Service Technician

Category; Bahrain; On-site; BHD 6,700 - 13,000; Full time

Job summary

Category is seeking an experienced electromechanical maintenance technician to support on-site maintenance of automated handling systems in Bahrain. The role emphasizes fault diagnosis, preventive maintenance, and quick response to failures, with opportunities to lead a team as a sorter specialist.

Candidate should have strong EM drawing reading ability, PLC/SCADA familiarity, and English literacy. The position requires flexibility for shift coverage and autonomous problem-solving in high-demand

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience as MHS/Warehouse automation maintenance technician.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in MHS/Warehouse Sorter technician.
• Proficient in electrical and mechanical preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Able to read EM drawings and PLC/SCADA schematics (not programming).
• Fluent in reading and writing English.

Responsibilities

• Solve electrical and mechanical faults in automated handling systems independently.
• Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Ensure preventive maintenance per contracts and address faults proactively.

Skills

Electrical & Mechanical maintenance

Fault finding

Reading EM drawings

Ability to work under stress

English reading/writing

Team leadership

Education

Technical education (middle level)

Tools

PLC knowledge (basic)

SCADA reading

MHS/Warehouse sorter systems

Job description

Function

Reports to

Direct Reports

• -

Job purpose statement

• Electromechanicalmaintenance activities on site
• Responsible for the preparation, execution and reporting of maintenance activities.
• Responsible for solving errors within thesystem,especially sorter equipment and other MHS related equipment

Scope

• Maintenance (electrical and mechanical) activities on site as scoped on service contract
• Lead for the team and automated handling system specialist.
• Maintain andmonitorequipment performance especially sorter equipment.

Qualification and abilities

• Middle level of technical education
• Able to read EM drawings
• Minimum 5 years' experience as MHS/Warehouseautomation maintenance technician
• Minimum 3 years' experience in s MHS/Warehouse Sorter technician.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance tasks for electrical and mechanical components
• Ability to workunderstresssituations.
• Read and write the English language.
• Flexibility totake-overthe work to the next shift team.
• Controlling baggage flows and correcting flow disturbances.
• Quick respond to failures.
• Electro-mechanical fault finding and repairs.
• Metrics - signal measurement knowledge and el. Wiring
• Reading PLC and SCADA, not programming
• Ability to be trained in PLC knowledge: Basic PLC (TAI portal) training in hard- and software, troubleshooting and exchanging hardware.
• Ability to be trained inappropriate contractortraining: electrical and mechanical (OEM approved)
• Should have worked on possi-sorter , cross-belt sorter, VCC

Responsibilities

• Solve errorsonelectrical and mechanicalfieldin automated handling systems independently
• Carry out electrical-mechanical corrective and preventive maintenance
• You willbe responsible forensuring that the preventive maintenance of our material handling systems is carried out properly, as agreed in the maintenance contracts with customers. But just in case any faults still arise,you'llbe responsible forsolving them on your own initiative

List of key activities

• Execution of daily maintenanceactivity.
• Daily Inspections andfautfindings.
• Daily monitoring of equipment condition.
• Identifyingcauses of, and rectifying, equipment failures

Work pattern

• Shifts

Differentiator

• All-round and specialist on a sorter aspect at the same time (acting asforemanincluded).
• Deals with exceptional cases andis able toteach the profession (instructs;determinesstandards; generates ideas for improvement).
• Tunes own work toactivitiesof others.
• Self-reliant in a variety of less interrelated technical tasks.
• Acts independently in several technical tasks with small mutual consistency.
• Identifiesissues that need extra attention.
• Solvesproblems which disturb the daily operation.