Packaging Machine Specialist (Electrical) at The South African Breweries (SAB)

• The key purpose of the role is to maintain, repair and optimize packaging hall machines to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards. 

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Review SAP downtime in preparation for the morning meeting with the maintenance controller
• Advance terminator to Unit manager level
• Develop SWIs, SOPs, and schedules reviewed and train operators.
• Training of PEST artisans and shift artisans to close skill Gaps
• Obtain quotes for spare parts from OEM/AMM and or reverse engineering as required and manage the RTS process to recover ZBB.
• Perform store walkabout and review store bin holding min and max levels
• Support with shut planning by utilizing medium- and long-term action plans
• Update AWS daily and track machine-specific performance and KPIs
• Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the production teams on machine operation, machine fault finding, and correct responses to machine failure modes 
• Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift-based teams 
• Carry out work during the planned, routine, and opportunity maintenance window by the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner 
• Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feedback to the Maintenance Planner for direction, this may involve rescheduling the work or prioritizing outstanding work 
• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks during planned maintenance windows 
• Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance, Standby duties – be available for call out when required
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities, and learnings from maintenance activities 
• Carry out Autonomous Operations as per requirements 
• Participate in machine grouping improvement using Artisan Workstation
• Carry out routine maintenance activities by the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance (where required, additional resources may be called in to assist) 
• Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem 
• Where necessary, call in additional resources to assist in problem-solving or escalate to the Maintenance Controller for direction 

Profile:

• Minimum N6 Instrumentation/Electrical (Must be trade tested)
• Or National Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Process Instrumentation).
• 5 years’ experience in an FMCG Environment 
• Experience in Siemens S7 Simatic Manager, TIA Portal, and Allen Bradley PLCs
• Good knowledge of Process loop checks and calibration of field instruments.
• Good knowledge in Networks: As-Interface, Profibus, Profinet, Device Net and Ethernet. 
• Drive knowledge in Danfoss, SEW , Simotion and ACOPOS
• Strong Electrical and Instrumentation knowledge