Senior Artisan - Rosslyn at BMW Group South Africa

As a Senior Artisan, you will be responsible for:

• Maintain PC and PLC based control systems and networks  in good and safe working order so that its designed reliability and availability are achieved
• Maintain hydraulic and pneumatic control systems and networks in good and safe working order so that its designed reliability and availability are achieved
• Re-commission, configure, and optimize PC and PLC based control systems and networks when equipment breakdowns occur to minimize plant downtime
• Re-commission, configure, and optimize hydraulic and pneumatic control systems and networks when equipment breakdowns occur to minimize plant downtime
• To analyze the causes of equipment failure and implement required hardware and software changes to prevent reoccurrence
• Training and retraining of maintenance artisans on specialized equipment
• Update and review of maintenance records, drawings, software versions, application software, and general documentation
• Updating and reviewing of maintenance records, drawings, application changes, sequence changes, and general documentation
• To ensure that all work is performed competently and in accordance with BMW specifications, OHS Act. Regulations
• To ensure that all equipment and work areas are safe at all times to prevent accidents or injury to personnel.

 In the absence of the Planner, the Snr Artisan would be required to perform the below duties:

• Creation of the necessary Notifications and Work Orders in SAP
• Planning the Work Orders, including all resource planning and the ordering of stock and non-stock materials and services
• Releasing and issuing of due Work orders from SAP to the other artisans
• Capturing of historical job information into SAP
• Ordering of other Materials and Services required by his department albeit, not for a maintenance job
• Provide SAP System support for any other users in his area

Qualifications

• Trade Test
• N6 Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering Qualification
• 2-3 years experience in maintenance as a Artisan in an assembly environment preferably in the motor industry.