- Gauteng
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Engineering Hospitality
- Reference: 108627
Vacancy Details
Employer: AVI Limited
AVI Ltd. is a leader in household brands, including beverages, snacks, and more. NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED (NBL) operates 5 top-tier manufacturing sites, producing well-known South African coffee, tea, biscuits, and snacks.
We are seeking an experienced Automation and Control Technician to join our Coffee and Creamer factory in Isando. This role focuses on troubleshooting, maintaining, and improving plant automation systems, including Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) to ensure seamless operations.
Line Manager: Engineering Manager
Job Specification:
Key Performance Areas:
- Troubleshoot and resolve software-related breakdowns in plant automation systems.
- Implement preventative measures to minimize automation failures.
- Investigate and analyze breakdown trends, alarms, and reports.
- Support minor plant modifications and upgrades (PLCs, HMIs, drives).
- Perform regular software backups and ensure critical spares availability.
- Collaborate with engineering teams on fault-finding and system improvements.
Minimum Requirements:
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in plant automation in a food manufacturing environment
Qualification:
- National Diploma, BTech, BEng or BSc in Electrical, Electronic, or Instrumentation Engineering.
Additional requirements:
- Proficiency in PLC programming (Siemens, Mitsubishi, Allen Bradley), SCADA (Wonderware InTouch), HMI programming (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Delta, Omron) and industrial networking protocols (Profinet, Profibus and Modbus).
- Experience with AC/DC drives, servo systems, and SQL Server.
Apply Today to drive automation excellence in our world-class facility!
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About AVI Limited
AVI LIMITED is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Food Products sector, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our single-minded purpose is our brands growth and development. Our brands span a range of categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.
AVI’s brands have grown into great South African favourites including: Five Roses, Freshpak, House of Coffees, Frisco, Koffiehuis and Ellis Brown in the Beverages category; Bakers, Pyotts, Willards and Provita in the Biscuits and Snacks category; I&J in the Frozen Foods category; as well as Ciro, Lavazza and Douwe Egberts Cafitesse for the Out Of Home market. Our beauty and personal care brands include Yardley, Lentheric and Coty Great international and local Fashion Brands in the AVI stable include Spitz, Carvela, Kurt Geiger, Lacoste, Gant and Green Cross Shoes. We have a well-developed shared services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing that allows us to take advantage of our scale.
AVI’s brands are a household name in South Africa and growing every day.
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