Job Description
About the Role
Join the Durban Division of a Leading Equipment Manufacturer as a Senior HVAC Technician, where you will utilize your technical expertise to repair, maintain, and troubleshoot commercial HVAC systems. You will perform preventative maintenance and inspection of ventilation, refrigeration, and air conditioning equipment, ensuring compliance with the Health and Safety Act.
Key Responsibilities
- Preventative maintenance/ Repairs: Resolves maintenance and services issues at various Dealer locations to ensure full operability 24/7 (80%)
- Preventative maintenance and inspection of ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
- Full repairs of ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
- Fault finding on HVAC, refrigeration and ventilation equipment.
- Site assessments and condition reports completion.
- New works installations as directed by the Site Supervisor.
- Reporting and Administration: Responsibilities to be completed in a timely and accurate manner (10%)
- Complete all documentation relevant to the completion of jobs and reports and/ or records.
- Initiation of ordering of materials via Procurement.
- Health and Safety: Adherence to standards, guidelines, legislation and procedures set to ensure the safety (5%)
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with the Health and Safety Act pertaining to all works in general and refrigeration equipment in particular.
- Ensure that Company safety, policy and regulatory standards are met at all times and maintain safe work habits in order to achieve safety goals.
Requirements
- Qualifications
- Grade 12 / Matric.
- A valid Category A SAQCC card advantageous.
Experience/Skills
- Minimum of 5 -8 years hands-on industry experience of working with all aspects of ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
- Understanding of advanced principles of air conditioning, refrigeration and heating.
- Ability to work in confined spaces.
- Physically fit and able to work at heights in excess of 2 metres, attention to detail and ability to identify key issues and follow instructions, perform electrical tests on equipment single and 3 phase.
- Working overtime and/or weekends and/or Standby will be required.
- Must be in possession of a valid Drivers Licence.
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