Main Purpose: To carry out maintenance tasks in accordance with work orders, planned maintenance schedules, verbal instructions, technical drawings, and time constrains, to ensure strict compliance with safety protocols, including lock-out and tag-out procedures when working on machinery, and adherence to work permit requirements for activities involving heights, pressurised equipment, and other hazardous conditions.

Key Performance Areas:

• Read, understand and ensure work is done from codes and specifications.
• Adhere to daily target and assignments.
• Do inspections on all lifting tackle, trolleys, guard rails, stairs, ladder, scaffolding, trestles, hydraulic jacks, machine guards, and keep records of which was sent the HSE department. Lifting tackle inspector qualification and quarterly inspection.
• Ensure that all tools are in good working condition, i.e. hand tools, portable electrical equipment (grinders, pencil grinders) gas equipment (cutting torch).
• Secure all portable gas bottle.
• Assist with annual shutdown maintenance - oil sampling for condition monitoring, thermal scanning of bearing etc.
• Assist with repair and servicing of machines (cold bending, induction bending, plate/profile rolling machines, lathe, saws, milling machines, pedestal drills, radial arm drills, automated multiple (Pema) and single SAW welding machines, manipulators, rotators, forklifts, tractors, lift trucks and cars/trucks (driven and idlers), drive trains, hydraulic/ pneumatic pumps (piston, vane, gear, etc) hydraulic/pneumatic valves ( relieve, safety, control valves).
• Assist with repairs and servicing of overhead cranes, gantry cranes, jibs and mobile cranes.
• Maintain hydraulic system – load sensing and pressure compensation system analysis, troubleshooting and repair. This includes servicing of valves, pumps and sensors.
• Maintain pneumatic system – load sensing and pressure compensation system analysis, troubleshooting and repair. This includes servicing of valves, pumps and sensors.
• Maintain tractor system – rollers, chain and belt driven, system troubleshooting and repair, as well as basic vehicle maintenance.
• Maintain power transfer system – gear system on lathes, milling machines, boring mills, drills etc (machine shop equipment).
• Diesel mechanic – Internal combustion engines, drive train, braking system etc.
• Maintain discipline i.e. timekeeping, attendance, and quality of workmanship.
• Housekeeping to be maintained daily.
• Ensure adherence to internal control standard (work to work orders).
• Any other job-related duties as required from time to time.

Competencies/skills:

• Ability to work in a team.
• Reliability and self-motivated.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Good and effective communication skills.
• Fault finding.

Preferred Requirements:

• N6 in Mechanical fitter would be preferable but N4 would be essential.
• Qualified Artisan (Diesel Mechanic) – Red Seal.
• 5 Years’ experience in plant maintenance, especially lifting tackle, ladders, stairways etc.
• Experience in energised systems (compressors, accumulators and tanks).
• Experience in using hand and power tools including relevant welding equipment.
• Knowledge of preventative planned and opportunistic maintenance.
• Knowledge of reliability centered maintenance (non-essential).
• Knowledge of using measuring equipment (verniers, callipers, tapes, laser alignment, level gauge, depth gauge micrometer, multimeter etc.).
• Knowledge of cutting with cutting torch and plasma cutter.
  
• Must be able to read, understand and interpret hydraulic, pneumatic and component drawings.
• OHS Act compliance essential – authorised to declare lifting tackle unsafe use, ensure timeous inspections are done and records maintained as per DMR 18. OHS Act.
• Understand and adhere to safety protocols – lock out and tag out knowledge (will also be trained internally) when working on machines, work permits for heights, working in ergonomically challenging position.
• Must be able to work long hours on breakdown.
• Always ensure the correct use of PPE.