Technical Expert - Mechanical

Continental; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive supplier in Gqeberha is seeking a technician for maintenance roles focused on troubleshooting and improving production machines. Candidates should possess a National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and have at least three years of relevant experience. The position offers full-time employment with various benefits, including medical aid and study assistance.

Benefits

Medimed Medical Aid with 50% subsidization

Provident Fund with 10.5% company contribution

Tyre Purchase discount

Long service awards from 10 years

Study Assistance and Bursaries

13th cheque

Qualifications

• 3 Years relevant working experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist with breakdowns and troubleshooting on production machines.
• Provide machine improvements to increase quality and production levels.
• Prepare reports for improving department operations.

Skills

Hr Executive Recruitment

Internship

AIX

Fleet

Information Technology Sales

Education

National Diploma Mechanical Engineering

Job description

MAINTENANCE - Assist with breakdowns in all disciplines and troubleshooting on production machines Identify possible hardware and software breakdowns using the departmental / machine systems and pre-PM inspection checklist Predictive and preventative maintenance on departmental machines as well as machine control systems Machine ownership Departmental ownership.

IMPROVEMENTS - Provide machine improvements to increase quality / production levels and to reduce breakdowns Implement improvements in-line with pareto and root cause analysis Maximum machine availability Pursue energy saving projects Responsible for PLC system adaptations upgrades and software modifications.

REPORTS - Prepare reports and make recommendations for improving department operations and solving maintenance-related problems Do pareto analysis / root cause analysis and reports on repetitive machine related problems Report in detail on performed work in SAP-PM Validation and report on Control systems modifications.

SYSTEMS MANAGEMENTS - Manufacturing Execution Systems implementation upgrades system enhancements and troubleshooting at machine level IPC Management and upgrades. Setting up new IPCs and integrating into network configuring and set-up of machine specific software Adhere to back-up and restore procedures and control system recovery Change Management- Coordinate Implement Validate (test) and documenting of Software change requests on Control System Software in area.

BUSINESS UNIT - Give full support to all other business unit partners. Maintain KPIs.

HR RESPONSIBILITIES - Comply with disciplinary procedures as per Company code of conduct. Update daily attendance and time keeping.

ESH - follow the internal ESH work instructions in the daily work; demonstrate exemplary personal behaviour in ESH and motivate others; ensure immediate notification and response and initiate preventive measures in case of unsafe or polluting hazards.

Qualifications

National Diploma Mechanical Engineering

3 Years relevant working experience.

Additional Information

Medimed Medical Aid with 3 options to choose from with the Company subsidising 50% of the cost

Provident Fund 2 options to choose from with the Company contributing an additional 10.5% towards it.

Tyre Purchase discount for up to 8 tyres a year

Long service awards payments from 10 years of loyal service

Study Assistance and Bursaries

13th cheque

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Remote Work

No

Employment Type

Full-time

Key Skills

• Hr Executive Recruitment
• Internship
• AIX
• Fleet
• Information Technology Sales

Experience

years

Vacancy

1