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Technician - (C3)

PPC Africa Gauteng 2 months ago
Contract
General Worker

Job Advert Summary

Undertakes planned and unplanned maintenance work on plant equipment, carries out maintenance schedules, carries out standby duties, conducts risk assessments for work to be carried out, ensures the Electrical Engineering K.P.Is are met. Training of Learners [Apprentices & Student on attachment] and Handyman.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications

National Certificate in Instrumentation and Control

Experience

2 years in Heavy industry or mining environment

Ideal

Ideal time spent in job - 5 years

Knowledge

Maintenance Fundamentals

Manufacturing

Cement industry

Special Requirements

SAP ERP System

ONKEY

Duties and Responsibilities

Business Intelligence

Complete job-cards correctly and accurately with respect to time, asset classes, sub-classes and failure causes. Submit Asset Care Change suggestions for Continuous Improvement purposes. Liaise with Planning personnel to ensure that workorder feedback is captured correctly.

Functional Strategy and Planning

Perform proper job and spares planning

Execution of Maintenance

Conduct electrical work which supports maintenance, diagnostics, repairs and installations of mechanical equipment as per planned and un-planned workorders. Perform planned and un-planned maintenance activities (as per CMMS) in a timeous and cost effective manner to the correct standard. Provide feedback to the Foreman on the execution of work for Continuous Improvement of work methods, tools, standardisation and planning. Perform preliminary failure diagnostics on equipment failures in order to take remedial action. Identify pro-active maintenance opportunities. Create requests for spares and materials and interact with stores issuing personnel. Perform periodic, scheduled Asset Health Checks. Maintain housekeeping standards.

Operational Control

Ensure that Operational Best Practices (OBP) is adhered to. Complete intangible and tangible time booking accurately. Complete daily checklists for tools and areas of responsibility. Perform capturing of operational data.

Communication and Reporting

Participate meaningfully in the departmental INVOCOMs. Achieve engineering Key Performance Indicators. Provide input into interdepartmental INVOCOMs. Report factors, incidents and accidents that pose a business risk.

Governance and Risk Management

Adhere to IMS, legal, statutory and regulatory requirements. Minimise environmental non-conformances. Comply with disciplinary rules, regulations and procedures.

Inventory Management

Submit requests for non-stock, direct purchases or emergency spares to the Foreman. Minimise working material inventory

Contractor Management

Interact professionally with external service providers and contractors as required.

Functional Competencies

Maintaining and repairing Recorders and Displays

Maintaining and repairing PLC and SCADA

Performing data backups on PLC and SCADA systems

Maintaining and repairing Limit value monitoring

Constructing and wiring a control panel

Maintaining and repairing electro mechanical weighing systems

Maintaining and repairing pneumatically controlled dampers

Maintaining and repairing electrically controlled dampers

Maintaining AC frequency invertors

Maintaining and repairing motion detectors

Maintaining and repairing pressure monitoring devices

Maintaining and repairing speed indication systems

Maintaining and repairing temperature device - Thermocouple

Maintaining and repairing temperature device - RTD's

Maintaining and repairing temperature device - Thermowell

Maintaining and repairing position encoders

Maintaining and repairing level devices - ultrasonic

Maintaining and repairing level devices - Electromechanical

Maintaining and repairing level devices - Capacitance

Maintaining and repairing level devices - Sound

Maintaining and repairing flow devices - switches

Maintaining and repairing flow devices - magflow

Maintaining and repairing a packer

Maintaining and repairing CCTV systems

Read and interpret P&ID drawings

Maintain and modify PLC programming

Maintain and diagnose networks

Deadline:15th May,2026