Automation Engineer 78 views

Come work with United Beverages Ethiopia at a growing company that offers great benefits with opportunities to advance and learn alongside accomplished business leaders.

Main Responsibilities

Ensures the required availability for the production process of process automation and computerization systems at the lowest possible cost.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

1. Safety: create and maintain a safe environment for employees, contractors, and visitors according to the local regulations, rules, standards, and procedures.

• Carry out routine department safety inspections/ audits (e.g., SHE, BBS, 5S, CILT, STOP) and take corrective and preventive measures if needed
• Plan, organize, and execute work respecting safety requirements
• Monitor and improve implementation of LOTO and permit work procedure by using engineering knowledge about working principles of machines and processes
• Acts as a role model for safety behavior and leads by example.

2. Maintenance Processes Management: use performance indicators and deployments to reduce input (e.g. cost, resources) and increase output (e.g. equipment performance) of maintenance processes.

• Make (loss) deployments for areas of responsibility to identify gaps for continuous improvement
• Identify appropriate TPM tools (e.g. RCA) and use them properly to close the gap in performance
• Controls maintenance activities, prioritizes work and organizes/ mobilizes resources to overcome problems in day-to-day operations
• Continuously collaborates with all stakeholders and seeks ways to improve maintenance service
• Delivers timely information about ongoing work and ensures critical services are delivered

• Optimizes maintenance processes and speeds them up by delegating authority and responsibility (and improving ownership), while maintaining overall accountability

3. Maintenance Engineering: maintain and optimize the maintenance systems (e.g. CMMS, planning system, visual management), in order to maximize the cost-effectiveness of the assets.

• Create detailed standards for maintenance tasks (e.g. time, tools, parts, instructions, inspection criteria) based on the supplier’s recommendation, equipment history, engineering knowledge, etc.
• Facilitate maintenance analysis (BDA, RCFA) and ensure the quality of the analysis

• Prepare the lists of risks and overhaul spare parts based on equipment history, maintenance plans, weak component analysis, ABC deployment, BDA, and other TPM tools.

4. Maintenance Execution Control: effectively control and improve the execution of maintenance work.

• Coach technicians and control maintenance schedule delivery
• Assigns work according to the technician development plan, assists and ensures the quality of work delivered
• improves the skills of technicians. Evaluates yearly and build a comprehensive action plan for each person (personal development plan for technical skills).
• Organize, execute, and validate all projects, and modifications required on electrical installations
• Support with troubleshooting and support to (senior) shift technicians, in case of problems
• Organize safe and effective start-up and shut down of the brewery in case of power disruptions
• Assess, train, and/or organize training for electricians, shift technicians, dayshift technicians, and operators regarding electrical work.
• Ensure all electrical repairable components are effectively repaired and controlled
• Organize all required calibrations on the production instrumentation according to the maintenance plans
• Provide input on the brewery’s calibration plans
• Organize the automation workshop
• Ensure all automation-related repairable components are effectively repaired and controlled
• Organize all required automation maintenance is performed effectively
• Accountable for version management of software of production facilities
• Perform breakdown analysis (BDA)
• Participate in TPM PM teams for breakdowns and short-stops reduction
• Prepare, engineer, execute and evaluate required software or automation modifications
• Organize thirds party services with regards to automation support (e.g. “teleservice” and emergency support)
• Support the production team in translation of technical requirements from new product/recipe developments and implementation of these changes via modifications.
• Develop and maintain a database of all brewery PA/PI equipment (e.g. settings, sensitivity, parameters, reach, etc.)
• Meet the operational output plan, and work towards the reduction of operational losses such as breakdowns, changeover times and minor stops, and production inputs.
• Should be willing to travel in shifts to support shift crews.

Required Education/Experience and Key Skills

• BSC in Electrical Engineering/Electro-Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of three years of proven experience.
• Preferably working in FMCG companies.

Required Differentiating Competencies 

• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent technical and process knowledge.
• Good Leadership and managerial skills.
• Good Teamwork and Team lead.
• Drive results and deliver.
• Planned, focused, a keen observer and organized.