Specialist Artisan at PepsiCo

Responsibilities

What we're looking for:


We're looking for a Specialist Artisan based at Ceres Beverage Plant.
Successful incumbent will primarily to ensure that all plant equipment is functioning or operating at high levels of reliability and are maintained periodically as scheduled and all breakdowns are resolved soonest in order to ensure maximum plant availability as well as ensuring that the factory meets its key KPIs and supply the market with Pepsico products which include but are not limited to volume and quality compliance, costs and downtime reduction. Ability to coach operator, provide innovation for cost savings and be accountable for MPS, SA on respective production lines.


Accountabilities

Maintain the machine to reach high reliability, safety and quality standard


Performs Instrumentation/ Electrical maintenance activities associated with plant process and packaging plan
Must be willing to do Mechanical work if required
Monitors daily downtime and institute corrective action plans to prevent breakdowns
Calibrates, repairs and maintains control gear/ instrumentation and associated equipment to ensure operation within set standards
Maintains PLC's, Networks and Electrical Cabinets (hardware and software) and performs changes/ modifications as required
Continuously evaluates the process control philosophy and initiate improvement actions in order to achieve asset performance targets
Assists in commissioning of modifications/ projects
Ensures proper documentation of changes/ modifications and perform internal audits
Ensures availability of spares for all electronic/ control systems in the plant
Accurate and timeous reporting of equipment deviations to meet/ improve equipment availability and reliability targets
Ensures proper back-up of all PLC programmes and maintains records of all upgrades
Ensures safe operations of process control systems
Resolves daily plant instrumentation issues and complete root cause analysis
Calibration of process equipment
Completes the required testing and safety checks on all instrumentation equipment
Conducts all scheduled maintenance within the 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
Must be willing to work shifts and overtime if requested.


Administration and Document Completion


Maintaining a record of all the maintenance work that has been conducted on the machinery
Complete daily shift reports
Performing shift duties in line with operational requirements
Coach and develop operato


Qualifications


Qualified Artisan with Trade Test Certificate in Instrumentation (must be willing to do mechanical work also)
Minimum 2 years maintenance experience in the Production/ FMCG environment
Experience of TETRAPAK equipment will be advantageous
Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office and maintenance software
Knowledge of Processing in a dairy-/ fruit juice environment, including Tubular Pasteurizers/ Sterilizers (TETRA THERM ASEPTIC DRINK)
Must have knowledge of ink jet printers/ date coders
Must have experience in control systems - PLC's, ACDC drives and Servo drives (Allen Bradley and Siemens preferable)
Knowledge of Instrumentation, HAZOP studies, PID's and Quality Standards