Electronic Technician (Instrumentation / Automation) at AVI Limited

Job Description

AVI Ltd. is known for its leading household brands across many categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world-class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range. 

An opportunity has become available for an Electronics Technician (Instrumentation), based in Rosslyn Snacks Factory and reporting directly to the Engineering Foreman.  The main purpose of the job is to support the factory in all automation projects; and provide support to ensure preventative maintenance minimize plant downtime.

Job Specification:

Key Performance Areas:

• Process design of automation projects.

• Support commissioning team for automation projects.

• Assisting project engineers with automation strategy.

• Ensure adherence to automation standards.

• Maintain automated industrial equipment.

• Analysis of breakdowns including fault finding and presenting recommendations to reduce breakdowns

• Support Artisans with PLCs, HMIs, Drives and SCADA fault finding

• Calibrate plant equipment and instruments including scales, flow meters and sensors

• Implement preventative maintenance schedules on assets related to instrumentation

• Minor PLC and SCADA Programming

• Maintain all automation software backups to be current

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:                                                                   

• 5 years post qualification experience in a similar role as an Instrumentation or Electronic Technician gained in the FMCG or manufacturing industry 

Qualifications:

• Completed tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering (Light current) or related

• Instrumentation Artisan Trade Test

• Completed qualification in N6/S4 Electronic/Electrical Engineering 

Additional Requirements:

• Excellent PLC knowledge, preferably Siemens, Mitsubishi and Allan Bradley.

• Proficiency using Scada / Wonderware

• Experience in commissioning self-developed projects advantageous.

• Sound understanding of the principles and theory of Electrical and Instrumentation circuits

Competencies:

• Analysing

• Planning and Organising

• Applying Expertise and Technology

• Working with people

• Communicate clearly

• Develop and apply technical expertise

• Analyse and solve problems

• Initiate and achieve results

• Remain composed and resilient

• Work with others

• Plan or strategize ahead

• Build and use key relationships