Senior Diesel/Petrol Mechanic

7 days ago

Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa Cre8Work Full time R1 000 000 - R2 500 000 per year

Repair and maintain all fleet vehicles which includes trucks, forklifts, and motor vehicles.

The fleet will be kept in good running condition by conducting inspections, running and recording scheduled preventative maintenance programs as well as doing necessary repairs as required.

Some after hour work, breakdowns and travel to site will also be expected.

Requirements:

  • Diesel/Petrol Mechanic Trade Test Certificate
  • Communicate fluently in English (reading and writing)
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience
  • Experience on vehicles and Code 14 trucks
  • Own reliable transport
  • Lives in the North of Johannesburg for call out purposes, when required
  • Must be prepared to when overtime from time to time

Additional requirements:

  • Valid SA driver's license and own transport
  • Must have own basic tools, if not the client will provide and deduct from salary - special tools will be supplied by the client
  • Self-motivated with the ability to use initiative and operate with minimal supervision
  • Not get involved in any unethical business practices

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Responsible for inspecting and repairing vehicles, machinery, and light trucks
  • Oversee maintenance inspections
  • Monitor inventory
  • Assemble mechanical component
  • Conduct repairs aiming for maximum reliability
  • Build and assemble machines or mechanical components according to requirements.
  • Troubleshoot reported problems and resolve them in a timely manner
  • Perform thorough maintenance on machinery, equipment and systems
  • Schedule and manage service register of whole fleet
  • Determine vehicle condition by conducting inspections and diagnostic tests
  • Identify and replace worn and damaged parts
  • Corrects vehicle deficiencies by removing, repairing, adjusting, overhauling, assembling, disassembling, and replacing major assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, parts, or systems, such as, power and drive trains, electrical, air conditioning, fuel, emission, brake, steering, hydraulics; making adjustments and alignments including bearing loads, oil systems, control linkages and clutches
  • Verifies vehicle condition and performance by conducting test drives
  • Maintains all vehicle records by annotating services and repairs
  • Attend to breakdowns
  • Track vehicle mileage with all fleet users
  • Upholding a clean, neat and tidy work environment ensuring all tools and equipment is always clean and tidy

Company Description

Our client specializes in quality backup power solutions where uptime is critical. They have a staff compliment of over 200 people and has been servicing customers for more than 15 years.

In consultation with their customers, they identify and create solutions for their business that improve efficiencies and save them money while increasing availability and reliability. They are passionate about providing cleaner, more reliable backup power through affordable engineered solutions and turnkey projects, to keep critical equipment live to ensure customer sustainability.

They service customers in diverse markets ranging from telecoms and banking through to Mining and heavy industry. they have a loyal customer base, stretching throughout Africa, who relies on our client for their solutions and after sales service.

They are large enough to solve the most challenging problems, but small enough to provide personal interaction due to our flexible structure. This structure allows us to react faster to a changing environment whilst still providing adaptable solutions tailored to meet specific customer requirements.

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