Maintenance Technician

SUMMARY:
Opportunity Available!! Our leading client in the Manufacturing Sector is looking to employ a Maintenance Technician to join their dynamic team in Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth.

POSITION INFO:
Job Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of our machinery and equipment
• Perform preventative and predictive maintenance, repairs, inspections (assessing the functionality of production equipment and operational problems)
• Communicating effectively with the production team, communicate pertinent information to the next shift and maintaining a clean work area
• Perform and complete maintenance work order request
• Give detailed feedback of work orders, spare parts consumed, and time spent on specific work orders in SAP-EAM daily
• Performs daily plant critical checks and records results in Inspection Lots in SAP-EAM
• Fabricate items required during maintenance or set-up of equipment
• Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to determine work procedures
• Respond to after hour call-out when required
• Control of spare parts used
• Maintain a clean and orderly work environment (Production plant, equipment and workshop) and corporate directives for the safe performance of the work assignment
• Provides support for a variety of projects by assisting with site preparation, on-site clean up and evaluation

• Tertiary qualification in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics Engineering
• Wireman’s license
• Experience using SAP-EAM (advantageous)
• Projects Environment experience (advantageous)
• Trade Test certificate: Millwright
• 5 years’ experience as a Millwright/Technician maintenance or project environment (preferably in the manufacturing sector)
• Computer literacy with working knowledge on Microsoft packages and SAP is essential
• Own reliable transport and ability to do standby on a roster basis is essential
• PLC programming and SCADA