Shift Electrical Technician

Kimberly-Clark; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 250 000 - 350 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Cape Town seeks a Shift Electrical Technician to provide technical support for equipment maintenance and productivity. The ideal candidate has a diploma in Electrical Engineering, at least 3 years of experience with high-speed machinery, and familiarity with PLC software. This role emphasizes safety compliance and technical problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience on high-speed production equipment.
• Prior high-speed production machine maintenance experience.
• PC Literate.

Responsibilities

• Provide process and technical support to machine crews.
• Ensure compliance to all safety rules and regulations.
• Support production by providing electrical technical support.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

High-speed production equipment

PLC software familiarity

Education

N6 or a National Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job title: Shift Electrical Technician

Job location: Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline: November 08, 2025

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In this role, you will

• Together with other technicians, provide process and technical support to the machine crews to maintain and optimize asset process stability and develop crew’s process knowledge to achieve safety, quality and productivity targets.

Safety

• Ensure compliance to all departmental and plant safety rules and regulations. All non-conformances should be dealt with immediately all unresolved issues must be raised with Asset Leader.
• Follow the correct WSWP and Process Instruction for all tasks performed.
• Carry out continual development of process optimization to ensure safety.

Productivity

• Support production within the operation by providing electrical technical support to the production teams.
• Carry out action plans as directed to solve problems thereby minimizing electrical delay.
• Assist with change overs on the asset to minimise change over delays
• Continuously work on improvement plans to upgrade / improve the asset performance and capability.
• Ensure all documentation, including drive and PLC data is recorded properly and systematically to provide optimum reliability of the asset.

Maintenance

• Assist with maintenance activities on all electrical equipment and installation.
• Ensure that electrical spares are available and ready for use when required.
• Aid with standardisation, recommendation of changes in maintenance policies, fault finding and problem solving.
• Recommend spares requirements to the Electrical Engineer.
• Provide technical information to maintenance teams detailing work requests for planned and reactive maintenance

To succeed in this role, you will need the following :

Minimum Requirements

• N6 or a National Diploma in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 3 years' experience on high-speed production equipment
• Prior high-speed production machine maintenance experience
• PC Literate and PLC software familiarity
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