Technical Assistant Junior Engineer

University Of Fort Hare; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 350 000 - 450 000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hotel in Cape Town is seeking a Preventative Assistant Engineer to lead comprehensive maintenance programs and ensure operational efficiency. The successful candidate will have at least 3 years in facility maintenance, specifically in a hotel or hospital environment. Responsibilities include managing maintenance schedules, supporting staff development, and collaborating across departments to uphold the hotel's high standards. Competitive salary with benefits offered.

Benefits

Medical aid contribution

Pension fund contribution

Performance-based incentives

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience in building or facility maintenance.
• Proven experience in managing and developing staff.
• Hands-on proficiency to perform inspections and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee a preventative maintenance program.
• Assist in servicing and repairing HVAC and plumbing systems.
• Lead and manage the Property Improvement Plan.

Skills

Mechanical systems knowledge

Electrical systems knowledge

HVAC expertise

Problem-solving skills

Organizational skills

Education

Technical degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

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Technical Assistant Junior Engineer in Cape Town

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Preventative Assistant Engineer

New

Bantry Bay, Western Cape R350000 - R450000 Y President Hotel

Posted today

Job Description

The President Hotel is entering an exciting phase of growth and transformation, and we are creating a newly established role of Preventative Assistant Engineer. This pivotal position will join our Engineering & Maintenance team to lead preventative maintenance initiatives, optimize operational efficiency, and ensure the longevity of all hotel systems, while maintaining the hotels luxury standards.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Assistant Operations Engineer and report directly to the Chief Engineer, combining hands-on technical expertise with proactive operational oversight to support both guest experience and departmental excellence.

About the Role

The Preventative Assistant Engineer is responsible for implementing and managing preventative maintenance programs across all mechanical, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and building systems. This role includes Property Improvement Plan (PIP) management, Rooms Care documentation, annual maintenance schedules, departmental budgets, OPEX, and CAPEX support, while also mentoring and developing the engineering team.

The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and efficiency-driven, with the ability to identify opportunities for improvement, solve problems independently, and maintain high operational standards in a luxury hotel or hospital environment. Proficiency in Excel and Word is essential for reporting, documentation, and tracking maintenance activities.

Qualifications & Criteria

• Minimum 3 years experience in building or facility maintenance/engineering, with at least 5 years in a similar maintenance management role in luxury hospitality or hospital facilities.
• Hotel or hospital experience is critical due to the 24/7 operational environment, multiple departments, shift-based teams, and high standards, where preventative maintenance directly impacts guest or patient experience and operational efficiency.
• Extensive knowledge of mechanical, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and building systems.
• Hands-on technical proficiency to perform inspections, repairs, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance.
• Proven experience in managing, training, and developing staff, leading by example, and fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Familiarity with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) and maintenance reporting tools.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Experience assisting with budgets, OPEX, and CAPEX programs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, identify opportunities, and implement process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Preventative Maintenance & Property Improvement: Develop, implement, and oversee a comprehensive preventative maintenance program for all systems.
• Establish and manage annual maintenance schedules to ensure timely servicing.
• Collaborate with the Assistant Operations Engineer to prioritize and execute tasks efficiently.
• Lead and manage the Property Improvement Plan (PIP), ensuring upgrades, repairs, and improvements are completed efficiently.
• Maintain detailed maintenance records, including service histories, job cards, and Rooms Care documentation.

• Mechanical & Electrical Support: Assist in servicing, troubleshooting, and repairing HVAC systems, chillers, pumps, cooling towers, electrical panels, and plumbing systems.
• Carry out minor installations, replacements, and adjustments as required.
• Monitor operational efficiency, recommending improvements to reduce downtime and extend equipment life.
• Support the execution of preventative maintenance tasks with attention to detail.

• Staff Management & Training: Lead by example with a hands-on approach, demonstrating high standards and technical best practices.
• Manage, mentor, and upskill engineering staff to enhance operational efficiency and career growth.
• Create a collaborative, positive team environment.

• Budgets, OPEX & CAPEX Programs: Assist the Chief Engineer in developing, monitoring, and controlling departmental budgets and OPEX requirements.
• Support CAPEX planning and project implementation, including cost estimates and tracking expenditures.

• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate records of all maintenance, Rooms Care, and OPEX activities in the CMMS.
• Prepare reports on equipment performance, preventative maintenance, operational improvements, and staff performance.
• Communicate effectively with all departments about upcoming maintenance work.

• Collaboration & Communication: Coordinate with contractors, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure timely completion of work orders and projects.
• Maintain proactive communication across all hotel departments.

• Emergency Response & Safety Compliance: Respond promptly to emergency maintenance issues.
• Participate in on-call duties.
• Comply with all health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Conduct toolbox talks, safety briefings, and risk assessments.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence.

About The Hotel

The President Hotel has 349 rooms, multiple apartments, extensive public spaces, and specialized facilities, presenting unique engineering challenges across HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems.

The Preventative Assistant Engineer is central to implementing and managing the Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Rooms Care documentation, annual maintenance schedules, budgets, OPEX, and CAPEX programs, ensuring operational efficiency, equipment longevity, and the continued luxury standards of The President Hotel.

Package on Offer

• Competitive gross package with benefits.
• Medical aid contribution.
• Pension/provident fund contribution.
• Performance-based incentives.

This is a newly created, hands-on engineering role with significant responsibility for preventative maintenance, operational efficiency, and staff development, suitable for candidates with hotel or hospital facilities experience.

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Graduate Technical Support Specialist

New

Milnerton, Western Cape R90000 - R120000 Y OneNebula

Posted today

Job Description

Do you want to be part of a dynamic team constantly challenging the status quo and finding "smarter" ways of doing things? If you answered yes, keep reading.

Who Are We?

1Nebula is a next-generation SaaS Technology Business focused on providing businesses with cloud & technology expense management services and tools to accelerate their cloud journey.

We hire amazing people from across South Africa, making our diverse group of team members, called N48Xers, a force to be reckoned with.

Learn more about our people brand by watching our culture videos:

Job Opportunity at 1Nebula:

This is a fixed-term contract role for 12 months based in Cape Town. The main purpose of this position is to provide effective service delivery to clients of Nebula. Secondly, to ensure that all service requests and incidents are resolved expeditiously, with a high level of expertise and professionalism to the complete satisfaction of the client.

What You will do within this role (Your key responsibilities):

• Service Delivery Administration
• Manage incidents and service requests by resolving, investigating and escalating to relevant stakeholders as required.
• Effect any change control activities which may be required.
• Ensure that all failures, as required by the client, are communicated to the IT management Forum.
• Provide input to Steercom, change control, project and any other operational meetings with the client.
• Compile and prepare various reports or inputs thereto, as required by the client.
• Attend to the programming of systems.
• Attend operational meetings for the purposes of providing technical or subject matter specific input.
• Manage the video and teleconference facilities and conduct testing on a regular basis to ensure that the technology/ equipment are functioning optimally.
• Advise the client on bandwidth requirements to support the desired telecommunications infrastructure and network.

Achieve all project timelines implemented by Nebula or the Client.

Knowledge Management

• Contribute to the group's telecoms knowledge.
• Participate in training/networking sessions and events for both the client and Nebula employees, where required.

Continuous technical knowledge development, within the telecommunications field, by devising an active and deliberate plan of research and active study.

Product Development

• Convert customer requirements into telecoms requirements, which could result in the new products.
• Provide input into feasibility studies pertaining to the developing of new products.

Provide input relating to new offerings in the market.

Design and Architecture

Provide input into the development and design of telecommunications systems and infrastructure.

Recommend areas in which the systems can be improved on site to secure costs savings for the client or additional value adds.

Vendor Interaction and Administration

• Liaise with providers with regards to the full spectrum of service delivery requests.
• Ensure that vendor meetings are scheduled on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Analyse stats supplied by vendors and recommend improvements on monthly basis.

Provide regular reports pertaining to vendor deviations and variations.

Asset/Site Data Management

• Maintain an asset register.

More about You (Our requirements for the role):

Alt hough we believe in the potential of others more than anything else there are some minim um requirements we would look for so consider these before sending us your application

• Relevant degree and an ICT certification in any of the telecommunications technologies.
• CISCO Certifications are essential.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Technical knowledge:
• CCNA - Basic Cisco Networking (WAN & LAN)
• CCNP
• PABX's
• Basic understanding of Cloud services

Enjoy 20 Leave days a year plus a "mulligan day" each quarter after meeting all your deliverables. That's 4 extra leave days annually

Access to our Well-being program and Employee support services – we believe in work/life balance being of utmost importance for you and your family so this perk is for them too.

