Maintenance Engineer (Food Manufacturing)

Design it, build it, fix it: mechanical engineering work at the engineering consultancy in Bloemfontein. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Bloemfontein, Free State, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Write scopes of work and compare contractor quotes
• Manage shutdowns: planning, spares, contractors and safe restart
• Analyse breakdowns with root cause methods and fix the cause, not the symptom
• Sign off modifications and keep drawings and records current
• Plan and track preventive maintenance in the CMMS with the artisans and planners
• Design conveyors, chutes and structures in SolidWorks or Inventor

• Confident with 3D CAD software and engineering calculations
• Able to manage contractors and budgets
• Three or more years working as a qualified engineer, in industry or consulting
• Working knowledge of the OHS Act and General Machinery Regulations

• Company laptop and CAD licences
• Performance bonus tied to plant availability
• Study support for postgraduate courses
• Medical aid and retirement fund contributions

• Show results in numbers: downtime cut by a percentage, savings in rand, or a project delivered on budget.
• If you hold a GCC, say which one and when you got it. It opens senior plant posts.