Durban: Maintenance Technician posted by Durpro Workforce Solutions

About the Role

The Maintenance Technician role at Durpro Workforce Solutions involves a wide range of responsibilities, including maintenance and repair of equipment, installations and modifications, and ensuring compliance with safety protocols.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for electrical change design (Cable routes, cable ladders, changes to the Distribution board, machine relocations) and installation & commissioning of electrical reticulation and new equipment
• Sizing of electrical components depending on the electrical load requirements
• Update electrical single line diagram drawings
• Machine rigging and mechanical works
• Ensuring all work is conducted to the SANS code of practice and electrical COCs are issued
• Contractor management and price sourcing
• Multidisciplined Maintenance of the all machine according to sound practices and original equipment manufacturer specifications
• Working with control systems and PLCs
• Ensures that machine, components, safety devices and electrical panels are in good functional order
• Responsible for efficient maintenance schedule on machines
• Analyse critical spares and differentiate between bought out spares from OEM, alternate spares and spares that can be manufactured locally to reduce the cost
• Multidisciplined Maintenance of offices and factory infrastructure
• Ensures that the alternate power supplies are available and ready to switch over during planned and unplanned power interruptions and that all equipment has been powered down
• Factory lighting and UPSs maintenance
• Mandatory Inspections
• Substation LV & MV maintenance
• Power Factor Correction
• Earth Leakage testing
• Generator Inspections
• Management of contractors
• Responsible for ordering of machine spares, stocktaking and maintaining an efficient stock level
• Minimise down time by dealing effectively and efficiently with machine failure
• Fault finding and problem solving
• Ability to repair and retrofit engineering equipment
• Diagnosis problems trough interrupting drawings and error codes
• Record keeping and tracking of breakdowns and preventative maintenance on each piece of equipment/machinery in order to establish:
• Frequency of breakdown
• Quality of parts and Costs
• Ability to make informed decisions on whether to change parts, suppliers and or equipment
• Root cause analysis
• Effectively carries out the preventative maintenance of production machinery, air compressors, air-conditioning systems, fire systems, wetworks, effluent streams and electrical reticulation to improve reliability
• Determine and implement best practice standards and policies for installation, modification, quality control, testing, inspection and maintenance

Requirements

• Knowledge: Minimum qualification N6 Trade Tested
• Skills: Ability to read and understand diagrammatic instructions
• Demonstrated skills in designing equipment, plant and processes
• Proficient in Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Projects
• Behaviours: Can do attitude
• Team player
• Flexible
• Reliable
• Good time management
• Problem solving ability
• Efficient
• Rational thinker

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications (N6 Trade Tested)

Salary & Benefits

• Salary range to be discussed during the interview process.

Nature and Scope of the Job

• 24 hour standby
• Available for callouts