Maintenance Technician - Body Shop (Temp 12 Months) - Uitenhage Verfied

Salary Negotiable Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Uitenhage, Eastern Cape more than 14 days ago 07-06-2017 8:00:48 PM
05-07-2017 8:00:48 PM

Our client within the Automotive Sector, seek to employ a maintenance Technician for their Body Shop.

Requirements::

  • Have a National Nated Diploma / National Diploma/ BTech in Electrical/ Mechatronics minimum. 
  • Have a minimum of  2 – 3 years experience in vehicle manufacturing maintenance and/or technical environment
  • Siemens PLC and robot training would be a distinct advantage
  • Be able to read E-Plan Electrical & Pneumatic drawings
  • Have a good attendance record
  • Have strong analytical, diagnostic capabilities and problem solving ability
  • Be willing to work shifts, overtime, weekends, public holidays, plant shut down, whenever necessary and/or required
  • Be willing to be on standby arrangements 

Duties:

  • Repair faulty equipment and parts, i.e. welding guns, servo-pneumatic valves, transmission modules, tucker guns, sealer equipment to ensure availability of spare parts and equipment (spare part management).
  • Resolve robotic electronic communication faults by adjusting the robotic program (makros) to prevent reoccurring robot communication faults and ensure uninterrupted production process.
  • Analyse, fault find, repair and optimize sealer, toxing, welding, laser, bolting and rivet joining technology equipment failure to ensure achievement of quality requirements and efficient production process.
  • Analyse PLC programs to resolve errors and determine root causes of Interbus or Profinet network errors, determine corrective actions to continue with the Production process and ensure uninterrupted Production run.
  • Fault find, set-up and program SEW drives by using the appropriate diagnostics software/tools such as Movitools, MotionStudio to ensure uninterrupted Production run.
  • Modify, update and improve diagnostic software on HMI to identify the faulty equipment to facilitate speedy resolution to production stoppages.
  • Analyse and investigate severe or reoccurring Production stoppages to determine the real root cause of the stoppage and determine the appropriate preventative action and counter measures to ensure that the reoccurring of the fault are eliminated and/or prevented.
  • Act as support and assist the maintenance shift Supervisor to co-ordinate and control the maintenance team activities to ensure OPR target achieve.
  • Contact equipment suppliers and technology experts to enquire solutions to complex equipment problems and failures to ensure pending or reoccurring faults are eliminated or prevented.
  • Document Production stoppages, severe breakdowns, problem sheet, Knowledge Management System, TPM Sheets and PM schedules to ensure all maintenance activities are documented, distributed and knowledge is retained, made available and utilized to prevent future stoppages or breakdowns.
  • Analyse, adjust and optimize spot weld parameters and positioning to ensure achievement of required quality standards and a smooth production process. (cycle time improvement and optimization of PLC programming).
  • Conduct root cause analysis of all breakdowns immediately after completing the breakdown, by analyzing the situation, causes, countermeasures and actions, ensuring that all is recorded and reported on required control sheets and documents.
  • Ensure that the robot Safety circuit is in good working order and that all the required condition that meets the safety standards is installed.
  • Download robot and PLC program backups to ensure quick recovery of the facilities in the event of a loss of data

Ref: PE001098/CD