Maintenance Technician

Profile Personnel; Kariega; On-site; ZAR 50 000 - 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established client in Kariega is seeking a Maintenance Technician to join their team. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in vehicle manufacturing maintenance and hold a diploma in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics. Key responsibilities include repairing and maintaining equipment, resolving technical faults, and conducting root cause analyses. The role requires strong analytical and diagnostic skills, willingness to work shifts, and potentially a German language proficiency as an advantage.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years in vehicle manufacturing maintenance or industrial technical environment.
• Able to read E-Plan Electrical and Pneumatic drawings.
• Prepared to undergo assessments and willing to work shifts and overtime.

Responsibilities

• Repair and manage spare parts for faulty equipment.
• Resolve robotic electronic communication faults.
• Conduct root cause analysis and document maintenance activities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Diagnostic capabilities

Problem-solving ability

Education

National Nated Diploma or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics

Tools

E-Plan Electrical drawings

Siemens PLC

Job description

A well established and well known client in Kariega is looking for a Maintenance Technician to join their team!

Possible Tasks within this Role

• Repair faulty equipment and parts i.e. welding guns, servo-pneumatic valves, transmission modules, tucker guns, sealer equipment to ensure availability of spare parts and equipment (spare part management).
• Resolve robotic electronic communication faults by adjusting the robotic program to prevent re-occurring robot communication faults and ensure uninterrupted production process.
• Analyse, fault find, repair and optimise sealer, toxing, welding, laser, bolting and rivet joining technology equipment failure to ensure achievement of quality requirements and efficient production process.
• Analyse PLC programs to resolve errors and determine root causes of Interbus or Profinet network errors, determine corrective actions to continue with the Production process and ensure uninterrupted Production run.
• Fault find, set up and program SEW drives by using the appropriate diagnostics software / tools such as Movitools, Motion Studio to ensure uninterrupted Production run.
• Modify, update and improve diagnostic software on HMI to identify the faulty equipment to facilitate speedy resolution to Production stoppages.
• Analyse and investigate severe or reoccurring Production stoppages to determine the real root cause of the stoppage and determine the appropriate preventative action and counter measure to ensure that the reoccurring of the fault are eliminated and / or prevented.
• Contact equipment suppliers and technology experts within the VW Group to enquire regarding solutions to complex equipment problems and failures to ensure pending or reoccurring faults are eliminated or prevented.
• Document Production stoppages, severe breakdowns, problem sheet, Knowledge Management System, TPM Sheets and PM schedules to ensure all maintenance activities are documented, distributed and knowledge is retained, made available and utilised to prevent future stoppages or breakdowns.
• Conduct root cause analysis of all breakdowns immediately after completing the breakdown, by analysing the situation, causes, countermeasures and actions, ensuring that all is recorded and reported on required control sheets and documents.
• Ensure that the robot Safety circuit is in good working order and that all the required condition that meets the safety standards is installed.
• Download robot and PLC program backups to ensure quick recovery of the facilities in the event of a loss of data

Qualification requirements

A National Nated Diploma / National Diploma / B Tech / B Eng. / B Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering / Mechatronics.

Experience needed

At least 5 years in vehicle manufacturing maintenance and / or industrial technical environment

Essentials

• Able to read E-Plan Electrical and Pneumatic drawings
• Have a strong analytical, diagnostic capabilities and problem solving ability.
• Prepared to undergo and successfully pass an appropriate assessment
• Willingness to work shifts, overtime, weekends, public holidays, Plant shut down, whenever necessary and / or required.
• Willingness to be on Standby roster
• Willingness to complete and pass compulsory VASS
• Have a good attendance record

Added Advantage

• German language proficiency advantageous.
• Siemens PLC and robot training