Frames Robotic Technician at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa November, 2023

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Responsibilities / Accountabilities

  • Drive factors such as Safety, Quality and Productivity, to ensure objectives are met through following and executing standardized maintenance work.
  • Verify that the assembly facility is running safely and consistently with minimal maintenance impact.
  • Ensure PM/CM/EM are done with integrity and quality and Facilities are maintained to the standards.
  • Execute maintenance tasks and assignments in area of responsibility.
  • Support, drive and raise Kaizen’s (Continuous Improvement) projects to improve equipment uptime and availability.
  • Meet and implement MOS standards and processes and achieve output targets of JPH, TTT, MTTR, MTBF and PM/CM completion.
  • Support and develop short term actions through the Paynter processes and reviews.
  • Develop weekend work plans and ensure spares and consumables are available to complete scheduled tasks in responsible areas.
  • Basic administration of maintenance documents for corrective actions resolution
  • Ensure Integrity in work tasks undertaken and identify improvement opportunities.

Performance Measures / Success Criteria 

  • +95% Equipment Availability
  • Reduce breakdown Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) 
  • Increase Equipment MTBF
  • PM completion ratio of > 97%
  • No Open Work Orders > Three months
  • Develop and implement short, medium and long-term improvement plans for implementation within the automated systems and equipment.
  • Take responsibility for investigating and introducing new engineering technologies and strategies with continuous monitoring of equipment using FIS.
  • Undertake root cause analysis and ensure Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA’s) are implemented.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)

  • Fault finding ability, Electrical and Mechanical 
  • Working knowledge of MS Office Suite
  • Siemens S7 and Allen Bradly PLC fault finding and programming skills.
  • Kawasaki BX, MX, ZX series Robot fault finding, repair and programming skill.
  • HMI –Win CC Scada, Allen Bradley Panel View fault finding ability.
  • SEW – Drive fault finding and programming skill.
  • Robotic welding experience (Resistance/MIG).
  • Good Behavioral Skills
  • Excellent English Oral and Written communication
  • Ability To Analyze and Interpret Data Analysis
  • Good Teamwork Ability
  • Self-Motivated And Results Driven Individual
  • Read mechanical and electronic schematics to ensure specifications, adherence to standards is met.
  • Troubleshoot equipment, ensure correct linking and error logging to individual pieces of equipment.
  • Extensive knowledge of a variety of electronic and digital controls systems, experience to test, and writes modifications in multiple languages of systems software (Siemens, Allen Bradley, and Rockwell).
  • Strong understanding of conveyors system programming and body tooling techniques, in addition to networking understanding, Ethernet, remote IO, Profibus and Wireless Networks.
  • Fault Finding and Continuous Improvement Execution and Implementation

Qualifications and Experience 

  • National Diploma or degree: Mechanical/Mechatronics/Electrical/ Automation Engineering 
  • 5 – 10 Years Automation and Maintenance Experience Preferably in the Chassis/Body Construction Assembly Field
  • Experienced with a number of systems, expert in at least one area and working knowledge of a number of other areas of specialization. 

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