Process Control Artisan

The key purpose is to operate, maintain, repair and optimize plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality. Maintain equipment and process control equipment systems in a manufacturing facility. As well as conduct maintenance and troubleshooting on measurement and control.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Maintain a safe & healthy working environment

• Comply with safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards

Maintain, repair & optimize plant and associated devices

• Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation systems
• Plan and prepare the job
• Carry out repairs or maintenance
• Continuously improve optimize plant, process equipment and systems

Work in Teams

• Communicate effectively in teams
• Contribute to self and team development

Apply the VPO principles and practices

• Apply 5S standards and practices in the workplace
• Operate and control the process according to SOP’s
• Participate in and coach autonomous operations
• Support quality at source
• Improve personal competence and flexibility

Apply problem-solving processes

• Utilize loss & waste and short interval control to identify problems
• Apply problem solving techniques to resolve situational problems

Other:

• Perform preventative maintenance and calibration of measurement & control instrumentation by consulting manufacturers manuals to determine tests and calibration procedures
• Support the development of and upgrade preventative maintenance procedures for measurement & control instrumentation. Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts
• Maintain working knowledge of new technology instrumentation, software, etc., through reading and/or attending conferences, workshops or other training
• Provide engineering/projects support and recommendations for new and existing equipment with regard to installation, upgrades and enhancement
• Maintain standard instrumentation test equipment, and analyze results to evaluate performance and determine need for adjustment
• Record instrumentation calibration and specification data on calibration sheets and maintenance schedules

Minimum requirements:

• HND or BSc in Electrical Engineering
• Trade Tested
• Min 2-3 months on the job training
• Instrumentation equipment maintenance
• Prior experience in FMCG Environment