Automation Technician

About the Role

Unilever is seeking an Automation Technician to join their team in Jeddah, Mecca Region. This full-time role is essential for ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the factory's electrical, instrumentation, and automation systems. The technician will contribute to reducing downtime, protecting product quality, and minimizing waste and environmental impact through preventive maintenance, rapid fault diagnosis, and focused improvement initiatives.

Role Purpose and Contribution

The Automation Technician provides technical support and delivers preventive maintenance for factory systems. This position also involves supporting maintenance strategy and coaching Technical Operators in engineering and manufacturing-system practices. The role is part of a team focused on impactful work for both people and the planet.

Key Responsibilities

• Record equipment usage, parts replacement, and scheduled maintenance, providing periodic status reports on automation systems and improvement activities.
• Support the installation, commissioning, and upgrades of equipment, and facilitate the introduction of new technologies with Projects Engineering.
• Coordinate with Production, Process Engineering, Safety, Quality, Innovation, and Projects teams to resolve electrical, instrumentation, and automation issues.
• Design, program, and implement automation improvements for packaging lines and process plants, and maintain accurate electrical and automation documentation.
• Service, troubleshoot, and verify process-control instruments, ensuring instruments and sensors remain within calibration requirements.
• Troubleshoot PLC-based systems, I/O modules, HMIs, SCADA, VFDs, servo systems, special-function modules, OT networks, and integrated systems.
• Perform preventive maintenance, inspections, and routine checks, and monitor equipment parameters to reduce planned and unplanned downtime.
• Diagnose and repair faults in machinery, instruments, electrical systems, control panels, and automation equipment to quickly restore safe operation.
• Support production and process plants by maintaining the technical integrity of electrical, instrumentation, automation, and related maintenance systems.
• Apply electrical safety requirements, including isolation, Lock Out Tag Out, verification of absence of voltage, grounding/short-circuiting where required, and work-area delimitation.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess 3-5 years of relevant experience in automation or electrical systems. The role requires a strong understanding of factory electrical, instrumentation, and automation systems, along with practical experience in troubleshooting and maintenance.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Jeddah, within the Mecca Region. The role involves working as part of a dedicated team focused on operational excellence and continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.