KZA_Service Technician (Electrical)
Division
Engineering
Company
Krones Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
Join as
Professionals
Worktime
Full-time
Your tasks
Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Performing the day-to-day maintenance activities to ensure that Krones machinery performs efficiently
- Conduct equipment audits and overhauls
- Maintain safe working environment
- Coach customers on operational and maintenance activities
- Ability to communicate and interact with the client, technicians, subsidiaries and KSA / KAG office
- Ability to fault find in a logical and professional manner
- Ability to install and commission new machines/retrofits with instruction
- Attend to breakdowns telephonically and physically
- Willingness to work overtime and night work
- Travelling to customers nationally and internationally
- Conduct performance acceptance test at the customers
- Provide intervention reports
- Installation and commissioning of single and complete packaging lines
Your profile
Qualification, Experience, Behaviours & Skills
- National Diploma or N6 with trade certificate, a degree in industrial automation will be advantageous
- Must have a minimum of 7 years’ experience in a Field service role in the beverage industry
- Knowledge of Krones portfolio of machines
- Knowledge of Automation (Siemens S7 & TIA Portal), motion controls (B&R, Danfoss, SEW),
- Krones Inspection machines, Dry end and general electrics
- Strong technical knowledge of FMCG / machine packaging
- Must have knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Supervisory experience will be an advantage
- Ability to install and commission packaging machines
Advantageous
- Must be customer orientated and able to adapt to change
- Individual will be required to develop and monitor team goals
- Manage personal development and personal performance
- Report writing skills and root-cause analysis
- Good oral and written communication
Your application
Interested? Apply online now!
If you do not receive a response within three weeks after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Krones is an equal opportunity employer and will give preference to previously disadvantaged candidates.
* To facilitate readibility, we have decided against the simultaneous inclusion of gender-specific linguistic forms. Our invitation to tender is directed at all interested parties.