Maintenance Technician

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

Leading manufacturer, supplier, and reconditioner of high-performance industrial transport packaging in South Africa is seeking a Motivated and industry Experienced Maintenance Technician

Minimum requirements

• Relevant Red Seal Technical Qualification
• Drive rapid fault-finding: Diagnose and resolve emergency mechanical, electrical, and logic faults under high-volume production pressure
• Execute packaging PMs: Run systematic preventative maintenance routines, component swaps, and precise machine alignments to optimize line cycle times
• Utilize electronic diagnostics: Traced electrical faults using basic PLC inputs/outputs and Variable Speed Drive (VSD) error codes.
• Service blow-moulding lines: Execute mechanical and electrical repairs on heavy extrusion blow-moulding machinery and automated IBC steel-cage assembly lines
• Maintain utility systems: Oversee critical packaging plant infrastructure, including high-pressure air compressors, chillers, cooling towers, and heavy conveyors
• Overhaul fluid power: Fault-find and rebuild complex industrial hydraulic and pneumatic circuits, cylinders, and proportional valves
• Breakdown Response & PMs
• Sector Compliance & Logs
• Uphold FSSC 22000 hygiene: Apply strict food-grade contamination and tool-control protocols required in clean-room container manufacturing
• Enforce plant safety: Execute strict lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) protocols for heavy machinery intervention
• Log technical data: Record precise breakdown root causes, technical actions, and component consumption in the plant maintenance ledger

Maintenance Technician • Pinetown, SA - KwaZulu Natal, ZA