Industrial Electrician (Factory Maintenance)

This is hands-on electrical work in Kariega: new installs, repairs and CoCs that pass the first time. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a solar and backup power installer on the Kariega side of Eastern Cape. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Test installations and issue Certificates of Compliance where your registration allows
• Fault-find tripping circuits with a multimeter, insulation tester and loop tester
• Replace faulty light fittings, plugs, geyser elements and thermostats
• Supervise and teach an electrical assistant or apprentice on site
• Read electrical layouts and mark out point positions before chasing walls
• Lock out and tag out circuits before any work on live equipment

• Your own basic hand tools and a calibrated multimeter
• Clean criminal record, since you will work inside client homes
• At least 3 years working as a qualified electrician after your trade test
• Comfortable working at heights on ladders and in roof spaces
• Valid Code 08 driver's licence
• Registered with the Department of Employment and Labour as an Installation Electrician or holding a Wireman's licence

• Working at Heights certificate still in date
• N3 electrical trade theory on top of your trade test

• Provident fund and group risk cover after probation
• Standby allowance when you are on the after-hours roster
• Overtime paid at time-and-a-half on weekends
• 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.