Automation/Electrical Technicians at the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC)

The Nigerian Bottling Company Limited is one of the biggest companies in the non-alcoholic beverage industry in the country and is the sole franchise bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria.

Our company serves approximately 160 million people by producing and distributing a unique portfolio of quality brands, bringing passion to marketplace implementation, and demonstrating leadership in corporate social responsibility.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Automation/Electrical Technician

Job Reference: AET/02/2017
Location: Nigeria
Functional Areas: Engineering
Department: Engineering

Job Details

• The Automation/Electrical Technician reports to the Electrical Engineer.
• The key responsibilities is to carry out maintenance of all electrical/automation equipment (bottling and utilities) and their controls while ensuring high equipment reliability, high product quality, zero safety incidents and consistent delivery of budgeted volume targets.

Responsibilities

• Do proper troubleshooting and repair of all electrical and automated machinery and all related controls.
• Ensure machine up-time at all time by ensuring continuous engineering response improvement.
• Drive loss elimination on all lines.
• Ensure that daily, weekly and monthly condition monitoring is carried out.
• Other duties or responsibilities specified by the superior, resulting from the actual and specific requirements of the job in a given location.
• Ensure that contractors that work on any electrical equipment work safely and comply with all safety rules within the plant.
• Ensure that all machine guards, safety switches and status indicators on all equipment are in place and functional.
• Ensure a clean uniform and the required PPE are used always.
• Ensure all equipment panels are numbered, clean, dry and closed all the time.
• Ensure proper technical tools management.
• Ensure all cables (power and control) are clean, terminals firmly secured, adequately glanded, properly labeled and well arranged in the cable trays and covered.
• Ensure all breakers and fuses are adequately rated and set, and no vibrating or humming contactors or relays in the panel
• Ensure all filters are clean and panel cooling ACs are working.
• Ensure all electric motors are numbered and labeled and the label MUST correspond with the identity in the manual and the contactors in the panel.
• Keep physical record of all electric motor on your line or assigned areas the record must indicate which motor has problems and how it was solved.
• All electric motors MUST have their fan blades in place and in good form with fan covers.
• All motors must be clean and must not overheat, MUST be IP55 compliance.
• Ensure routine electrical/ automation maintenance are carried out as at when due on all equipment.
• Document and sign off all maintenance activities.

Requirements
Desired Candidate Profile:

• Experience needed 2 years.
• Relevant Technician Qualification preferably OND in Electrical Engineering or City & Guild part II or its equivalent.
• Basic Programmable Logic Control troubleshooting preferably Siemens S7.
• Instrumentation and Electro-pneumatics skills.
• Sound knowledge of electrical wiring diagram.
• Fair level of computer literacy.
• Good command of the English language.
• Proven problem solving skills must be minimum average.
• Basic understanding of bottling technology.
• Knowledge of maintenance procedures.
• Basic organizational & time management skills.
• Knowledge of interpretation of policies, procedures and systems in manufacturing.
• Drive for results.
• Timely feedback giving skills.
• Teamwork skills/mindset and high integrity.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Willingness to experiment and try new ideas.

Application Closing Date
9th March, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.