Mechanical Apprentice needed at V&A Waterfront
Job title : Mechanical Apprentice
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : May 05, 2025
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Job Objectives
Planned and Reactive Maintenance and Upgrades:
- Conducts planned and preventative maintenance programs for the Mechanical department.
- Oversee and manage the resolution of all call outs
- Liaise with the relevant Stakeholders regarding mechanical breakdowns, issues or complaints
- Oversee and manage regular maintenance and replacement of mechanical assets, HVAC, bridges, pump stations, control panels, lifts and escalators etc.
- Monitoring of all Mechanical equipment via Building Management System (BMS)
- Oversee and manage fault finding on Mechanical Plants (e.g. air-conditioning plant rooms, seawater plant, district cooling systems, pump stations, bridges, lifts and escalators)
Financial Management
- Obtain quotes for specific tasks as per budget
Site-walks and Inspections
- Conduct, ensure and oversee site walks, daily checks and site inspections of all mechanical plants
- Doing regular quality control checks
- Identify safety hazards on site and report such to the manager
People Management
- Liaise with, support and manage service providers
- Track and monitor progress and quality
- Ensure that all stakeholders (internal and external) comply with all the relevant Health and Safety standards and legislative requirements
- Manage risk and compliance
Stakeholder Management
- Inform and collaborate with the relevant BU’s on the planned maintenance to ensure that this is communicated to the tenants
- Manage external service providers and suppliers (specifically obtaining competitive quotations and ensuring excellent delivery of work)
- Build and foster professional working relationships with trusted service providers and suppliers
- Build and foster professional working relationship with tenants to ensure excellent customer service at all times
- Report regularly on Maintenance progress and keep tenants informed at all times
Ad-hoc projects
- Working on weekends and public holidays as well as overtime will be required at times
- Physical fitness is essential to perform duties / tasks effectively and must be prepared to work in sewer pump stations
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