Process Control Technician
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
• Technical support
• First-line and intermediate
troubleshooting
• Process control monitoring
• Fault escalation
• Production support
• Process stability
• Data and trend analysis
• Documentation
• Commissioning support
• Compliance
• Support formal failure analysis by providing facts and observations.
4. Production, Artisan and Operational Support
• Support Artisans and electrical specialists during breakdowns by helping diagnose control system
behaviour.
• Coach Operators/production teams on basic process control responses and correct escalation.
• Assist with safe start-up, shutdown, changeover and production recovery activities where control
system support is required.
• Support production teams in reducing process instability, downtime, waste and quality losses.
5. Trials, Commissioning and Operational Readiness
• Support equipment trials, start-ups and commissioning activities from an operational perspective.
• Validate how control systems perform under live production conditions.
• Provide feedback on alarms, HMI usability, operating sequences, process stability and operator
interaction.
• Support handover of new or modified equipment to teams by identifying practical operating
concerns
KBI
• Response time to process control issues.
• Reduction in process control-related
downtime.
• Quality and completeness of fault logs and
handovers.
• Number of recurring process control issues
escalated with complete evidence.
• Process stability and reduction in variation.
• Reduction in production losses linked to
control-related issues.
• Escalation effectiveness to C&A Technician
or Process Control Engineer.
• Support provided during start-up,
changeover, breakdown recovery and
commissioning. Improvement in
Operator/Artisan understanding of basic
process control troubleshooting.
• Contribution to SLE, waste reduction, yield,
quality and line efficiency..
Education
• N6 / S4 in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation, Mechatronics,
Process Control or related field.
• National Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation,
Mechatronics, Control Systems or Process Engineering.
• Electrical or Instrumentation trade test advantageous.
Experience
• Minimum 3 to 5 years’ experience in process control, automation
support, instrumentation support, electrical maintenance or technical
production support in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Practical exposure to PLC, HMI, SCADA, VSD, servo, instrumentation
and industrial control systems.
• Experience using SCADA, HMI, MES, Historian or similar systems to
monitor process trends and faults.
• Experience supporting live production troubleshooting, start-ups,
changeovers and breakdown recovery.
• Bottling, packaging, processing, utilities or FMCG experience
advantageous.
• Experience with fault logging, escalation and root cause evidence
gathering.
Skills
• Live troubleshooting of process control and automation-related
production issues.
• Ability to interpret alarms, trends, process values and equipment
behaviour.
• Basic to intermediate understanding of PLC, HMI, SCADA, VSD, servo
and instrumentation systems.
• Ability to distinguish between process, operational, electrical,
instrumentation and automation faults. SCADA, HMI, MES and
Historian data interpretation.
• Practical production fault finding and breakdown support.
• Handover, escalation and technical reporting discipline.
• Ability to support Team Leaders, Artisans and Operators during live
production issues.
• Understanding of process control principles, interlocks, alarms,
control loops and machine sequences.
• Strong SHEQ, GMP, food safety and operational compliance
awareness.
• Clear communication under pressure
| General | The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested applicants, who meet the above employee specifications, should please apply. |
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