Maintenance Technician (Electro-Mechanical)

Bearings, gearboxes, pumps and lathes: this general engineering workshop in Pretoria East needs your hands on them. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

You'll report in Pretoria East. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Machine shafts, bushes and keyways on a lathe and milling machine
• Record work and spares used on the job card or CMMS
• Respond to breakdowns and get the line running again safely
• Help with electrical fault-finding on motors and sensors as a millwright
• Maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems on production lines

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

• Millwright trade test, since it covers both mechanical and electrical
• CNC programming experience
• Forklift licence for moving heavy parts

• Shift and standby allowances
• Paid overtime on shutdowns
• Tool allowance

• Write your trade and trade test year first, then the machines you know, like "Filling lines, pumps, gearboxes".
• If you can machine parts as well as fit them, say so clearly. Many factories want both skills in one person.