Technician

Technician

Location: Horana, Sri Lanka

Coats is a world leader in thread manufacturing and structural components for apparel and footwear, as well as an innovative pioneer in performance materials. These critical solutions are used to create a wide range of products, including ones that provide safety and protection for people, data and the environment.

Trusted by the world's leading companies to deliver crucial, innovative, and sustainable solutions, we provide value-adding products including apparel, footwear and speciality threads.

With a proud heritage dating back more than 250 years and a spirit of evolution to constantly stay ahead of changing market needs, we have operations across 50 countries with a workforce of over 17,000, serving our customers worldwide.

Role Purpose: 

To provide day to day hands-on supervision on shift basis of the engineering department technical staff to ensure highly effective and safe machinery maintenance in the organization in line with company policies ,Regulatory standards and statutory guidelines, deadlines & requirements.

What you will do:

Electricial

•  Carrying out Domestic and industrial wiring, Control circuits.
• Preparing estimate for the above installations.
• Fault finding in electrical lay-out plans, basic motor controls circuits diagrams, DOL (Forward-Revers).
• Carrying out Inspection, testing, faultfinding and repair in single phase and three phase industrial installations related to the factory electrical system.
• Using electrical measuring instruments properly to trace faults finding in electrical circuits, (AVO meter, clip-on ammeter, megger etc. )
• Attend factory PLC and System communication related to Dye House or Finishing machineries.
• Design, Estimate and implement small-scale electrical project related to the factory installations, individually.
• Programming and installation of VFDs (inverters) in the factory.
• Attend on Breakdowns and Preventive maintenance works of factory electrical and related machines (especially Finishing and Dyeing machines).
• Identify risk at electrical tools and equipment used in engineering department and fix them when required

Welding

•  Prepare material for the operation of Oxy / Acetylene fuel flame and cutting of steel with safe work practice all the time.
• Preparing material and equipment for the Arc welding, Setting the welding equipment and performing manual arc welding of steel plates on Vertical and horizontal positions while ensuring safe work practice during the work time.
• Performing oxy acetylene welding of steel plates on Vertical and horizontal positions.
• Performing arc welding of steel pipes on vertical and horizontal positions.
•  Preparing material and equipment for the Tungsten Inert Gas welding, Setting the welding equipment and performing welding of Stainless steel plates in flat and horizontal positions while ensuring safe work practice during the work time.
•  Performing TIG welding of Stainless steel pipes in Vertical and horizontal positions.
• Preparing material for the operation and setting of Plasma Cutting equipment and cut metal in Vertical and Horizontal positions with safe work practice all the time.

 Fitting

• Perform skills of fitting - filing, drilling, tapping, grinding, chiseling etc.
•  Dismantling  and assembling of  machinery in dye house and finishing when required.
• Proper usage of mechanical measuring instruments, gauges and  tools.
• Repair pumps, valves, steam related accessories in steam line and components in steam boiler.
• Interpreted machine manuals, related drawings,  sketch and draw mechanical structure for machining or fabricating purposes.
• Fixing  every types of bearings with good understanding of specifications
• Proper maintaining of mechanical  tools and equipment in the factory .
•  Design, Estimate and implement installation of factory machines as per the manufacture’s specification .

Lathe

• Read & understand drawing sketches, Select suitable materials, preparing work piece selecting holding devices to match the requirements of job independently.
• Ability to use of marking and measuring tools, select proper tools for drilling, boring & thread cutting (tap & die).
• Ability to perform basic lathe operations. Boring, cutting, simple thread cutting etc.
• Use of power saw, Drilling, grinder and shaping machine, marking table.
• Fair skills of selecting, sharpening & preparing tools for cutting, drilling & boring operations. Selecting accurate machine speed, feed rate & depth of cut as per the job requirement.
• Ability to perform facing, boring, thread cutting, knurling, reaming and taper & eccentric turning etc:
• Operation performed to get the shape and finishes as per the drawing.
• Plan and perform tasks in all situations and requirements of the factory appropriately, independently, with safe work precautions and practice.
• Should be skilled enough to repair, maintenance of lathe machine, equipment & tool and tool holders, chuck etc.

Who you are: 

Knowledge and understanding of

• Electrical and mechanical application in the production environment.

Experience and Qualifications

• Successful completion of full time NAB / CGTTI / ATI / NCT Examination or GCE O/L examination and 1 year full time course in recognized institute  with 2 years industrial experience.

• Three years’ experience in production environment.

   

At Coats Group, we are committed to innovation, excellence, and fostering a diverse and collaborative environment where every team member can thrive. If you are passionate about making an impact in the textile industry and eager to join a global leader with a rich heritage and a forward-thinking approach, we invite you to take the next step in your career with us.

Apply now to be part of our dynamic team and help shape the future of textiles.