Maintenance Technician (Electro-Mechanical)

You'll keep machines turning and parts in spec at the sugar mill in Boksburg. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The site is in Boksburg; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Inspect and adjust conveyors, chains and sprockets
• Follow the lockout procedure before any work on machinery
• Help with electrical fault-finding on motors and sensors as a millwright
• Machine shafts, bushes and keyways on a lathe and milling machine
• Program and run CNC machines from engineering drawings
• Respond to breakdowns and get the line running again safely
• Build and repair press tools, jigs and moulds

• Trade test as Fitter and Turner, Fitter, Millwright or Toolmaker
• At least 2 years as a qualified artisan in a factory or workshop
• You read engineering drawings and measure with micrometers and verniers
• Willing to work shifts, standby and weekend shutdowns
• Own basic hand tools, or willing to build up a set
• N2 or N3 engineering subjects

• CNC programming experience
• Millwright trade test, since it covers both mechanical and electrical

• Chance to study further toward a technician diploma
• Paid overtime on shutdowns
• Shift and standby allowances

• Expect a practical test. Measure twice and work cleanly, because the assessor watches your habits as much as the result.
• Write your trade and trade test year first, then the machines you know, like "Filling lines, pumps, gearboxes".