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Purpose of the job:
To support the production plants by providing effective maintenance on vehicles and mobile equipment while adhering to procedures/codes and utilising all available support resources to continuously increase stability and availability of equipment by minimizing downtime, improve equipment reliability and support business targets.
Key performance outputs:
- Adhere to all safety regulations and work standards.
- Carry out planned maintenance activities to Diesel equipment and vehicles.
- Conduct basic risk assessments on task to be performed.
- Conduct fault-finding and identify equipment failure modes by applying basic asset management principles.
- Basic understanding of reliability engineering principles (MTBF, basic failure trending, understand the
- link between failures and maintenance strategies).
- Be able to accurately scope parts and services required to conduct equipment / vehicle maintenance as per end user’s request.
- Be able to communicate and influence decisions and actions of stakeholders on other departments.
- Be able to prioritize, track work and follow through on tasks (including administrative) to support turn around times on maintenance activities.
- Maintain required housekeeping standards at area of work and in workshop.
- Conduct Safety Management inspections
- Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Prepared to do physical and uncomfortable work as stipulated in the job description.
- Willingness to coach and transfer knowledge from own known environment and experience.
- Be willing to perform standby duties and work overtime when required (in accordance with legislation)
- Be willing and capable to act in supervisory position and fulfil supervisory responsibilities as and when required.
- Be able to manage self, work individually but also as part of a team.
- Must be a self-driven individual.
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Job Requirements:
Education:
- NQF 4 trade test
- Section 28 trade tested artisan (Diesel Artisan)
- Drivers licence – code EC (Valid PDP will be advantageous)
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a qualified artisan maintaining diesel and petrol vehicles
- Previous experience on Truck tractors and trailing equipment (Mercedes Benz / MAN/ air brake systems)
- Previous experience on Earth Moving equipment (Bell / JCB front end loaders).
- Previous experience on hydraulic systems and operation.
- Previous experience on diesel driven locomotives (wish).
- Previous experience on forklifts (wish).
- Previous experience on tractors (wish).
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Knowledge on Sasol’s Work Management System (wish)
Knowledge and Skills:
- Ability to work independently without the need for direct supervision
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-discipline team.
- Able to work in dirty environments.
- Good communication skills, verbal and written.
- Ability to co-ordinate, plan and prioritize work.
- Be able to optimise on performance output under high workloads
Personal Attributes:
- Team orientated
- Pro-active
- Self-disciplined
- Analytical thinker
- Systematic
- Goal orientated
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