Frames Robotic Technician at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa

POSITION DETAILS

• Drive fators such as Safety, Quality and Productivity, to ensure objectives are met through following and executing standardized maintenance work
• Verify that the assembly facility is running safely and consistently with minimal maintenance impact.
• Ensure PM/CM/EM are done with integrity and quality and Facilities are maintained to the standards
• Execute maintenance tasks and assignments in area of responsibility.
• Support, drive and raise Kaizen’s (Continuous Improvement) projects to improve equipment uptime and availability.
• Meet and implement MOS standards and processes and achieve output targets of JPH, TTT, MTTR, MTBF and PM/CM completion.
• Support and develop short term actions through the paynter processes and reviews
• Develop weekend work plans and ensure spares and consumables are available to complete scheduled tasks in responsible areas.
• Basic administration of maintenance documents for corrective actions resolution
• Ensure Integrity in work tasks undertaken and identify improvement opportunities

RESPONSIBILITIES

PERFORMANCE MEASURES/ SUCCESS CRITERIA

• +95% Equipment Availability
• Reduce breakdown Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) 
• Increase Equipment MTBF
• PM completion ratio of > 97%
• No Open Work Orders > Three months
• Develop and implement short, medium and long-term improvement plans for implementation within the automated systems and equipment
• Take responsibility for investigating and introducing new engineering technologies and strategies with continuous monitoring of equipment using FI
• Undertake root cause analysis and ensure Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA’s) are implemented

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES (KSA)

• Fault finding ability, Electrical and Mechanical 
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite
• Siemens S7 and Allen Bradly PLC fault finding and programming skills
• Kawasaki BX, MX, ZX series Robot fault finding, repair and programming skill.
• HMI –Win CC Scada, Allen Bradley Panel View fault finding ability
• SEW – Drive fault finding and programming skill
• Robotic welding experience (Resistance/MIG).
• Good Behavioral Skills
•  Excellent English Oral and Written communication
• Ability To Analyze And Interpret Data Analysis
• Good Team Work Ability
• Self-Motivated And Results Driven Individual
• Read mechanical and electronic schematics to ensure specifications, adherence to standards are met
• Troubleshoot equipment, ensure correct linking and error logging to individual pieces of equipment
• Extensive knowledge of a variety of electronic and digital controls systems, experience to test, and writes modifications in multiple languages of systems software (Siemens, Allen Bradley, and Rockwell).
• Strong understanding of conveyors system programming and body tooling techniques, in addition to networking understanding, Ethernet, remote IO, ProfiBus and Wireless Networks 
• Fault Finding And Continuous Improvement Execution And Implementation

QUALIFICATIONS

• N6 + Trade or National Diploma: Mechanical/Mechatronics/Electrical/ Automation Engineering 
• 5 - 10 Years Automation and Maintenance Experience Preferably in the Chassis/Body Construction Assembly Field
• Experienced with a number of systems, expert in at least one area and working knowledge of a number of other areas of specialization