Service Technician

Chart Industries, Inc.; Middelburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Chart Industries South Africa invites applications for a Service Technician to inspect, service, repair and commission rotating assemblies to Howden specification in the Industrial and Mining sector. Based in Middelburg, you will visit sites for fault finding, perform maintenance, and document results.

The role requires trade qualifications and extensive hands-on experience with rotating equipment, vibration analysis, and laser alignment, with a focus on safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 required or equivalent.
• Fitter Artisan qualification preferred.
• N4 qualification advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience with rotating assemblies in industrial/mining/power environments.
• Vibration analysis course required.
• Laser alignment course required.
• Driver's licence.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Perform breakdown inspections and repairs on rotating assemblies at customer sites.
• Carry out servicing underMaintenance contracts and generate service reports.
• Investigate and repair failures during breakdowns or emergencies.
• Install, align, and commission machinery, including balancing and vibration checks.
• Prepare commissioning reports and Take Over Certificates for contracts.
• Adhere to QA, EHS, and safety procedures at all times.
• Manage hours for teams and sub-contractors; monitor stock of spares and shims.

Skills

MS Office

Vibration analysis

Laser alignment

Fault finding

Education

Grade 12

Fitter Artisan

N4 qualification

Job description

Location: Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 1050

Company: Chart Industries

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global leader in air and gas handling products, services and solutions. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling and have over a century of experience in doing so.

Howden South Africa Division is looking for an experienced Service Technician to inspect, service, repair and commission rotating assemblies to Howden specification in the Industrial and Mining sector.

What Will You Do?

• Breakdown inspection and repairs, visit sites to undertake fault finding, identify the cause of the problem, rectify on site if possible (including balancing and/or laser alignment).
• Undertake servicing in terms of customer planned maintenance contracts, check equipment, carry out required maintenance and produce a report of completed work, to comply with the Service Level Agreement.
• Investigate and repair equipment failures under breakdown or emergency conditions. This will include costing (in terms of hours and skill mix) identification and mobilizing of resources and executing the works.
• Execute the installation and alignment of equipment (including alignment), commence with commissioning of machinery (including balancing if required), check vibrations, temperatures, etc. and run the fan for a test period.
• Complete a Commissioning report and a Take Over Certificate for contract closures.
• At all times adhere to procedures, instructions, quality and safety standards.
• Tracking and managing of hours of teams and sub-contractors.
• Ensure that equipment is timeously calibrated – in accordance with procedure.
• Ensure sufficient stock of shims and assorted balancing weights: Monitor stock levels and order if required
• Upkeep of system required documentation, including QC, EHS, vehicle log sheets and time keeping.

Your Experience Should Be...

• Grade 12
• Qualified Fitter Artisan
• N4 Qualification will be an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years post qualification experience of working with rotating assemblies in an industrial/mining/power station environment
• Vibration Analysing Course
• Laser Alignment Course
• Drivers Licence
• Proficient with MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion.

Chart complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing “equal employment opportunity” and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.