting up and fine tuning PID loops
  • SQL Databases setup and design
  • Temperature controllers
  • Scales and loadcells
  • Ethernet IP – Communication and setup of devices (HMI’s, PLC’s and SCADA PC’s)

 

 

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