INSTRUMENTATION / AUTOMATION TECHNICIAN

Imforce Recruitment

  • Johannesburg, Gauteng
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 13 hours ago
Qualifications + Experience
  • N6 Diploma with Trade Test in Automation and Instrumentation
  • T3/S4 Diploma will be an advantage
  • 3 years as a Technician in the Electrical field, especially in Automation (General Maintenance & Projects)
  • Read and understand Electrical drawings
  • Electrical and PLC fault finding
  • Read and understand Hydraulic / Pneumatic drawings
  • Able to work on 3 phase >380 V
  • with Trade Test in Automation and Instrumentation
  • T3/S4 Diploma will be an advantage
  • 3 years as a Technician in the Electrical field, especially in Automation (General Maintenance & Projects)
  • Read and understand Electrical drawings
  • Electrical and PLC fault finding
  • Read and understand Hydraulic / Pneumatic drawings
  • Able to work on 3 phase >380 V
Knowledge Required
  • PLC Programming (Siemens S5, S7, Festo, Delta)
  • AC/DC Drives and Servo Applications and drives experience
  • SCADA (Win CC, WinccFlex) / HMI (Siemens, EBELT, BTxxx, Suetron, Delta) Programming
Duties
  • Electrical fault finding
  • PLC (Siemens, Festo OR Delta)
  • Preventative maintenance
  • Improvement and upgrades of a variety of machines
  • New projects
  • Setting up checklists
  • Equipment inventories
  • Monthly Kaizens
  • Maintaining software backups
  • Motors, AC & DC Drivers
  • Planning maintenance schedules
  • Maintenance, fault finding, programming and control of different PLCs.
  • Fault finding and correction of electrical problems.
  • SM projects and assist with projects that are run by the Projects Departments
  • Upgrades of PLC programs and adding additional controllers as needed.
  • Servicing of the PLC related components and assist production during the shift
  • Pneumatic experience with clamps and cylinders on Jigs
  • Faultfinding and configuring on Delta programming.
  • Preventative maintenance and work orders.
  • Faultfinding and problem solving on hydraulics and pneumatics systems.
  • Relays, contactors and sensors.
  • Build and repair electrical circuits.
  • Attend to faults and breakdowns pertaining to 3 phase electricity motors.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions in case of machinery failure and quality deviations.
  • Operate automatic equipment and maintain production equipment.
  • Faultfinding and analyses on Delta PLCs and networking.
  • Repair and optimize Delta HMIs.
  • Perform back-ups and restore programs on Delta PLCs.
  • Faultfinding on robotic integrated systems.
  • Faultfinding and adjust camera vision systems using Insight Cognex software.
  • Work with Scada systems such as Stamp Master and Stamp Ware.
  • Analyze and faultfinding industrial communication errors
  • Faultfinding on different drives.
  • Conduct a fishbone charts to understand the breakdowns.
  • Analyze and interpret electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams

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