Technician (FMCG/ Meat Plant)

Synergy Jobs (Pty) Ltd; Parow; On-site; ZAR 305,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Synergy Jobs (Pty) Ltd seeks a Technician in Elsies River to maintain operations and supervise maintenance staff. The role focuses on reliable performance and safety across the site.

You will perform preventive and corrective maintenance, ensure job cards are correctly completed, and manage worklists while upholding quality and hygiene standards per OHS guidelines.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 is required.
• Technical trade test (Mechanical/Electrical) is required.
• 3–5 years’ engineering experience in a FMCG environment is required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance work.
• Supervise Crew of maintenance staff.
• Ensure Job cards issued are completed.
• Effective turnaround time of maintenance work issued.
• Managing and prioritizing worklists from available resources.
• Maintenance check sheets are returned and completed accurately.
• Report any deviation of Policies and procedures.
• Available for Standby duties.

Skills

Electrical Maintenance

Mechanical Maintenance

Piping & Plumbing

Refrigeration

Team Leadership

OSH Act

Food Safety

Education

Grade 12

Technical trade test (Mechanical/Electrical)

Job description

POSITION: Technician

LOCATION: Elsies River

REPORTING TO: Maintenance Manager

Job Purpose

Maintenance and supervision of Maintenance staff.

Output:

• Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance work.
• Ensure Job cards issued are completed.
• Effective turnaround time of Corrective and Preventivemaintenance work issued.
• Ensuring Job cards are completed correctly.
• Managing and prioritizing worklists from available resources.
• Maintenance check sheets are returned and completedaccurately.

Unplanned Maintenance

• Ensuring effective maintenance team response time to breakdowns reported.
• Reporting of Downtime details accurately.
• Ensure quality of work is of a high standard.

Site Housekeeping

• Maintenance areas are always kept neat and tidy

General

• Ownership of designated facility.
• Ensure area of responsibility is standard.
• Report any deviance of Policies and procedures.
• Available for Standby duties.
• Area temperatures are specific.

People Management

• Supervise Crew of maintenance staff.
• Ensuring positive team attitude.
• Following up on completed work.
• Time keeping of staff.

SHEQ

• Always ensure acceptable personal hygiene of all staff.
• Always manage correct use of PPE.
• Ensure that process and product hygiene standards are always maintained.
• All duties are performed according to the group’s Occupational Health and Safety guidelines and procedures.

Minimum Requirements

Qualification details

• Grade 12 is required.
• Technical trade test (Mechanical/Electrical) is required.

Experience

• 3 – 5 years ’ engineering experience in a FMCG environment is required.

Functional Competencies

• Electrical Maintenance.
• Piping and Plumbing.
• Refrigeration.
• Team Leadership.
• Mechanical Maintenance.
• Procurement process.
• OSH Act.
• Food Safety.

Important:

• Applicants from outside the region may apply, provided they are willing and able to relocate to Cape Town at their own cost. Applicants must confirm their current address and clearly state in their CV that they are willing to relocate at their own cost; otherwise, no feedback will be provided to this candidate.
• Candidates must be able to commute reliably, to meet the Company ’ s operational requirements and needs.

Selection Compliance

• Where required, validated and fair assessments (internal and external) may be used.
• Background checks (criminal, qualification and references) must be conducted in accordance with POPIA.

Accommodation for candidates with Disabilities

• Reasonable accommodation (if and/ where applicable) will be considered in line with the Code of Good Practice.

Data Protection

• All candidates ’ information will be processed for recruitment purposes in line with the POPIA.

Salary:

• R 30,000.00 CTC per month.
• Please note that no feedback will be provided on CV ’ s if the candidate ’ s salary expectations and most recent payslip are not included.
• Death and disability benefits according to the company benefit structure.
• This is a TCTC package – no additional benefits.