Control Technician at Unilever

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Performs instrumentation maintenance activities associated with process plant, packaging plant, palletizing plant, utilities and facilities.
• Monitors daily downtime and institute corrective action plans to prevent recurrences of breakdowns.
• Calibrates, repairs and maintains control gear/instrumentation and associated equipment to ensure operation within set standards.
• Perform root cause analysis to address asset performance problems and/or reduce cost.
• Maintains PLCs and SCADA systems and networks (hardware and software) and perform changes/modification as required.
• Continuously evaluates the process control philosophy and initiate improvement actions in order to achieve asset performance targets.
• Implements continuous improvement on all 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 electronic systems to card level.
• Fault finding and repairs of electronic cards down to component level.
• Ensure availability of spares for all electronic/control systems in the plant.
• Accurately and timeously reports process 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 the safe operations of process control systems.
• Audit of control system equipment.
• Resolve daily plant instrumentation and PLC/Software issues and complete root cause analysis
• Ensure all back-up software is up to date and process control systems on the plant are functional
• Calibration of process equipment.
• Complete required testing and safety checks on all instrumentation equipment.
• Conducts all scheduled maintenance within required timeframes
• Performs all emergency electronic maintenance
• Updates and Reviews documentation relating to work done and or changes in original specifications
• Signs off on alternative systems suppliers based on equipment performance.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• National Diploma (or equivalent qualification i.e. N6 or T4) in Electronic Engineering and a valid trade test in Electronics or Instrumentation/Controls.
• 3 years solid Instrumentation and Control experience working in an FMCG environment is essential.
• Must have proficient coding experience in either Allen Bradley or Siemens S7 is essential.
• Allen Bradley and Siemens S7 project integration experience and working on both systems concurrently will be an advantage.
• SAP Production model/ flow experience will be an advantage.
• In-depth working knowledge and experience on what the making & packing process activities entail & how the products move around in the factory.
• Change and develop PLC programs.
• Extensive PLC Troubleshooting and Programming experience.
• 3-5 years working knowledge and experience in High Speed Packaging Equipment.
• Interpret data, identify problems, and formulate proper decisions.
• Understand interaction of equipment and systems, and diagnose mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic problems.
• Understand interaction of equipment and systems, and diagnose and repair electrical problems.
• Express ideas clearly (verbal and written) and work from verbal and written instructions, manuals, wiring diagrams, work orders and specification.
• Generate and analyze reports charts and KPI’s dealing with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office and maintenance software
• Must have strong knowledge and experience in control systems – SCADA and PLCs, ACDC drives and SCADA systems.
• Extensive knowledge of instrumentation, HAZOP studies, PIDs and quality standards
• Strong PLC programming skills and thorough knowledge of operator interfaces and Wonderware.
• Working experience with industrial communication methodologies (RS-232, ASI, Devicenet, Ethernet)
• Extensive experience with operator interfaces; and energy devices such as drives; servo drives; thyristors; soft starters etc.