Lead Process Control & Automation Engineer

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) invites a Process Control Engineer to join the Midrand team. You'll drive reliability, optimisation, and standardisation of Control & Automation across manufacturing—ensuring system integrity from PLCs to plant software, while leading improvement initiatives.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in process control or automation in manufacturing, with leadership experience and strong PLC/SCADA proficiency.

Qualifications

• Eight years’ experience in process control or automation in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Develop Control & Automation standards across manufacturing.
• Lead automation projects within budget and timelines.
• Maintain system integrity from PLCs to plant software.
• Monitor process performance and optimise using analytics.
• Coach and develop engineering staff and stakeholders.
• Drive digital transformation and change management.

Skills

PLC programming

SCADA/HMI

Instrumentation

Industrial networking

Systems integration

Manufacturing process know-how

Data analytics

CMMS & documents

Digital transformation

Leadership

Education

BSc Engineering (Electronics)

BTech Electrical Engineering (Light Current)

S4 Technical Diploma in Control & Automation

Industrial Automation certification

Tools

Wonderware ArchestrA

Intouch

Job description

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) invites a Process Control Engineer to join the Midrand team. You'll drive reliability, optimisation, and standardisation of Control & Automation across manufacturing—ensuring system integrity from PLCs to plant software, while leading improvement initiatives.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in process control or automation in manufacturing, with leadership experience and strong PLC/SCADA proficiency.