Rite Foods
About the Company
Rite Foods is a leading player in the Nigerian food and beverage industry, renowned for its commitment to quality and innovation. The company specializes in producing a wide range of popular products, including beverages and snacks, catering to a vast consumer base. With a strong focus on operational excellence, Rite Foods invests in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and advanced technologies to ensure the highest standards of production. Their dedication to continuous improvement and customer satisfaction has positioned them as a trusted brand in the market. The company fosters a culture of professionalism and growth, providing opportunities for employees to develop their skills and contribute to the company’s success. Rite Foods is committed to equal opportunity, promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Automation Engineer to design, implement, and optimize our automated systems and process control solutions.
In this role, you will be instrumental in enhancing production efficiency, reliability, quality, and safety by maintaining and improving PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and control networks. Your contributions will drive operational excellence across our manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the entire plant on process automation and minimization of losses from process malfunction.
- Extract and analyse automation data and manage software licenses and versions.
- Support corrective maintenance in automation and process control via evaluation, troubleshooting and knowledge transfer.
- Manage calibration activities, software modifications, backups, parameter registration and version control.
- Access the performance of shift technicians and electrical technicians with regards to solving automation issues
- Access and train technicians and operators in automation process.
- Support inventory requirements for automation and process control.
- Prepare, execute and evaluate required software or automation modifications.
- Develop and implement automation maintenance policy and automation contingency plan (obsolence management)
- Organize third party services with regards to automation support (e.g. teleservice and emergency support).
- Support the production team in the translation of technical requirement from new product/recipe developments and implementation of these changes via modifications.
Qualifications
- First degree or its equivalent in (Electrical Engineering) Electrical/Electronics, Control Engineering, Automation Engineering.
- Minimum of 8 years relevant work experience in a well-structured FMCG (botting) company, with specific expertise in Krones Machines.
To apply for this job email your details to talents@ritefoodsltd.com
