Electrical Technician

SUMMARY:
Our client in the manufacturing sector is looking for a Technician/ Expert Electrical to join their team based in Port Elizabeth.

POSITION INFO:
Qualifications:

• National Diploma Electrical Engineering
  
• 3 Years working experience in PC Repair, Networking and Communication Siemens Step 7 Beckhoff PLC.

• Assist with breakdowns in all disciplines and troubleshooting on production machines
• Identify possible hardware and software breakdowns using the departmental/machine systems and pre-PM inspection checklist
• Predictive and preventative maintenance on departmental machines as well as machine control systems
• Machine ownership
• Departmental ownership.
• IMPROVEMENTS - Provide machine improvements to increase quality/production levels and to reduce breakdowns
• Implement improvements in-line with pareto and root cause analysis
• Maximum machine availability
• Pursue energy saving projects
• Responsible for PLC system adaptations, upgrades, and software modifications.
• REPORTS - Prepare reports and make recommendations for improving department operations and solving maintenance-related problems
• Do pareto analysis/root cause analysis and reports on repetitive machine related problems
• Report in detail on performed work in SAP-PM
• Validation and report on Control systems modifications.
• SYSTEMS MANAGEMENTS - Manufacturing Execution Systems, implementation, upgrades, system enhancements and troubleshooting at machine level
• IPC Management and upgrades.
• Setting up new IPC's and integrating into network, configuring and set-up of machine specific software
• Adhere to back-up and restore procedures and control system recovery
• Change Management- Coordinate, Implement, Validate (test) and documenting of Software change requests on Control System Software in area.
• BUSINESS UNIT - Give full support to all other business unit partners. Maintain KPI’s.
• HR RESPONSIBILITIES - Comply with disciplinary procedures as per Company code of conduct.
• Update daily attendance and time keeping.
• ESH - follow the internal ESH work instructions in the daily work; demonstrate exemplary personal behaviour in ESH and motivate others; ensure immediate notification and response, and initiate preventive measures in case of unsafe or polluting hazards.