Maintenance Technician (Electro-Mechanical) – Immediate Start

Bearings, gearboxes, pumps and lathes: this cement plant in Isando needs your hands on them. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll report in Isando. Relocation is not covered for this one. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Align shafts with a laser alignment tool after every drive change
• Build and repair press tools, jigs and moulds
• Maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems on production lines
• Record work and spares used on the job card or CMMS
• Help with electrical fault-finding on motors and sensors as a millwright

• Basic understanding of the General Machinery Regulations
• You read engineering drawings and measure with micrometers and verniers
• Willing to work shifts, standby and weekend shutdowns
• Trade test as Fitter and Turner, Fitter, Millwright or Toolmaker
• N2 or N3 engineering subjects
• Own basic hand tools, or willing to build up a set

• Paid overtime on shutdowns
• Chance to study further toward a technician diploma
• Tool allowance
• 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".