Maintenance Technician

SUMMARY:
A vacancy currently exists in Mogwase for a Maintenance Technician

POSITION INFO:
The successful candidate must fulfill the following requirements 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum trade test certificate as a millwright/electrician

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a qualified artisan in the manufacturing / production-related field
• Must possess solid electrical background experience

JOB COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• In-depth understanding of the laundry/production process and laundry related equipment
• In-depth understanding of the supply and demand chain
• In-depth understanding of all preventative and breakdown maintenance of all mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation equipment
• In-depth understanding of all servicing/refurbishment of all mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation equipment
• In-depth understanding of all installations of all mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation equipment
• Basic understanding of all relevant labour-related legislation including but not limited to OHSA, LRA, BCEA, COID
• In-depth understanding of fault-finding principles, Root Cause Analyses, and process efficiencies, and improvements
• In depth understanding of all legislative requirements and regulations with regards to Occupational Health and Safety, regarding environmental regulations, driven machinery regulation, pressure vessels regulations, certificate of compliance and administrative regulation facilities regulations, etc.
• Ability to install/test all mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation, welding maintenance activities
• Ability to plan/compile drawings and perform welding, grinding, fitting, and other mechanical maintenance activities for all installations on mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic installations
• Ability to implement, maintain and ensure adherence to the preventative and planned maintenance program for plant equipment, machinery, and other related facilities/equipment
• Ability to conduct fault finding on mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation structural failures/breakdowns/defects/deviations, etc. and undertake corrective maintenance activities/tasks
• Ability to perform root cause analysis on mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation structural failures/breakdowns/defects/deviations etc.
• Ability to maintain, repair, refurbish, replace and service plant equipment including but not limit to mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation equipment
• Ability to order and maintain stock levels of consumables/spares/equipment / critical spares and other parts used in the plant equipment as and when required
• Ability to plan and schedule daily assigned maintenance work orders/job cards and prepare / source materials/equipment/tools/consumables to perform relevant jobs/tasks
• Ability to identify and implement equipment/process related initiatives to facilitate improvements and cost reduction initiatives to ensure optimal production effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity
• Ability to draft and plan drawings and get approval of planned installations of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation related equipment
• Ability to perform routine maintenance tasks relating to cleaning, inspections, lubrication, servicing, preventative maintenance, and first-line maintenance activities/tasks
• Ability to train operational staff and maintenance staff on the correct operational use and maintenance of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation equipment
• Ability to control planned and unplanned maintenance costs to ensure that maintenance expenditure is aligned within the approved budget
• Ability to perform pre-start checks, start-up, set up, emergency, shutdown, isolation, safeguarding, and other procedures relating to the maintenance of machines/equipment as per relevant standard procedures, practices, policies
• Ability to develop, implement, maintain and update preventative, breakdown, planned, servicing, refurbishment, and first-line maintenance administrative systems to plan, track, record, and execute all preventative, breakdown, planned, and unplanned maintenance activities
• Ability to perform civil maintenance activities/tasks relating to building/sites/offices and other facilities
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
• Ability to communicate effectively in English verbally and in writing
• Proficient computer literacy on MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, Company related software systems, and other non-company related systems

 

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