• Grow your skills and learn something new with paid for Microsoft courses and certifications.

Take up a hobby and unlock a training allowance every 2 years to do something non-work related.

Give back by participating in our Culture and Social Responsibility initiatives.

Your Application

We use this information to determine your suitability for the role, and to guide any interviews (should you be given one). If you are unsuccessful in your application Nebula will delete the information you provide here within 3 months.

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Graduate Technical Support Specialist

New

Milnerton, Western Cape R90000 - R120000 Y OneNebula

Posted today

Job Description

Do you want to be part of a dynamic team constantly challenging the status quo and finding "smarter" ways of doing things? If you answered yes, keep reading.

Who Are We?

1Nebula is a next-generation SaaS Technology Business focused on providing businesses with cloud & technology expense management services and tools to accelerate their cloud journey.

We hire amazing people from across South Africa, making our diverse group of team members, called N48Xers, a force to be reckoned with.

Learn more about our people brand by watching our culture videos:

Job Opportunity at 1Nebula:

This is a fixed-term contract role for 12 months based in Cape Town. The main purpose of this position is to provide effective service delivery to clients of Nebula. Secondly, to ensure that all service requests and incidents are resolved expeditiously, with a high level of expertise and professionalism to the complete satisfaction of the client.

What You will do within this role (Your key responsibilities):

• Service Delivery Administration
• Manage incidents and service requests by resolving, investigating and escalating to relevant stakeholders as required.
• Effect any change control activities which may be required.
• Ensure that all failures, as required by the client, are communicated to the IT management Forum.
• Provide input to Steercom, change control, project and any other operational meetings with the client.
• Compile and prepare various reports or inputs thereto, as required by the client.
• Attend to the programming of systems.
• Attend operational meetings for the purposes of providing technical or subject matter specific input.
• Manage the video and teleconference facilities and conduct testing on a regular basis to ensure that the technology/ equipment are functioning optimally.
• Advise the client on bandwidth requirements to support the desired telecommunications infrastructure and network.

Achieve all project timelines implemented by Nebula or the Client.

Knowledge Management

• Contribute to the group's telecoms knowledge.
• Participate in training/networking sessions and events for both the client and Nebula employees, where required.

Continuous technical knowledge development, within the telecommunications field, by devising an active and deliberate plan of research and active study.

Product Development

• Convert customer requirements into telecoms requirements, which could result in the new products.
• Provide input into feasibility studies pertaining to the developing of new products.

Provide input relating to new offerings in the market.

Design and Architecture

Provide input into the development and design of telecommunications systems and infrastructure.

Recommend areas in which the systems can be improved on site to secure costs savings for the client or additional value adds.

Vendor Interaction and Administration

• Liaise with providers with regards to the full spectrum of service delivery requests.
• Ensure that vendor meetings are scheduled on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Analyse stats supplied by vendors and recommend improvements on monthly basis.

Provide regular reports pertaining to vendor deviations and variations.

Asset/Site Data Management

• Maintain an asset register.

More about You (Our requirements for the role):

Alt hough we believe in the potential of others more than anything else there are some minim um requirements we would look for so consider these before sending us your application

• Relevant degree and an ICT certification in any of the telecommunications technologies.
• CISCO Certifications are essential.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Technical knowledge:
• CCNA - Basic Cisco Networking (WAN & LAN)
• CCNP
• PABX's
• Basic understanding of Cloud services

Enjoy 20 Leave days a year plus a "mulligan day" each quarter after meeting all your deliverables. That's 4 extra leave days annually

Access to our Well-being program and Employee support services – we believe in work/life balance being of utmost importance for you and your family so this perk is for them too.

• Grow your skills and learn something new with paid for Microsoft courses and certifications.

Take up a hobby and unlock a training allowance every 2 years to do something non-work related.

Give back by participating in our Culture and Social Responsibility initiatives.

Your Application

We use this information to determine your suitability for the role, and to guide any interviews (should you be given one). If you are unsuccessful in your application Nebula will delete the information you provide here within 3 months.

Is this job a match or a miss?

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