Job Description
The Automation & Electrical Technician will carry out maintenance of all electrical/automation equipment (bottling and utilities) and their controls while ensuring high equipment reliability, high product quality, zero safety incidents, and consistent delivery of budgeted volume targets.
Key Responsibilities
Do proper troubleshooting and repair of all electrical/ automated machinery and controls.
Always ensure machine uptime by ensuring continuous engineering response improvement
Drive loss elimination on all lines.
Ensure that daily, weekly, and monthly condition monitoring is carried out.
Ensure that contractors who work on any electrical equipment work safely and comply with all safety rules within the plant.
Ensure that all machine guards, safety switches, and status indicators on all equipment are in place and functional.
Ensure all equipment panels are numbered, clean, dry, and closed all the time.
Ensure all cables (power and control) are clean, terminals firmly secured, properly labeled, and well arranged in the cable trays and covered.
Ensure all breakers and fuses are adequately rated and set, and no vibrating or humming contactors or relays in the panel.
Ensure all filters are clean and panel cooling ACs are working.
Ensure all electric motors are numbered and labelled and the label MUST correspond with the identity in the manual and the contactors in the panel.
Keep a physical record of all-electric motors on your line or assigned areas the record must indicate which motor has problems and how it was solved.
Ensure routine electrical/ automation maintenance is carried out timely on all equipment.
Document and sign off all maintenance activities.
Experience & Academic Requirements
Relevant Techncal Qualification preferably HND/BSc or its equivalent
Basic Programmable Logic Control troubleshooting
Instrumentation and Electro-pneumatics skills
Sound knowledge of electrical wiring diagram
SAP and MS Office knowledge.
Key Competencey Requirements:
A fair level of computer literacy.
Good command of the English language.
Proven problem-solving skills must be minimum average.
Basic understanding of bottling technology
Knowledge of Maintenance procedures
Basic organizational & time management skills
Knowledge of interpretation of policies, procedures, and systems in Manufacturing
Drive for results
Timely feedback-giving skills
Teamwork skills and mindset and High Integrity
Ability to communicate effectively
Willingness to experiment and try new ideas.