Technician

**Technician**:
**POSITION SNAPSHOT**:

- JobReq ID: 52081- Type of work: On site- Type of contract: Open-ended/permanent- Full/Part Time: Full time- Location: Brits, ZA**OUR COMPANY**:
Bridgestone in Europe, CIS, Middle East, India and Africa (BSEMIA), headquartered in Zaventem (Belgium), is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions.

In addition to our premium tire products, we offer a growing portfolio of tire-centric and mobility solutions. Together with our partners and guided by "Serving Society with Superior Quality”, that has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931, we are working to accelerate sustainable mobility innovations and solutions. Through innovative technology, we are committed to easier, safer, smoother and seamless mobility for our society and customers improving how people move, live, work and play.

Bridgestone also benefits from a significant retail network throughout the region - in fact our retail presence in the EMIA region is the largest in the tire industry. Through 17 distinct retail partners, we have around 3,500 outlets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as around 2,500 outlets through our partner network in India. This network offers a selection of services, concepts and mobility solutions.

At Bridgestone we pride ourselves on the strong relationships we maintain with everyday drivers and this extensive retail network is one of the core reasons why.

In line with the “Bridgestone Essence”, our work environment is based on integrity and teamwork, where everyone can learn from each other and contribute with their own ideas in achieving the coming goals.

We want to hear from people who can take the challenge, unleash their creative potential and contribute to the company success demonstrating ownership, courage and agility. We want you to develop your skills, expand your knowledge and be proud of your work.

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**Job Title: Electrical Technician**

**Location: Brits Manufacturing Plant**

**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**- 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**- Establishes strategic direction and effectively communicates the vision: Communicates a clear and inspiring vision for the business; drives co