Western Cape: Artisan: Automotive Electrician posted by Komatsu South Africa Ltd.

About the Role

Komatsu Namakwa Sands is seeking an experienced Auto Electrician Artisan to join their dynamic team. The preferred candidate should have at least 3 years post trade experience on heavy earthmoving equipment within the mining industry and a relevant trade certificate.

Key Responsibilities

• Remains up to date with health and safety procedures.
• Participates in planning of health and safety events and campaigns, taking SHE into account in the planning of work output.
• Conducts hazard identification and risk assessment.
• Implements the Komatsu Way 5S sorting, organising, cleaning, ordering and training.
• Adheres to SHE policies and procedures.
• Complies with and instructs colleagues and subordinates staff in the wearing of protective gear and clothing.
• Participates in workplace safety events.
• Stay informed about emergency first aid kits/fire extinguishers and evacuations procedures.
• Operates any vehicles (trucks, car, forklift) within safety standards and procedures, even when not supervised.
• Checks that the safety signs and signals are in place.
• Implements safety awareness in all activities.
• Reports hazardous situations, incidents or accidents.
• Provided feedback on the effectiveness of safety events.
• Reports equipment that is not in good working order.
• Reports on vehicle usage and incidents.
• Plans for health check and inspection of equipment.
• Informs the leadership of the work steps and technical issues.
• Conducts visual machine/equipment inspection health condition, breakdowns.
• Conduct general inspection in terms of appearance, damage or missing components.
• Inspect for leakages, check machine operations, check rust, check for wrong or missing parts, download machine data, identify cracks visually, take samples (oil, coolants, etc.).
• Test and adjust faulty components/parts/systems.
• Monitors the functionality of the component/equipment and progress made.
• Reports inspection results, as well as any abnormalities or damage.
• Reports problems and issues to manager.
• Complete daily activity and service reports.
• Provide feedback with regard to continuous improvement/suggestion to manager.
• Obtain necessary consumables items/parts/tools from warehouse via approved procedures.
• Apply judgement in the replacement or re use of parts.
• Gain technical advise or approval to replace a part/component.
• Execute mechanical/electrical repairs.
• Clean equipment/parts/component.
• Perform basic welding repairs.
• Plans for service of equipment with regard to date, workshops, nominations of service, stock and other resources.
• Assess work/materials/items/parts required to resolve problem.
• Plans and prepares for anticipated service calls in conjunction with leadership.
• Plan maintenance for equipment in conjunction with leadership.
• Execute services on machines.
• Obtain technical advise on complex repairs.
• Checks returns unused consumables stock and parts back into stock.
• Reports service results as well as any abnormalities or damage.
• Obtains relevant manuals and resources and makes this available for execution of work.
• Checks that tools/equipment required for work are available and in good working order.
• Remains abreast of changes/decisions implemented with regard to key issues/problems/improvement.
• Orders parts and consumables as per plan.
• Executes overhaul of equipment according to procedure.
• Inspect equipment for compliance and quality.
• Reports on overhaul job statistics, problems, issues and product feedback.
• Complete the component changeout form, commissioning report and customer feedback and warranty certificates.
• Plans troubleshooting process of equipment.
• Conduct fault finding
• Collects facts about breakdowns.
• Measure and compare readings gauges, multi meters, heat guns, etc. to specifications.
• Identify abnormalities using five senses.
• Obtain technical advise on complex troubleshooting.
• Check specification values against actual values and recommends repair solutions.
• Reports fault finding results, as well as any abnormalities or damage.
• Informs the manager and maintenance planning on R&M Care information, schedules and plan

Requirements

• Exposure to earth moving machinery
• Good trouble shooting knowledge on machines
• Familiar with standard tool requirements
• Computer literate
• Good understanding of maintenance philosophy
• Good communication and inter-personal skills
• Valid driver’s license

Qualifications

A qualified Auto Electrician with a Grade 12/N3 Technical Certificate/equivalent