Automation and Control Technician Job: National Breweries Plc


National Breweries Plc is Zambia’s leading producer and distributor of Traditional African Beer. Our affiliation to Delta Beverages gives our employees a sense of pride and that of belonging to one of the biggest international brewing companies in the world. The Company offers opportunities for all to learn to develop and grow, whilst offering challenging career opportunities for lateral or vertical advancement.

We are inviting applications to fill the following vacant position:

Automation and Control Technician  

CONTRACT: PERMANENT

Reporting to the Maintenance Controller the successful candidate will be accountable for the following:

  • Complying with site safety, health, and environmental requirements
  • Working in teams
  • Maintenance of PLC and SCADA hardware
  • Maintenance of software standards for the site
  • Maintenance and calibration of field instrumentation and measuring devices for the site
  • Support plant teams with instrumentation, plc and scada troubleshooting
  • Support development and implementation of plc and instrumentation maintenance plans
  • Participate in problem-solving to optimize plant, process equipment and systems
  • Operate plant and process equipment
  • Apply world-class manufacturing principles and practices

This job is particularly suitable for candidates who meet the following minimum requirements:

  • Grade 12 Certificate
  • Instrumentation or Electronics or Electromechanical technician
  • 3 years’ experience as automation/instrumentation/control artisan on high speed packing lines or distributed control systems
  • Member of Engineering Institute of Zambia
  • Good knowledge of SIEMENS PLC’s
  • Advanced SIMATIC Training will be an added advantage
  • 1-2 years’ experience with SCADA system maintenance

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

Interested persons should send their applications and CV’s not later than 27th November 2019 to;

The Human Resource Specialist

National Breweries Plc

Sheki Sheki Road

PO Box 35135

Lusaka 

Email address: [email protected]

(Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated to & all attachments should be in a single PDF File. Kindly state the position in the subject line)

To apply for this job email your details to [email protected]