Maintenance Electrician (Night Shift)

The food processing plant in Paarl needs a qualified electrician who can work neatly and sign off safe installations. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

You'll be based at a food processing plant in Paarl. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Run conduit, trunking and cable tray on new builds and renovations
• Terminate armoured cable and fit glands on three-phase motor supplies
• Quote small jobs for clients and explain the fault in plain language
• Supervise and teach an electrical assistant or apprentice on site
• Read electrical layouts and mark out point positions before chasing walls
• Test installations and issue Certificates of Compliance where your registration allows
• Lock out and tag out circuits before any work on live equipment

• At least 3 years working as a qualified electrician after your trade test
• Your own basic hand tools and a calibrated multimeter
• Electrical trade test certificate (Section 13 or 26D) through a QCTO-accredited centre
• Valid Code 08 driver's licence
• Clean criminal record, since you will work inside client homes
• Solid working knowledge of SANS 10142-1 and the Electrical Installation Regulations

• N3 electrical trade theory on top of your trade test
• Working at Heights certificate still in date
• Solar PV installation training and experience with hybrid inverters

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

• Put your registration category (IE, MIE or single-phase tester) and registration number right under your name on the CV.
• Many applicants forget to attach the trade test certificate itself. Recruiters often skip CVs that only mention it.