Technician - Brits

Bridgestone South Africa Ltd's job vacancy, Career and Recruitment

Job title : Technician – Brits jobs in North West

Job Location : North West, Rustenburg

Deadline : May 19, 2024

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Job purpose

To assist in ensuring plant availability and uptime by attending to equipment breakdown. Initiate and manage continuous improvement projects.
To perform various skilled, journey-level tasks in installation, maintenance, testing, and repair of electronic control systems and electrical systems. Electrical Technicians modify electrical prototypes in order to correct operational deviations under the general direction of an Electrical Engineer.

Main responsibilities
Provide technical support and assistance to production and engineering
Provide support to production by attending to breakdowns
Troubleshooting and faultfinding on electrical equipment of breakdowns
Complete job cards for every job done in accordance to Bridgestone standards
Participate and carry out root cause analysis for every breakdown and documenting corrective actions
Order Spares required to fix equipment breakdowns long term
Comply to all safety regulations as stipulated in the occupational health and safety act
Develop the technical skills of the electricians by training and mentoring on execution of basic electrical tasks
Identify when external contractor/vendor is needed, and work in collaboration with contractor/vendor to complete work
Identify, Initiate and manage small Continuous Improvement projects (Kaizen) and support engineering projects on site
Carry out Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
Provide preventive and predictive maintenance of the electrical systems
Suggesting and implement continuous improvement ideas to improve machine reliability
Complete daily work orders as assigned and update team with daily work reports outlining progress and new issues
Assemble electrical and electronic systems and prototypes according to engineering data and knowledge of electrical principles, using hand tools and measuring instruments
Follow electrical practice when doing a job, always keeping safety in mind.
Use Correct Test Equipment
Install and maintain electrical control systems and solid state equipment
Programming of PLC, and Drives
Fault finding on PLC and Drives
SCADA & Motion
Modify electrical prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems to correct functional deviations
When a new system is implemented, it must work correctly with the existing system.
Update electrical drawings
Analyse and interpret test information to resolve design-related problems
Get all information before making decisions or alterations

BRIDGESTONE BEHAVIORS
Qualified candidates for this important position will therefore need to demonstrate the following:
Agility – to work in a matrix and complex environment where change happens at a rapid pace
Courage – to share ideas, think out of the box
Ownership – to see the bigger picture and take ownership by thinking and acting beyond the role

BRIDGESTONE LEADERSHIP ESSENCE
Qualified candidates for this important position will therefore need to demonstrate the following:
Establishes strategic direction and effectively communicates the vision: Communicates a clear and inspiring vision for the business; drives competitive and innovative strategies and is able to generate alignment against the strategic direction
Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others: Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellence
Promotes and enhances company culture: Champions the organization's shared values and beliefs
Effectively manages across cultures: Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity
BOSS focused – serves the customers having the end users in mind: Makes BOSS (end users) and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive relationships with BOSS; leverages BOSS intimacy in the development of new products, services and competitive advantage
Demonstrates self-awareness and emotional intelligence: Recognizes one's personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits. Understands emotions and their effects
Intellectually curious in support of learning agility: Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application
Embraces and leads change and innovation: Encourages different and innovative approaches to address problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the organization
Identifies and develops organizational talent: Attracts high calibre diverse talent , leads and guides others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through on-going development and collaboration

Required capabilities
Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills
Demonstrated strong leadership and advanced coaching skills
Good knowledge of Programmable logic Controllers (PLC)
Demonstrates the ability to delegate tasks
Ability to work with teams and lead decision-making processes in a team environment
Excellent interpersonal communication and listening ability
Must have a good knowledge and understanding of production technology and tyre manufacturing

Education:
National Diploma or Degree in Electrical Engineering

Experience:
Minimum of 5 years' experience in the electrical field on rotation machinery.
Minimum of 3 years experience in the tyre manufacturing and automotive industry will be an advantage.

Leadership Competencies:
Business Acumen
Shapes business strategy
Drives accountability and high performance
Fosters teamwork and collaboration
Customer focus and Customer Service orientation/mindset
Nurtures and coaches
Builds partnerships
Develops others
Health and Safety
Hazard Awareness
SHE Law and Regulatory Systems
Emergency Response

*Engineering / Technical jobs in south africa
*Technician – Brits in Rustenburg

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