Automation & Electrical Technician at Ultimum Limited

Ultimum Limited is a fast-growing alcoholic & non-alcoholic Beverage manufacturing company and Nigerian-based subsidiary of Union Camerounaise de Brasseries – a leading Total Beverages Manufacturer with over 50 years of presence and tremendous success in Cameroon; also, a proud sponsor of the 2024 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Abidjan. Ivory Coast. We are committed to developing quality products that satisfy all aspirations of our customers, and constantly innovating on ways to improve our products and deliver quality and special experience for our customers.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Automation & Electrical Technician

Location: Abia
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The Automation & Electrical Technician will 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Do proper troubleshooting and repair of all electrical/ automated machinery and controls.
• Always ensure machine uptime by ensuring continuous engineering response improvement
• Drive loss elimination on all lines.
• Ensure that daily, weekly, and monthly condition monitoring is carried out.
• Ensure that contractors who 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 all equipment panels are numbered, clean, dry, and closed all the time.
• Ensure all cables (power and control) are clean, terminals firmly secured, 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 labelled and the label MUST correspond with the identity in the manual and the contactors in the panel.
• Keep a physical record of all-electric motors on your line or assigned areas the record must indicate which motor has problems and how it was solved.
• Ensure routine electrical/ automation maintenance is carried out timely on all equipment.
• Document and sign off all maintenance activities.

Experience & Academic Requirements

• Relevant Techncal Qualification preferably HND / B.Sc or its equivalent
• Basic Programmable Logic Control troubleshooting
• Instrumentation and Electro-pneumatics skills
• Sound knowledge of electrical wiring diagram
• SAP and MS Office knowledge

Key Competency Requirements:

• A 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 and mindset and High Integrity
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Willingness to experiment and try new ideas.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.