THE JOB AT A GLANCE:
Ensures that the plant is mechanically operational at all times

Responsibilities
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE:
Key Attributes and Competencies
Planned and Predictive Maintenance

• Implements actions and sequences associated with maintaining the functionality of machinery and mechanisms.
• Schedule workload to meet priorities and targets
• Ensure adherence to scheduled and unscheduled maintenance cycles and completion of job cards in time and meet KPI target
• Inspect equipment and components to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes
• Isolating, removing, and replacing defective components using hand tools and power tools, with due consideration given to safety procedures
• Work from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs to install, maintain or repair plant and equipment
• Investigation and analysis of possible equipment modification, improvement and replacement
• Identification of areas requiring attention; Rapid identification of the cause of downtime/ breakdown

Health, Safety and Environment

• Compliance to Environment and Risk policies and procedures
• Accident/incidents are minimized
• Adherence to the Occupational Health & Safety Act
• Adherence to internal company policies, procedures, work instructions, standard operating procedures and job observations
• Target zero Disabling Injuries

Mechanical Plant and Machinery

• All installation requirements and safety procedures and guidelines are complied with and, that the tasks are executed in accordance with the required standards
• All new equipment, machinery and installations to be inspected and signed off according to sound engineering principles
• Reading and interpreting drawings/ works orders detailing layout and specifications
• All activities associated with the maintenance and installation of machinery and mechanisms is correctly implemented
• Set up and adjust mechanical working machines and equipment, Dismantle faulty machines and equipment and repair or replace defective parts, Fit and assemble mechanical parts, tools, or sub-assemblies, including welding or brazing parts
• Operate machines to produce parts or tools by turning, boring, milling, planning, shaping, slotting, grinding, or drilling metal stock or components
• Inspecting works prior to commissioning and communicating with the control room/ superiors about tests and functionality of the machinery

Fault Finding and Repairs

• Implementation of activities associated with trouble shooting and fault finding
• Fault detection and repair and the restoration of functionality is completed with minimal disruption to production

Corporate Governance

• Work within a set of systems, principles and processes by which the company is governed
• Adherence to all company Policies and Procedures
• Compliance to the company’s “Way of Working” e.g. Code of Ethics, compliance to Competition Law etcetera
• Work with integrity

Qualifications
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Matric (Grade 12)
• Has National Certificate: Mechanical Engineering: Fitting Level 3
• Has served an apprenticeship and has passed a Mechanical Engineering: Fitting Trade Test
• At least 3 years’ experience in a mechanical environment

Ideal qualifications

• At least five years’ experience in a mechanical environment
• National Certificate Mechanical Engineering: Fitting Level 4
• Demonstrate integrated analytical and diagnostic skills to fault find, diagnose, and repair equipment and machinery during production/operations processes
• Maintain, overhaul and commission mechanical machines, engineering systems and industrial plant installations
• Understand advanced mechanical theory and interpret detailed engineering drawings and flow diagrams
• Computer literate – Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook