Electrician

JOB TITLE:                 Electrician

GRADE:                      PE11

 Purpose of the role:

To maintain, modify, repair, install and optimise equipment with a view to ensuring equipment availability and reliability, and ultimately enabling operational continuity while achieving Zero Harm

 Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate commitment to Zero Harm
• Perform corrective, preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Ensure proper and safe operation of all electrical equipment.
• Maintain equipment in good operating condition to optimise equipment availability, reliability and production output
• Implement and review preventative maintenance plans, inspection schedules & works orders
• Perform installations, maintenance, inspections and electrical repairs to keep electrical systems and components in good working order
• Perform electrical duties during job changes
• Diagnose and interpret problems (fault finding) troubleshoot and diagnose electrical failures that can occur during a manufacturing process
• Repair breakdowns, ensuring that all required information is recorded in the system, along with duration of breakdowns and delays in resolution
• Monitor spares consumption and provide feedback as necessary to ensure ongoing spare part availability
• Use assets and resources optimally to eliminate or minimise waste as necessary
• Comply with approved engineering standards and routines (5S, problem solving, ATO, EWO, etc.)
• Identify broken and defective tools, parts and components for reporting to management
• Isolate defective tools, parts and components, and report to management
• Implement Short Interval Controls (SIC) and visual management
• Adhere with the company’s escalation procedure
• Partake in standby duties and respond to callouts as and when required
• Utilise Computerised Monitoring Maintenance System (CMMS)
• Monitor contractor work to ensure quality in line with quality requirements
• Conduct periodic stock count of spares parts for all machines, and complete required documentation for tracking purposes
• Comply with modification control procedures and management of change processes (MOC)
• Give input to identified projects as necessary
• Implement departmental projects
• Put in permanent countermeasures to prevent repeat breakdowns
• Perform section checks and identify possible risks
• Comply with food safety standards
• Ensure that equipment is properly isolated when work has to be performed to ensure safety to all employees.
• Ensure that work orders are created for all tasks.
• Ensure that defects identified during scheduled maintenance are reported to management.

Skills and Competencies:

• Zero Harm
• Integrity
• Good technical knowledge
• Detail orientation
• Systematic, analytical problem solver
• Delivery orientation
• Quality consciousness
• Sense of urgency
• Professional and disciplined.
• Computer literate
• Strong communication skills
• Sound knowledge of electrical and control systems
• Have a good understanding of blueprints, drawings and electric code specifications

Qualifications:

• Minimum of N3 Electrical engineering qualification
• Wireman’s license
• Qualified Electrical Artisan – Electrical Trade Test
• Certified electrician (Installation rules) will be advantageous.

Experience:

• At minimum of 4 years’ experience as a qualified electrician within a Glass packaging manufacturing environment or similar industry.

Additional Information:

• Consideration will be given to Isanti’s EE goals.
• Appointment is subject to qualifications and integrity checks.
• If you do not hear from us a month after the closing date, please assume your application was unsuccessful.