Industrial Maintenance Technician – PLC & Hydraulics

Dante Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd; KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Dante Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, seeks a motivated Maintenance Technician for a leading packaging manufacturer. You will diagnose electrical and mechanical faults, perform preventative maintenance, and service heavy extrusion blow-moulding lines and conveyors.

Responsibilities include maintaining plant utilities, hydraulic/pneumatic systems, and complying with strict hygiene and lock-out/tag-out protocols. Log data for root-cause analysis and improvements.

Qualifications

• Red Seal technical qualification is required.
• Ability to diagnose electrical, mechanical and logic faults under high-volume production.
• Execute systematic preventative maintenance routines and precise machine alignments.
• Trace faults using PLC inputs/outputs and VSD error codes.
• Overhaul hydraulic and pneumatic circuits and components.
• Uphold high hygiene, safety and LOTO procedures on site.

Responsibilities

• Respond to breakdowns and perform planned PMs on packaging lines.
• Maintain utility systems including compressors, chillers and conveyors.
• Service blow-moulding lines and automated assembly equipment.
• Log breakdown root causes and actions in maintenance ledger.
• Ensure compliance with hygiene and safety protocols on the plant.

Skills

Fault finding under pressure

Preventive maintenance

Electrical diagnostics

Mechanical diagnostics

Lock-out/tag-out

Education

Red Seal Technical Qualification

Job description

Dante Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, seeks a motivated Maintenance Technician for a leading packaging manufacturer. You will diagnose electrical and mechanical faults, perform preventative maintenance, and service heavy extrusion blow-moulding lines and conveyors.

Responsibilities include maintaining plant utilities, hydraulic/pneumatic systems, and complying with strict hygiene and lock-out/tag-out protocols. Log data for root-cause analysis and improvements.