Industrial Electrician (Factory Maintenance)

You'll wire, fault-find and certify installations for the food processing plant in Germiston. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

Location: Germiston, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Quote small jobs for clients and explain the fault in plain language
• Lock out and tag out circuits before any work on live equipment
• Replace faulty light fittings, plugs, geyser elements and thermostats
• Test installations and issue Certificates of Compliance where your registration allows
• Read electrical layouts and mark out point positions before chasing walls
• Fault-find tripping circuits with a multimeter, insulation tester and loop tester

• Your own basic hand tools and a calibrated multimeter
• At least 3 years working as a qualified electrician after your trade test
• Comfortable working at heights on ladders and in roof spaces
• Electrical trade test certificate (Section 13 or 26D) through a QCTO-accredited centre

• Solar PV installation training and experience with hybrid inverters
• PLC and motor control experience from a factory setting
• N3 electrical trade theory on top of your trade test

• Provident fund and group risk cover after probation
• Overtime paid at time-and-a-half on weekends
• Company bakkie for call-outs and travel between sites
• Company-issued test instruments, calibrated every year

• List two or three recent jobs with sizes, like a 60-point house rewire or a 10 kVA inverter install. It shows your level quickly.
• Put your registration category (IE, MIE or single-phase tester) and registration number right under your name on the CV.