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Maintenance Technician

2 weeks ago

Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa Abantu Staffing Solutions Full time R104 000 - R208 000 per year

REQUIREMENTS

  • Affirmative Action South African citizen
  • National Nated Diploma/ National Diploma/ B.Tech/ B.Eng/ B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering/ Mechatronics
  • At least 5 years in vehicle manufacturing, maintenance, and/ or industrial technical environment

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

  • Able to read E-plan electrical and pneumatic drawings
  • Have strong analytical, diagnostic capabilities and problem-solving ability
  • Prepared to undergo and successfully pass an appropriate assessment
  • Willingness to work shifts, overtime, weekends, public holidays, plant shutdown, whenever necessary and/ or required
  • Willingness to be on the standby roster
  • Willingness to complete and pass the compulsory VASS
  • Have a good attendance record

ADDED ADVANTAGE

  • German language proficiency is advantageous
  • Siemens PLC and robot training

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Take control of analysing all plant stoppages and breakdowns, and provide statistical summaries of all breakdown information
  • Track history and provide information on maintenance key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Responsible for preventative and predictive maintenance activities
  • Assist maintenance personnel with breakdowns to ensure minimal downtime
  • Repair faulty equipment and parts, i.e. welding guns, servo-pneumatic valves, transmission modules, tucker guns, sealer equipment, to ensure availability of spare parts and equipment (spare part management)
  • Resolve robotic electronic communication faults by adjusting the robotic program to prevent recurring robot communication faults and ensure an uninterrupted production process
  • Analyse, fault-find, repair and optimise sealer, toxing, welding, laser, bolting and rivet joining technology equipment failure to ensure achievement of quality requirements and efficient production process
  • Analyse PLC programs to resolve errors and determine root causes of Interbus or Profinet network errors, determine corrective actions to continue with the production process and ensure uninterrupted production run
  • Fault-find, set up and program SEW drives by using the appropriate diagnostics software/ tools, such as Movitools, Motion Studio, to ensure uninterrupted production run
  • Modify, update and improve diagnostic software on HMI to identify the faulty equipment to facilitate speedy resolution to production stoppages
  • Analyse and investigate severe or recurring production stoppages to determine the real root cause of the stoppage and determine the appropriate preventative action and countermeasure to ensure that the recurrence of the fault is eliminated and/ or prevented
  • Contact equipment suppliers and technology experts within the group to enquire regarding solutions to complex equipment problems and failures to ensure pending or recurring faults are eliminated or prevented
  • Document production stoppages, severe breakdowns, problem sheets, Knowledge Management System, TPM sheets and PM schedules to ensure all maintenance activities are documented, distributed, and knowledge is retained, made available and utilised to prevent future stoppages or breakdowns
  • Conduct root cause analysis of all breakdowns immediately after completing the breakdown, by analysing the situation, causes, countermeasures and actions, ensuring that all is recorded and reported on the required control sheets and documents
  • Ensure that the robot safety circuit is in good working order and that all the required condition that meets the safety standards is installed
  • Download robot and PLC program backups to ensure quick recovery of the facilities in the event of a loss of data