Maintenance Team Leader/Qualified Electrician

Talented Recruitment; Durban; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Talented Recruitment is seeking a qualified electrician with strong practical experience in Durban. The role focuses on residential and light-commercial maintenance, fault-finding, and compliance with SANS 10142-1 and COC requirements.

You will inspect, test, and issue Certificates of Compliance, supervise an electrical assistant, manage stock, and complete digital job cards and reports following company procedures. Excellent customer-facing skills and reliability are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified electrician with registration to inspect, test and issue COCs.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic abilities.
• Experience with residential and light-commercial maintenance.
• Knowledge of SANS 10142-1 and electrical compliance.
• Able to supervise an electrical assistant and work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication and customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical fault-finding, diagnostics and maintenance on residential systems.
• Inspect, test and issue Certificates of Compliance within scope.
• Supervise and coordinate an electrical assistant.
• Accurately scope and price smaller electrical repairs.
• Maintain stock, manage documentation and use digital job cards.
• Present professionally and communicate clearly with customers.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Residential maintenance

Light-commercial maintenance

SANS 10142-1 knowledge

COC inspection

Inspection & testing

Documentation

Customer communication

Education

Electrical trade qualification

Job description

Key experience and capabilities:

Qualified electrician with strong practical experience. Excellent electrical fault-finding and diagnostic ability . Strong residential and light-commercial maintenance experience. Excellent knowledge and practical application of SANS 10142-1 and electrical compliance requirements. Strong experience with inspection, testing and COC work . Ideally appropriately registered to inspect, test and issue Certificates of Compliance within their permitted scope. Confident working on existing installations, DBs, earth leakage faults, nuisance tripping, circuit faults, geysers, stoves, lighting, plugs, switches and general electrical maintenance. Ability to identify non-compliances and clearly determine the rectification work required. Ability to scope and price/quote smaller electrical repairs and alterations accurately. Good understanding of materials and ability to determine what is required for a job without unnecessary trips to suppliers. Able to supervise and efficiently utilise an electrical assistant. We are looking for an independent, customer-focused electrician who can think for themselves, take ownership of a job and work with minimal supervision. The successful candidate should be well presented, professional, punctual and organised, with strong customer-facing ability and good communication skills. They must be comfortable with digital job cards, reporting, documentation, stock management and following defined company procedures. The right person will take pride in their workmanship, vehicle, tools, stock and customer relationships, with potential to progress into a senior/team-leader role.