Control and Automation Technician

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa MARS Full time

**What are we looking for?**:

- ** MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**:

- N4 + Process control and Instrumentation section 13 or section 26D trade test
- Ideally National Diploma Process control and Instrumentation section 13 or section 26D trade test
- Five year working experience post In-service training or apprenticeship
- ** EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE**
- Performs fault finding on breakdowns as 2nd level of support
- Conducts preventative maintenance, complete work orders and respond to the needs of the plant operations.
- Participates in projects, monitors installation and commissioning; and ensures that machine specifications are recorded for future reference thereto
- Participate in projects, respond to breakdowns, troubleshoot PM’s (preventative maintenance), complete work orders and respond to the needs of the plant operations.
- Ensures all equipment is running safely and to standards
- Contribute to continuous improvement activities
- Excellent knowledge of Electrical and Instrumentation
- Loop tuning, PID control and plant optimization
- Good knowledge of electrical and instrumentation drawing P&ID, Single line diagrams and
- Advanced PLC and VSD knowledge
- Rockwell Automation packages AB logix 5000, logix SLC500, RSlinx and Powerflex drives
- Siemens Packages WinCC SCADA, S7-400, S7-300 and ET-200 extensions
- Advanced instrumentation, calibration and documentation of calibration certificates
- Perform LOTO procedures
- Participate in the daily workstream, weekly workstream and Go and See activities
- Ensure that Breakdown analysis and problem-solving activities are executed as per area of responsibility
- Ensure good housekeeping, 5S, GMP/GHP, Food safety procedures
- Support all Autonomous Maintenance activities

**What will be your key responsibilities?**:

- Packaging, Grinding, Utilities, and Extrusion equipment’s/building preventive maintenance system
- Execute, record and report tests, inspections, settings, lubrication tasks and other preventive maintenance tasks in coordination with production activities
- Perform Well packaging inspection on all Line, ensure high efficiency performance
- Attend to all high priority activities within packaging area
- Ensure that all preventive maintenance is done in accordance with the safety regulations without the risk of damage to people, equipment, or product
- Packaging, Grinding, Utilities, and Extrusion breakdown maintenance
- Ensure quick, safe, and accurate repair of any breakdown
- Record all breakdowns and present a detailed report indicating the origin, cause and cost of repair / correction
- Follow up on all 5WHY and problem-solving sessions
- Responsible for the overall maintenance, fault finding, repair and replacement of mechanical and electrical equipment.
- Perform preventative and predictive maintenance of high-speed packaging equipment.
- Read diagrams and schematic drawings to determine work procedures
- Ensure that all breakdown repairs are done in accordance with the safety regulations without the risk of damage to people, equipment or product
- External contracted works
- Operatively control and report contracted works done on equipment’s or assets of the company by external companies
- Spare part stock control
- Control, receive and record reception of spare parts, oils and consumables, cleaning materials
- Control and record use of spare parts, oils and consumables, cleaning materials,
- Maintain all stock in accordance with company procedure for good housekeeping and access control
- Ensure that all obsolete equipment is identified and recorded for future capex, replacement and creation of new stock items

**What can you expect from Mars?**:

- Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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