Instrument Technician

4 weeks ago

Durban, South Africa PepsiCo Full time
Overview

We are PepsiCo

PepsiCo is proud to be one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Every day, we are dedicated to bringing our mission to create more smiles with every sip and every bite to life. Our products are enjoyed more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Our portfolio — including Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi and Quaker — consists of many iconic brands that generate more than US $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales, helping to deliver more than US $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive. Through PepsiCo Positive, we are charting a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people. PepsiCo Positive is an end-to-end strategic business transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change.

In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay's, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. PepsiCo SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages.

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Instrumentation Technician to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

The main purpose is primarily to ensure maximum plant uptime is achieved continuously. The individual must be a leader in maintenance and troubleshooting of control systems, instrumentation and electrical equipment. The individual must ensure that the factory meets its key KPIs which include but are not limited to production volume, safety and quality compliance, cost reduction, equipment reliability improvement and downtime reduction

Scope Measures

Support Repairs and Maintenance Budget of R26MM of Materials per Annum Identification of obsolete material and critical spares to maintain Inventory Holding at R10MM per Annum Align with the must win battles of the site Performs electrical and instrumentation maintenance activities associated with process plant, packaging plant; palletizing plant, WWTP, utilities and facilities Leading all electrical and instrumentation repairs and maintenance activities in designated area of responsibility. Monitors daily downtime and institutes corrective action plans to prevent recurrences of breakdowns. Calibrates, repairs and maintains instrumentation, control and electrical associated equipment to ensure operation within set standards. Perform root cause analysis to address asset performance problems and/or reduce cost. Maintains PLCs, SCADA systems and networks (hardware and software) and perform changes/modifications as required. Continuously evaluates the equipment control philosophies and initiates improvement actions in order to achieve asset performance targets. Implements continuous improvement on all electrical and electronic equipment in the plant. Assist in commissioning of modifications/projects. Ensures proper documentation of changes/modifications and perform internal audits. Fault finding and repair of electrical and electronic systems to the component level. Ensure availability of spares for all electrical, electronic and control systems in the plant. Accurately and timeously reports equipment deviations to stakeholders to meet/improve equipment availability and reliability targets. Ensure proper back-up of all PLC programs and maintain records of all upgrades. Ensure that plant adheres to MESS standards and practice safe operations of process control systems. Audit of electrical, instrumentation and control system equipment. Calibration of all instrumentation and control equipment. Complete required testing and safety checks on all instrumentation equipment. Conducts all scheduled maintenance within required timeframes. Recording all work activities on the SAP computerized maintenance management system Working with suppliers and contractors as required to complete assigned work tasks. Communicates with production staff during shift to identify possible failures before they occur (Proactive maintenance mindset) Continuous shift cover, standby cover and overtime as per business requirement Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

Electrical trade tested with at least N6/S4 diploma qualification in Electrical : Instrumentation and control. Advanced computer literacy skills with knowledge of MS Office and SAP maintenance management system Must have extensive knowledge and experience in control systems - PLCs, SCADA, VSDs and Servo drives, HMI systems, standalone controllers, high speed printers and robotics. Extensive knowledge of instrumentation, electrical diagrams, P&IDs with a high quality of work. Strong PLC fault finding and troubleshooting skills and thorough knowledge of operator interfaces and HMIs. Working experience with industrial communication methodologies (Ethernet, CANBUS, RS-232, ASI, Device net)

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