Qualifications

• National Diploma/B.Eng. or B. Tech in electronics/electrical/mechanical/mechatronics engineering or equivalent.

Advantageous Requirements:

• Qualification / Professional Membership
• 3 year’s working experience in an automated manufacturing plant.
• Six-sigma certification.
• Industrial automation qualification.

Experience

• 3 years demonstrated experience as a senior technician/ technical officer or technical specialist in a manufacturing assembly environment.
• 2 years demonstrated experience in an explosives plant and assembly plant.
• 1 year experience working with industrial robots and PLC’s.

Duties

• Provision of technical and assembly plant support during;
• Ensuring the manufacturing is efficient
• Process research and optimization projects
• Product development or process trials,
• Product performance evaluation
• Customer complaint investigations
• Occasional training and supervision of operational staff during normal production or plant trials.
• Drive continuous improvement strategies for plant optimization. 
• Coordinating six sigma improvement projects within the automation production environment.
• Occasional travel to support international assembly plants
• Work with suppliers to optimise processes