Job Position: Manufacturing Technologist
Ref: 4875
Location: Vereeniging (Gauteng)
Salary: Commensurate with qualification and experience
Email your CV to
Qualifications / Requirements:
• Minimum of B Degree – Mechanical Engineering from an accredited tertiary institution
• ERP experience in a manufacturing environment
• High level of proficiency in MS Office
• Strong team player
• Good communications, influencing and collaborative demeanor
• Professional appearance and provide a positive company image to various stakeholders
• Ability to work under pressure
• Display initiative and a positive attitude
• Experience in:
- Implementing fixed asset maintenance software (FAMS)
- Implementing production processes on ERP software
- Develop/implement control strategies
- Project management
- Process engineering
- Control systems
- Human-machine interfaces
- Proven experience as a Process Engineer or in a similar role
- Extensive and solid experience in a manufacturing environment
- Extensive maintenance experience in mechanical and electrical systems (electronics and instrumentation)
- Developing maintenance schedules and monitor machine availability and performance
- Production planning/monitoring on an ERP system experience
- Exposure to ISO9001
• Knowledge and skills:
- Production and manufacturing processes
- Process modelling, programmable logic controllers (PLC’s)
- Excellent time management skills
- Good communication and organisational skills
- Outstanding influencing and interpersonal abilities
- Excellent organisational and leadership skills and qualities
- Attention to detail, reliable and punctual
- Able to perform administrative functions effectively
Key Performance Areas:
• Responsible for creating, implementing, testing, updating and maintaining production equipment processes and the systems used to monitor, control and regulate operations and processes
• Optimise procedures to increase efficiency and profitability
• Automate processes in the plant and retrofit existing equipment to new functions
• Integrate process controls for maintenance and planning on all production equipment
• Integrate internet of things with the ERP system to automate maintenance schedules and manage process parameters
• Create production plans for the team based on historical and market data
• Integrate production plan and maintenance schedule in the ERP system
