National Breweries plc
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Automation and Control Technician

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Job Description

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 develop and grow, whilst offering challenging career opportunities for lateral or vertical advancement.

We are inviting applications to fill the following vacant position:

POSITION: AUTOMATION AND CONTROL TECHNICIAN

LOCATION: KITWE

CONTRACT: PERMANENT

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

Maintenance of PLC and SCADA hardware

Maintenance of software standards for the site

Support plant teams with instrumentation, plc and Scada troubleshooting

Maintenance and calibration of field instrumentation and measuring devices for the site

Apply world class manufacturing principles and practices

Support development and implementation of plc and instrumentation maintenance plans

Participate in problem solving to optimise plant, process equipment and systems

Operate plant and process equipment

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

Grade 12 Certificate

Must have a minimum of Instrumentation or Electronics or Electromechanical technician

Minimum of 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

Method of Application

Interested persons should send their applications and CV’s ;

The Human Resource Business Partner

National Breweries Plc

Sheki Sheki Road

PO Box 35135

Lusaka

Email address:

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

Application deadline
14 Sep 15:00