Maintenance Technician - Faurecia

The role of a PLC Programmer is to ensure maximum machine uptime and successful completion of preventative maintenance schedules. The main missions of the role are :

The main missions will be to gain development and learning on the following:

• Troubleshooting plant PLC equipment with respect for communication problems with MES (Siemens, Mitsubishi, Telemecanique)

• Working predominantly with manufacturing plant equipment and control systems

• Design, develop and install plant control systems

• Testing plant equipment to check the correct functioning

• Identify and investigating system faults within the manufacturing control System

• Ensuring plant equipment is in a safe working condition with regards to Installation of safety equipment, safety circuit implementation, and design and Conducting safety tests

• Oversee installation and repair to plant manufacturing equipment

• Preventative and Predictive maintenance implementation

• Sourcing of suppliers of industrial equipment to ensure equipment efficiency

• Investigate ways to improve the manufacturing process with the latest technology

• Offer support to the electricians and production to reduce equipment downtime

• Review and analyze failures of all manufacturing control systems

• PLC and SCADA programming to improve equipment cycle times and efficiency

Qualifications & Experience

The ideal graduate will have/be:

• National Diploma: Electrical Engineering, Btech: Electrical Engineering will be advantageous/equivalent

• Siemens S7 PLC progamming

• SCADA systems training

Knowledge / Experience

• Minimum 5 years experience in an automotive environment

• Minimum 5 years experience in the electrical engineering environment

• General machinery maintenance experience

• 5 years PLC experience

Behaviors

• Can handle pressure

• Deadline orientated

• Disciplined self-starter

• Analytical, systematic, and logical thinker

• Good attendance is essential

• Minimum bi-lingual ( English required)