Diesel Mechanic (Trackless Mobile Machinery)

Planned maintenance, breakdowns and shutdowns: steady artisan work at the platinum mine engineering department near Pretoria West. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

This post is in Pretoria West (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Test and maintain flameproof electrical equipment in coal sections
• Maintain pumps, fans and compressors in shafts and on surface
• Isolate and lock out machines under the site isolation procedure
• Repair and align conveyor belt drives, pulleys and idlers
• Guide and teach an artisan assistant on the job
• Order spares and track them through the engineering store

• At least 2 years as a qualified artisan, preferably on a mine
• Trade test certificate in your trade (diesel mechanic, fitter, electrician, boilermaker, instrumentation or rigger)
• Willing to do standby and call-outs on a roster
• Able to read schematics, hydraulic circuits or wiring diagrams

• Government Certificate of Competency studies in progress
• Flameproof equipment training for coal mines
• Experience with collision avoidance systems on TMM

• Study assistance for engineering qualifications
• Artisan allowance on top of basic pay
• Tool allowance or company-issued toolbox
• Housing support in the mining town

• State your trade and the machines or equipment you know best, for example "fitter: conveyors, crushers and pumps".
• Your trade test certificate must show the trade and the date. Keep a certified copy ready because mines verify it.