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Process Control Technician

Full-time

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

resolution. 
• 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.. 

Skills, Experience & Education

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.
Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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