JBT has an opportunity for a Service Technician to join our team based in Letsitele. 

Reporting to our Service Manager based in Nelspruit, as Service Technician you will be responsible for service and maintenance of leased equipment at our customers’ site in Letsitele.   

JBT is an international market leading company in the global food processing industry. We have offices in more than 25 countries all over the world. We are growing both organically and by acquisitions and are looking for new employees that want to grow with us! We offer you the growth potential of a company with developing technology that is unique in its field, plus a collaborative working environment where your individuality, imagination and talent will be recognized and rewarded. In South Africa we make market leading machinery for food and citrus production lines.

Responsibilities

Working with our client in Letsitele, as our Service Technician you will maintain and service our equipment at customer sites, including remote locations (e.g., Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Durban) if applicable.  You will ensure that our machinery is clean, calibrated and performing up to JBT standards.  You will overhaul equipment to ensure that performance will also adhere to JBT and customer standards and assist in field testing of equipment, diagnosing errors or technical problems and provide proper solutions.  You will work closely with your Service Manager and the Sales Department to ensure good communication from the customer site to JBT Head office. 

Previous experience as a Service Technician would be valuable but someone with foundational skills and a keenness to learn our equipment is necessary! Finally, you may use your expertise to help install new JBT equipment. 

Requirements for this position:

• Grade 12
• Minimum 3 years mechanical and basic electrical experience.
• Product knowledge of working with food machinery previously an advantage. 
• We would like Pneumatic, Hydraulic and Calibration skills, but we can develop the areas that you do not have experience in. 
• Instrumentation reading ability.
• Basic computer literacy.
• Drivers licence.