Instrumentation Technician Ftc

1 week 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 **Instrument Technician - FTC (6 months) **at **NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Isando, Coffee and Creamer**. The purpose of the role is to support the factory in all instrumentation projects; and provide support to ensure preventative maintenance minimizes plant downtime.

**Line Manager**: Automation and Control Technician

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

- Maintenance of field and process instrumentation on-site
- 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 the current
- Selects, installs, calibrates, and checks sensing, telemetering and recording instrumentation and circuitry
- Develops specifications for non-standard apparatus according to engineering data, characteristics of equipment under test and capabilities of procurable test apparatus.
- Fault finding and fixing of automation systems including PLC’s and AC drives
- Fault finding on electrical low voltage system
- Process instrumentation equipment installation and maintenance
- Valve stroking and calibration
- Participate in factory improvement projects
- Attend callouts and planned weekend jobs

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

- At least 3 - 5 years experience as an Instrumentation Mechanician or Technician
- FMCG or manufacturing industry experience would be advantageous
- Field process instrumentation experience is essential - valves, pressure, temperature, level and flow

**Qualifications**:

- Completed N6 Certificate or National Diploma (S4), or related qualification in Electronic/Electrical Engineering (Light Current)
- Industrial Instrumentation Trade Test beneficial

**Additional Requirements**:

- PLC knowledge (Siemens and Allan Bradley)
- Understanding of SCADA preferably Wonderware/AVEVA
- Sound understanding of the principles and theory of Electrical and Instrumentation circuits
- Interpretation of electrical drawings
- SAP experience advantageous

**Competencies**:

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

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