Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Interacts daily with the production teams to resolve quality equipment related problems
• Assists in the implementation of plant and process improvement projects
• Standby duties – be available for call out when required
• Carries out specialised maintenance work in on quality equipment – calibration and set up work, complex component replacement, etc
• Ensures availability of specified critical spares and recommendations on maintenance regimes
• Verification/validation of quality equipment operation
• Uses SAP, other systems and reports as appropriate to analyse information in order to identify deviations from process capability relating to quality equipment
• Sigga / SAP maintenance schedules management compliance
• Problem Terminator compliance (previously known as 5 WHY)
• Develop and maintain equipment performance report (ERI)
• Develop and maintain SOPs / SWI’s in Acadia
• Support in management of breakdown of equipment
• Instrument set-up – NPD support
• Supplier liaison (SPP)
• Supports development of training material and coaches operational teams to ensure optimal operation of quality equipment
• Provides specialist subject matter expertise and diagnostic skills in problem solving
• Provides expert information to assist in compilation of maintenance budgets (including spares stock holding)
• Continuously improves technical competence to ensure that latest thinking on operating and maintaining the quality equipment is applied
• Ensure a safe, healthy and risk free working environment Work in teams, support VPO initiatives

Minimum Requirements:

• Min – N6 / National Diploma and Trade Test Qualification in Instrumentation and Control
• Minimum of 3 years instrumentation equipment maintenance and PLC experience advantageous