Electrical and Instrumentation Technician: Twinsaver Job Vacancy

To maintain the safe operation of ALL Electrical and Instrumentation installations in the mill, ensuring maximum & optimum availability of the production equipment, through effective fault finding, maintenance and optimization.

This position requires the incumbent to be skilled and take responsibility for both fields.

Main Responsibilities:

• Carries out all planned maintenance schedules on a regular basis and within the allocated period in respect of E&I tasks.
• Carries out all unplanned maintenance tasks such as “breakdown maintenance” and any other “ad-hoc” work arising daily.
• Ensures a professional level of plant inspections and housekeeping.
• Captures all work undertaken and submits the completed job cards to the Process Control Foreman.
• Ensures compliance of the OSHACT and other legal requirements.
• Assists E&I Technicians, E&I Junior Technicians, E&I Foreman and the E&I Engineer in solving plant related problems.
• Furnish the Production & Mechanical departments with technical support and assistance as required.
• Keep downtime to a minimum.
• Ensure that all control systems are maintained to manufacturer specifications.
• Ensure that all Electrical and Instrumentation drawings are kept updated.
• Carries out standby duties as per standby procedures.
• Arrange for failed components to be replaced / overhauled and placed back into stock.
• Cost control through effective spares utilization and correct maintenance methods.
• Continuous improvement and optimization of maintenance methods by being involved in RCFA and other failure analysis methods.
• Participate in maintenance shutdowns.
• Participate in the Health & safety program.
• Participate in meetings with the plants key personnel to exchange information and agree on action plans.
• Participate in performance assessments.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 with Maths or Science
• N4 in Electrical/ Instrumentation
• Trade Test Instrumentation

Experience:

• 3-5 years or more solid plant maintenance experience
• Knowledge of tissue mills/pulp and paper plant operations will be an advantage
• Knowledge of preventative maintenance principles and systems
• Knowledge and experience of VSD’s, PLC’s, DCS systems, motors and related equipment

Skills and Competencies:

• Good communication skills towards all levels in the company.
• Be goal driven and self-motivated.
• Have good fault finding ability, be a team player, possess a logical thought process, have a stable personality, show integrity and be able to work under pressure and hardworking.

Desired Skills:

• Instrumentation
• Tissue Mills
• preventative maintenance
• Electrical Troubleshooting
• communication skills.

Desired Work Experience:

• 2 to 5 years Instrument & Equipment Installation / Repair