Electrical Technician

Position Overview:

An automotive company based in East London IDZ is looking for an Electrical Technician with experience in the Manufacturing environment to join the team. The company stands for world class technology, low hierarchies with fast decision making, attractive customer portfolio as well as competitive pay

Minimum Requirements:

• Trade Test Qualification (Electrician/ Millwright) or Electrical Engineering Diploma
• 3-5 Years in automotive, manufacturing environment
• Servo Drives and Motors
• PLC diagnostics (Programming ability advantageous)
• Switch gear and logic knowledge

Responsibilities:

• Attending to all breakdowns in the plant with the replacement of worn and damaged components and support production with reinstating equipment, jig fixtures and testing equipment to the intended operational state
• Attending to and supporting preventative maintenance tasks which includes the definition and work required to ensure uptime of equipment, jigs fixtures and testing equipment and support the administrative documentation and follow up work required thereof
• Participate and Support CI Projects
• Attend to any building maintenance as is needed from time to time which includes housekeeping in the workshop and respective production/ plant areas
• Administration of critical spares and the electronic maintenance system which includes ordering and stock levels of the prescribed component
• Support the installation and commissioning of equipment jigs fixtures and control systems related to new program launches and participates in the team in all related activities which includes Quality, OHS and Productivity activities and verifications thereof
• Participation in system audits of the areas of responsibility related to ISO 14000 and IATF and support corrective actions from agreed improvements
• Any reasonable tasks as given by direct report and management