About the position
Our client, a leading Manufacturing company based in Port Shepstone, is looking to fill the position of Automation Engineer.
Purpose of the Role:
The position reports to the Maintenance Manager. The job entails ensuring the reliable operation of automation systems, equipment, and software; evaluating the efficiency and costs of process control and instrumentation hardware and software; developing and implementing improvement strategies; and facilitating change.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain best maintenance strategies for factory DCS, PLC and instrumentation.
- Excellent, hands-on knowledge of cement plant automation technology; knowledge of the clinker manufacturing process.
- Investigate failures using updated methods in trouble shooting, scenario evaluations, trend analysis, event analysis.
- Achieve consistent production of quality product at optimal cost.
- Improve plant reliability.
- Improved asset protection.
- Reduced maintenance and operational cost.
- Review and improve existing maintenance schedules.
- Continuous improvement and plant optimisation.
- Interact with technical support teams to achieve world class performance.
- Effective automation maintenance.
- Standardize best practices, compile procedures to train technicians, process controllers and other support staff.
- Effective maintenance, accuracy and upkeep of process analysers
- Maintain reliability of stack emissions analysers, dust monitors and velocity meters in line with the relevant legislation.
- Compliance with relevant legal prescriptions and constraints.
- Compliance - with relevant legal prescriptions and constraints, compliance with company policy and procedures & statutory and legal requirements, SHE compliance.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Matric/Grade 12
- A SAQA accredited Bachelor's Degree in Electronic, Electrical or Process Instrumentation or National N Diploma with 15 years' experience, or equivalent
- Solid understanding of PLC programming STEP 7 and TIA Portal, Solid understanding of PCS7 and Abb 800xA DCS and WinCCFlex SCADA systems
- Fundamental knowledge of process and emissions analysers
- 10 years 'relevant work experience in an integrated cement manufacturing environment
- Experience in SAP MRP System
- Must be Computer Literate (Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook)
If you are interested in applying for this role, please send a detailed copy of your CV to [Email Address Removed]
If you have not been contacted within two (2) weeks, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- Maintenance
- Maintenance Management
- Improvements
- Compliance
Desired Work Experience:
