Details: Technician (PAR220301-1) – Lactalis South Africa logo
Reference Number: PAR220301-1
Job Title: Technician
Department: Other
Job Type Classification: Permanent
Location – Province: Western Cape
Location – Operations: Bonnievale
Location – Country: South Africa
Job Description
Join Lactalis at our Bonnievale Plant in the Engineering department. The successful candidate will be responsible forthe installation, maintenance, repair and calibration of all instrumentation equipment at the Bonnievale site which includes all temperatures, pressures, flows, levels, variable speed drives, scales and product inkjet coding systems. Successful candidates need to have at least 3 – 5 years’ relevant experience within the engineering field, FMCG environment and must be able to demonstrate sound knowledge of control instrumentation, weighing equipment, inkjet coders, VSD’s, PLC’s, and SCADA systems. Adherence to all Safety & Health policies, procedures and legislation. Be fluent in English and be computer literate.
Required Skills
· NTC4
· At least 3 – 5 years experiences relevant experience within engineering field FMCG environment.
· Sound knowledge of control instrumentation, weighing equipment, inkjet coders, VSD’s, PLC’s and SCADA systems.
· At least 3 – 5 years experiences on FMCG equipment.
· Computer literate.
· Must be able to work shifts, overtime, on weekends and public holidays.
· Willing to work at times in extremely environment conditions.
· Not be afraid of heights.
Duties & Responsibilities
· Responsible for the day to day maintenance on all control and automation equipment.
· All instruments calibrated in according to ISO and HACCP standards.
· Instrumentation registers (logbooks) updated and calibrations done to set time intervals.
· Scheduled maintenance of weighing equipment, inkjet coders, and labellers in the plant.
· PLC and SCADA programming, fault finding and backups in place.
· Schedules of plant equipment and CCP’s up to date and recorded on the Pragma system.
· Uphold safety and quality standards at all times.
· Ensure that machinery is running at optimal efficiency and KPI targets are reached.
· Pro-active with attention to detail.
· Spares for breakdowns and maintenance always available and controlled.
· Project work involvement.
Closing Date: 2022/03/11