Mechanical Apprentice needed at V&A Waterfront

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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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