Instrumentation Technician

5 months ago


Kempton Park, South Africa AVI Limited Full time

**AVI Ltd. **is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

**NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED** operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

An exciting opportunity exists for an **Instrumentation Technician **at **NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Isando, Coffee and Creamer**. The purpose of the role is to support the factory in all automation projects; and provide support to ensure preventative maintenance minimizes plant downtime.

**Line Manager**: Automation and Control Technician

**Job Specification**:
**Key Performance Areas**:

- Maintenance of PLC’s and SCADA on site
- Extend the PLC/SCADA footprint where opportunities present themselves
- Operates electronic instrumentation and related electromechanical or electro-hydraulic apparatus used for operational and environmental testing of mechanical, structural or electrical equipment and translates test data for engineering staff
- Maintain all automation software backups to current
- Selects, installs, calibrates and checks sensing, telemetering and recording instrumentation and circuitry
- Develops specifications for non-standard apparatus according to engineering data, equipment characteristics under test and procurable test apparatus capabilities.
- Fault finding and fixing of automation systems including PLCs and drives
- Fault finding on electrical low voltage system
- Instrumentation and Light current installation and maintenance
- Minor PLC and SCADA Programming
- Assisting Production Specialists on projects

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Experience**:

- At least 5 years experience as an Instrumentation - Automation or Electronic Technician
- FMCG or manufacturing industry experience would be advantageous
- Computer literacy and Siemens PLC experience is essential

**Qualifications**:

- Completed N6 Certificate or an engineering-related National Diploma (S4/T3/T4), or related qualification in Electronic/Electrical Engineering (Light Current)
- Electrical/Instrumentation Trade Test

**Additional Requirements**:

- Excellent PLC knowledge (Siemens and Allan Bradley)
- Proficiency using Scada/Wonderware
- Sound understanding of the principles and theory of Electrical and Instrumentation circuits
- Interpretation of electrical drawings
- Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
- SAP experience advantageous

**Competencies**:

- Thinking Analytically
- Interpreting Data
- Thinking Rationally
- Thinking Conceptually
- Meeting Deadlines
- Attention to Detail
- Minimising Risk
- Taking Initiative


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