Auto Electrician

Transnet Logistics; Oos-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Transnet is seeking a qualified Auto Electrician to provide electrical services for cargo handling equipment at Ngqura, ensuring safety, reliability and high availability of operations.

You will perform preventive maintenance, fault diagnosis and rapid fault repair to minimize downtime, and mentor apprentices as part of a structured development plan.

Qualifications

• Matric/NTC 2 Trade Tested Auto Electrician qualification is required.
• Valid Code B driver's license; EC advantageous.
• 3 to 5 years relevant working experience.

Responsibilities

• Examine and maintain cargo handling equipment to ensure availability.
• Inspect, monitor and report equipment to detect early signs of damage.
• Plan and prepare apprentices for on-the-job training per development plan.
• Respond quickly to faults to minimize downtime.
• Assess repair work size and coordinate parts ordering for rapid maintenance.

Skills

Technically sound

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Fault finding

Proactive

Decision making

Interpersonal skills

Skills transfer

Education

Matric/NTC 2 Trade Tested Auto Electrician

Job description

Job Details

• Operating Division: TPT Ngqura CT
• Employee Group: Permanent
• Department: TPT, Engineering, EC
• Location: Ngqura
• Reporting To: Technical Supervisor
• Grade: I2
• Reference: req6175

The closing date is on 19/11/2026. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that HR has received the application before the closing date of the advertisement.

Position Purpose

Provide electrician services to all cargo handling equipment by repairing, maintaining and improving its functionality to ensure that they are safe, reliable and available to operations to eliminate operations downtime.

Position Outputs

• Examine, assess and conduct regular preventative maintenance on all cargo handling equipmentto ensure its reliability and maintain a high level of availability.
• Examine, evaluate, monitor and report equipment for abuse, deviations and functionality whilst inoperation to detect and identify early warning signs of potential damage in order to rectifyproblems and change behaviour before a major breakdown.
• Plan and prepare apprentices for on-the-job training in order to train and develop them accordingto their development plan, thereby ensuring skills are adequately transferred.
• Respond, establish and repair fault for breakdown in the quickest possible time to minimizeoperational downtime.
• Assess and ascertain size of repair work and spares specifications required in order to informand follow-up with Supervisor for ordering of parts to plan for repair in the shortest timeframethereby making equipment available for operations.

Qualifications and Experience

• Matric/NTC 2Trade Tested Auto Electrician(Trade Test Certificate)
• Valid Code B driver license(Code EC will be advantageous)
• 3 to 5 years relevant workingexperience.

Competencies

• Technically sound
• Leadership skills
• Communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Fault-finding skills
• Proactive
• Decision making skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to transfer skills

Equity Statement

Preference will be given to suitably qualified Applicants who are members of the designated groups in line with the Employment Equity Plan and Targets of the Organisation/Operating Division.