Control and Automation Technician at Mars

What are we looking for?
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• N4 + Process control and Instrumentation section 13 or section 26D trade test
• Ideally National Diploma Process control and Instrumentation section 13 or section 26D trade test
• Five year working experience post In-service training or apprenticeship 

EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE  

• Performs fault finding on breakdowns as 2nd level of support
• Conducts preventative maintenance, complete work orders and respond to the needs of the plant operations.
• Participates in projects, monitors installation and commissioning; and ensures that machine specifications are recorded for future reference thereto
• Participate in projects, respond to breakdowns, troubleshoot PM’s (preventative maintenance), complete work orders and respond to the needs of the plant operations.
• Ensures all equipment is running safely and to standards
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities
• Excellent knowledge of Electrical and Instrumentation
• Loop tuning, PID control and plant optimization
• Good knowledge of electrical and instrumentation drawing P&ID, Single line diagrams and
• Advanced PLC and VSD knowledge
• Rockwell Automation packages AB logix 5000, logix SLC500, RSlinx and Powerflex drives
• Siemens Packages WinCC SCADA, S7-400, S7-300 and ET-200 extensions
• Advanced instrumentation, calibration and documentation of calibration certificates 
• Perform LOTO procedures
• Participate in the daily workstream, weekly workstream and Go and See activities
• Ensure that Breakdown analysis and problem-solving activities are executed as per area of responsibility
• Ensure good housekeeping, 5S, GMP/GHP, Food safety procedures
• Support all Autonomous Maintenance activities

What will be your key responsibilities?

Packaging, Grinding, Utilities, and Extrusion equipment’s/building preventive maintenance system

• Execute, record and report tests, inspections, settings, lubrication tasks and other preventive maintenance tasks in coordination with production activities
• Perform Well packaging inspection on all Line, ensure high efficiency performance
• Attend to all high priority activities within packaging area
• Ensure that all preventive maintenance is done in accordance with the safety regulations without the risk of damage to people, equipment, or product

Packaging, Grinding, Utilities, and Extrusion breakdown maintenance

• Ensure quick, safe, and accurate repair of any breakdown
• Record all breakdowns and present a detailed report indicating the origin, cause and cost of repair / correction
• Follow up on all 5WHY and problem-solving sessions
• Responsible for the overall maintenance, fault finding, repair and replacement of mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Perform preventative and predictive maintenance of high-speed packaging equipment.
• Read diagrams and schematic drawings to determine work procedures
• Ensure that all breakdown repairs are done in accordance with the safety regulations without the risk of damage to people, equipment or product

External contracted works

• Operatively control and report contracted works done on equipment’s or assets of the company by external companies

Spare part stock control

• Control, receive and record reception of spare parts, oils and consumables, cleaning materials
• Control and record use of spare parts, oils and consumables, cleaning materials,
• Maintain all stock in accordance with company procedure for good housekeeping and access control
• Ensure that all obsolete equipment is identified and recorded for future capex, replacement and creation of new stock items