PLC Specialist

One of our clients, an international manufacturer of automotive components, has an opening for a PLC Specialist .

Primary purpose of the job:

Perform general electrical maintenance, preventative maintenance as well as fault finding maintenance on industrial robots, projects and robotic applications standards

Key Performance Areas:

• Repair and maintain robots to ensure customer and company quality standards are met
• Fault finding and preventative maintenance as per maintenance schedule according to job cards and relevant works instruction
• Compile feedback on time sheets and ensure accurate repair data
• Ensure company procedures, works instruction and quality systems are always adhered to
• Participate actively in the departmental problem solving as per company requirements
• Ensure that works practices comply with the company SHEQ procedures and works instructions.

Knowledge and Skills required:

• Fault finding and robots repair and maintenance
• Manufacturing processes
• Basic understanding of quality systems
• Fault finding and maintenance of presses
• Communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Interpersonal skills

Minimum qualification / experience required:

• T3/S4 Diploma Instrumentation/Eletronic/Eletrical/Machatronics
• 5 years’ experience in automation and instrumentation
• Extensive working knowledge of PLC programming, Siemens ABB; KUKA
• KRC 4; TIA portal, Integra Wave 4; PLC programming, Siemens S5 & S7,
• Festo S7, Festo and ABB Stamp master
• 3 years as Technician in the electrical field, especially in automation (pneumatics, hydraulics, maintenance/robotics/projects)