National Bioproducts Institute: Electrical Apprenticeships 2023

National Bioproducts Institute invites unemployed youth to apply for Electrical Apprenticeship Programme 2023 / 2024.

Apprenticeship Application Closing Date: 29 August 2023

Apprenticeship Location: Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal

Reference NumberNBI230620-1
Job Type Apprenticeship
Job TitleApprentice: electrician
DepartmentEngineering Sciences, Projects and Technical Services
Job GradeUngraded

JOB SUMMARY

  • Supports GMP compliant manufacture of pharmaceutical products by ensuring maximum online time of process Utility services supplied to Manufacturing.
  • Learn perform routine maintenance on the machines.
  • Conduct daily checks on machines and their support services.
  • Evaluate and facilitate repairs of plant equipment and identify actions to prevent recurrences.
  • Assist in projects associated with new plant and equipment.
  • Provide cross-functional support.
  • Create spares inventory and help with spares stock take.
  • Make wiring diagrams
  • Complete training needs as laid by institution in order to obtain qualification.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Learn the skills required to ensure continued operation of the plant equipment

  • Assist in performing routine checks of all equipment and systems for correct operation
  • Schedule maintenance activities as defined by the preventative maintenance plan
  • Facilitate the calibration of measuring and control instruments according to defined schedules and production requirements
  • Maintaining records and schedules for specified plant and equipment

Learn and facilitate repairs of plant equipment and identify actions to prevent recurrences

  • Learn to analyse problems and determining required maintenance /repair work to ensure continuity.
  • Liaise with third party contractors where repairs are not possible on site
  • Track and report on progress of repairs required.

Maintenance

  • Co-ordinate maintenance activities on NBI equipment
  • Records keeping

Stock Control

  • Learn routine stock take of spares

Commissioning unit operations

  • learn execution of validation studies (IQ, OQ, PQ)

support project Commissioning unit operations work 

  • support capacity expansion projects (CAPEX)
  • support continuous process improvements
  • Supervision of t contractors
  • Implementation of SAP change notifications
  • Hands-on work

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

  • N6 or S4 electrical engineering.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

  • Managing Relationships
  • Personal Leadership
  • Business Impact
  • Leading and Influencing Others
  • Ability and willingness to learn new things.
  • Problem solving 
  • Communication skills
  • Team work
  • Collaboration
  • Technical writing 

How to apply

Click here to apply online for National Bioproducts Institute: Electrical Apprenticeships 2023

NBI is committed to transformation and achieving a diverse workplace.

It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible before reviewing external applicants.

In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with our Employment Equity targets.