Senior Artisan: Heavy Equipment Mechanic

2 weeks ago

Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa Komatsu South Africa Full time R400 000 - R800 000 per year
Introduction

Komatsu Kimberely is seeking an experienced Artisan: Heavy Earthmoving Equipment Mechanic to join their dynamic team. The preferred candidate should have at least 3 years post trade experience on heavy earthmoving equipment within the construction / mining industry and a relevant HEM/ Diesel Mechanic Trade certificate.

Duties & Responsibilities


•    Remains up to date with health and safety procedures.

•    Participates in planning of health and safety events and campaigns, take SHE into account in the planning of work output. Conducts hazard identification and risk assessment.

•    Implement the Komatsu Way 5S sorting, organising, cleaning, ordering and training.

•    Adheres to SHE policies and procedures.

•    Complies with and instructs colleagues and subordinates staff in the wearing of protective gear and clothing.

•    Participates in workplace safety events.

•    Stay informed about emergency first aid kits/fire extinguishers and evacuations procedures.

•    Operates any vehicles (trucks, car, forklift) within safety standards and procedures, even when not supervised.

•    Checks that the safety signs and signals are in place.

•    Implements safety awareness in all activities.

•    Reports hazardous situations, incidents, or accidents.

•    Provided feedback on the effectiveness of safety events.

•    Reports equipment that is not in good working order.

•    Reports on vehicle usage and incidents.

•    Plans for health check and inspection of equipment.

•    Informs the leadership of the work steps and technical issues.

•    Conducts visual machine/equipment inspection – health condition, breakdowns.

•    Conduct general inspection in terms of appearance, damage, or missing components.

•    Inspect for leakages, check machine operations, check rust, check for wrong or missing parts, download machine data, identify cracks visually, take samples (oil, coolants, etc.)

•    Test and adjust faulty components/parts/systems.

•    Monitors the functionality of the component/equipment and progress made.

•    Reports inspection results, as well as any abnormalities or damage.

•    Reports problems and issues to manager.

•    Complete daily activity and service reports.

•    Provide feedback regarding continuous improvement/suggestion to manager.

•    Obtain necessary consumables items/parts/tools from warehouse via approved procedures.

•    Apply judgement in the replacement or re use of parts.

•    Gain technical advice or approval to replace a part/component.

Desired Experience & Qualification

QUALIFICATIONS:

•    A qualified HEM / Diesel Mechanic Trade Cerificate

EXPERIENCE:

•    3 Years' experience on earth-moving equipment.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

•    Experience on earth moving machinery

•    Have good trouble shooting knowledge on machines & familiar with standard tool requirements

•    Computer literate

•    Good understanding of maintenance philosophy

•    Good communication and inter-personal skills

•    Valid driver's license.

•    MS Office (Outlook, Excel & Word)

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