Job Title: Automation Engineer
Employer: Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd.
Job Reference: AE/07/2013
Functional areas: Engineering
Department: Manufacturing
Job Details:
• Ensures optimized equipment performance by maintaining / improving equipment and line controls
• Improves reliability and efficiencies by ensuring optimal execution of maintenance tasks.
• Participates in developing business plans targeting productivity improvement and increased cost efficiency
• Contributes to preparation- and controls area of responsibility related maintenance budget ensuring sufficient funds to cover all routines and initiatives reflected in strategy & operational plans.
• Effectively applies business performance review (BPMS, EATB) management routine
• Achievement of business targets by optimal use of labour and materials
• Analyses cost centre variances and investigates ways to improve cost performance
• Understands and controls main cost drivers in Maintenance
• Ensures full use of SAP Plant Maintenance module to be able to monitor cost and execution of maintenance activities
Education level: University degree in Electrical/Controls/Electronics/Automation Engineering required
Experience needed: 4
Desired candidate profile:
• University degree in Electrical/Controls/Electronics/Automation Engineering required
• 4-5 years working experience in the field of Automation in Industry dealing with Siemens & Omron PLCs, Danfoss, Omron, Siemens variable fre drives VFDs, sensors, PLC programming skills and ability to effectively read and understand wiring plans plus PLC user programs and comments thereof.
• Experience in budgeting Experience in people management
• Experience in execution of projects such as: line commissioning, annual maintenance planning
• Basic Knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety Operational planning expertise/experience
• Delegation skills
• Understanding of financial impact of decisions
• Ability to think in terms of functional sustainability rather than short term wins
• Ability to select and assess first-line managers
• Coaching direct reports and mentoring others Ability to empower managers
• Ability to translate function strategy into unit/section's plan
• Ability to lead and manage change Ability to set standards for management performance
• High integrity
• Ability to build relationships to improve results
• Ability to understand what drives peers in other units
• Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things
• Intellectual curiosity
• Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy
• Ability to implement quality and health, safety & environment improvements
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