Electrician

**JOB TITLE**: Electrician

**GRADE**: PE11

**Purpose of the role**:
To maintain, modify, repair, install and optimise equipment with a view to ensuring equipment availability and reliability, and ultimately enabling operational continuity while achieving Zero Harm

**Key Responsibilities**:
Demonstrate commitment to Zero Harm

Perform corrective, preventative and predictive maintenance.

Ensure proper and safe operation of all electrical equipment.

Maintain equipment in good operating condition to optimise equipment availability, reliability and production output

Implement and review preventative maintenance plans, inspection schedules & works orders

Perform installations, maintenance, inspections and electrical repairs to keep electrical systems and components in good working order

Perform electrical duties during job changes

Diagnose and interpret problems (fault finding) troubleshoot and diagnose electrical failures that can occur during a manufacturing process

Repair breakdowns, ensuring that all required information is recorded in the system, along with duration of breakdowns and delays in resolution

Monitor spares consumption and provide feedback as necessary to ensure ongoing spare part availability

Use assets and resources optimally to eliminate or minimise waste as necessary

Comply with approved engineering standards and routines (5S, problem solving, ATO, EWO, etc.)

Identify broken and defective tools, parts and components for reporting to management

Isolate defective tools, parts and components, and report to management

Implement Short Interval Controls (SIC) and visual management

Adhere with the company’s escalation procedure

Partake in standby duties and respond to callouts as and when required

Utilise Computerised Monitoring Maintenance System (CMMS)

Monitor contractor work to ensure quality in line with quality requirements

Conduct periodic stock count of spares parts for all machines, and complete required documentation for tracking purposes

Comply with modification control procedures and management of change processes (MOC)

Give input to identified projects as necessary

Implement departmental projects

Put in permanent countermeasures to prevent repeat breakdowns

Perform section checks and identify possible risks

Comply with food safety standards

Ensure that equipment is properly isolated when work has to be performed to ensure safety to all employees.

Ensure that work orders are created for all tasks.

Ensure that defects identified during scheduled maintenance are reported to management.

**Skills and Competencies**:
Zero Harm

Integrity

Good technical knowledge

Detail orientation

Systematic, analytical problem solver

Delivery orientation

Quality consciousness

Sense of urgency

Professional and disciplined.

Computer literate

Strong communication skills

Sound knowledge of electrical and control systems

Have a good understanding of blueprints, drawings and electric code specifications

**Qualifications**:
Electrical engineering NQF levels (N1 - N3)

Wireman's license

Qualified Electrical Artisan - Electrical Trade Test

Certified electrician (Installation rules) will be advantageous.

**Experience**

At minimum of 4 years’ experience as a qualified electrician within a Glass packaging manufacturing environment or similar industry.

**Additional Information**:
Consideration will be given to Isanti’s EE goals.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 2025/09/10