Diesel Technician

Volvo Trucks; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 167,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Volvo Group Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd is recruiting a qualified Diesel Mechanic for Volvo Trucks in Cape Town. The role focuses on fault-finding, diagnosis, and performing maintenance to Volvo standards, with emphasis on safety and quality.

You will follow workshop manuals, interact with drivers during breakdowns, and ensure proper documentation, reports and compliance with ISO 9001 standards.

Qualifications

• Matric/N3 qualification required.
• Trade Test Certificate as a Qualified Diesel Mechanic.
• Minimum 3 years dealership experience in maintenance and repairs of heavy commercial vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Fault-finding and diagnosis on Volvo products by interpreting product “under performance” and/or failure.
• Interpret and implement information in Volvo Manual and Service Literature.
• By following directives provided in Workshop Manuals, produce work of Volvo acceptable standards.
• Follow repair, maintenance instructions and specifications as per the manual.
• Ensure excellence in customer service delivery through meticulously following procedures/processes.
• Provide comprehensive and accurate reports on diagnosis, assessment of component/part, failures, observations, actions and recommendations.
• Follow procedures for breakdown work: Liaise with driver before responding to customer breakdowns; Ensure the correct documentation is in place and accurately completed before submission.
• Compliance to ISO 9001 and other Safety standards.

Skills

Measuring equipment

Repair work

Technical manuals

English proficiency

Computer literacy

Education

Matric/N3

Trade Test Certificate - Qualified Diesel Mechanic

Tools

Workshop manuals

Service literature

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What You Will Do

At Volvo Trucks you will contribute to the transformation of our company, the transport industry and society at large.

The main purpose of the job is

to produce the required labor hours through maintenance and repair work, in accordance with the Company quality and efficiency standards.

Reporting:

This position reports to the Team Leader.

Job Objectives

• Fault-finding and diagnosis on Volvo Products by interpreting product “under performance” and/or failure.
• Interpret and implement information in Volvo Manual and Service Literature.
• By following directives provided in Workshop Manuals, produce work of Volvo acceptable standards.
• Follow repair, maintenance instructions and specifications as per the manual.
• Ensure excellence in customer service delivery through meticulously following procedures/processes.
• Provide comprehensive and accurate reports on diagnosis, assessment of component/part, failures, observations, actions and recommendations.
• Follow procedures for breakdown work:
• Liaise with driver before responding to customer breakdowns;
• Ensure the correct documentation is in place and accurately completed before submission.
• Compliance to ISO 9001 and other Safety standards.

Who are you?

Do you dream big? We do too, and we are excited to grow together. In this role, you will bring:

Qualification & Job Experience

• Matric/N3.
• Trade Test Certificate - Qualified Diesel Mechanic.
• 3 years Dealership experience in maintenance and repairs of heavy commercial vehicles.

Key Competencies

• Ability to read all relevant measuring equipment.
• Knowledge/skills to effect correct repair work.
• Ability to interpret technical manuals and specifications and put into practice.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English.
• Computer literacy.

Short listed candidates must complete and sign personal verification permission, consent and indemnity declarations, to inter alia perform reference, criminal, credit, qualification, vetting process (if applicable to position) and any other checks deemed necessary.

Volvo Group Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd is an affirmative action, equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage people with disability to apply.

Application Closing Date: 10 November 2026.

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.

Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.