Turbine and Compressor Mechanical Technician

Siemens Energy; Brakpan; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a skilled Mechanical Fitter to join their team in Brakpan. The role involves precision inspections and assembly of turbines and compressors, ensuring adherence to quality and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a trade qualification and extensive experience in high-speed centrifugal compressors and related equipment, contributing to the transformation of the energy sector.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave

Opportunities for continual learning

Access to a variety of employee resource groups

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of hands-on experience in workshop/service centre.
• Knowledge of assembly and repair principles for turbo machinery.
• Experience with removal and fitting of turbine blades.

Responsibilities

• Conduct precise inspections, repairs, and assemblies on turbines and compressors.
• Adhere to manufacturing and testing guidelines.
• Maintain tools and equipment with care.

Skills

Mechanical fitting

Turbo machinery assembly

Repair of high-speed compressors

Reading engineering drawings

Education

Trade qualification as a Mechanical Fitter

Relevant equivalent tertiary qualification

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

The Mechanical Fitter performs precision inspections, repairs and assembly in the Workshop/Service Centre on steam turbines, high speed compressors, gear assemblies, and related equipment for the power, gas, and oil industries.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Carry out equipment inspections, repairs, and assemblies according to a detailed checklist.
• Adherence to defined manufacturing and testing guidelines, processes, and procedures.
  
  
  
  
  

• Ensure that all production activities are according to established quality and EHS requirements.
• Contributes to production planning processes, determines priorities based on schedules.
• Ensure that all tools and equipment supplied are handled and maintained with care.
• Develop, manufacture and source special tooling required in turbine and compressor repairs
• Ensure that the health and safety of employees, plant, equipment, and buildings are maintained in accordance with the health, safety and environmental policies of the company.
  
  
  

What You Bring

• Must have a valid Trade qualification as a Mechanical Fitter or Fitter and Turner or relevant equivalent tertiary qualification
• At least 10 years hands-on experience in a workshop/service centre on high-speed centrifugal compressors, steam turbines, high speed gear assemblies, and related auxiliary equipment.
• Experience includes:
• Removal and fitting of turbine blades, including manufacturing and fitting of seal strips.
• Dismantling and assembly of shrunk wheels and impellers.
• Dismantle, repair and assembly of high precision auxiliaries, including oil pumps, barring gears, turbine valve assemblies, turbine and compressor assemblies.
  
• Knowledge of assembly and repair of turbo machinery, compressors, turbines, high speed gear assemblies, and related auxiliaries
• Knowledge and experience of principles, procedures, work routines and skills in mechanical fitting.
• Must be able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
  
  
  

About The Team

Our Transformation of Industry division is decarbonizing the industrial sector. Increasing electrification and efficiency are key and demand for green H2 and derivative fuels will rise. We enable decarbonization of the industrial sector and the transition to sustainable processes, building on a strong industrial customer base, a global network, diverse technologies, and integrated execution capabilities.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• Opportunities to work with a distributed team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Medical benefits
• Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform
• Access to a variety of employee resource group
  
  
  

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