Mechanical Technician
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Mechanical Technician
Legal Entity: Fives Services Southern Africa (PTY) Ltd Country: South Africa State: Kwa Zulu Natal Province City: Richards Bay Job Family: Engineering and Science Job Type: Permanent position Work Location: On-site Compensation:Fives Services Mzansi is looking for new talent to join our engineering team
The Mechanical Technician position below is a permanent position located in Richards Bay, KZN, South Africa.
Our team is comprised of talented professionals who are the best in the industry.
As an employee at Fives, you will join a people-centric company with a culture of encouraging new ideas and suggestions.
We value teamwork, integrity, quality, innovation, and dynamic engagement. We believe people are the most important part of every business. We provide great work experience, development opportunities, and a collaborative environment.
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Mechanical Technician Position Summary:
The Mechanical Technician performs a support function in the Engineering team for new projects, equipment upgrades and modernisation, technical services and major equipment repairs for the South32 Aluminium smelters.
The Mechanical Technician is required to understand, analyse and modify existing equipment and design new mechanical and related systems, primarily on machines used in the aluminium smelter industry.
Drafting, modelling and associated strength calculations form part of this role.
This role will also support the manufacturing department with necessary bills of material, develop scopes of work and provide related guidance and support to the quality department.
He/she will be in charge of the interface between the Fives ECL/Solios engineering department and the local engineering department.
The Mechanical Technician will also provide engineering support to other departments. Support also extends to site visits at our client's sites and supplier sites.
In this role you will succeed by performing the following tasks:
Design in 2D
Modelling in 3D
Create and modify drawings as required
Review drawings and prepare drawing packs to the workshop and/or manufacturing suppliers
Set and maintain technical standards
Maintain engineering processes and procedures (i.e. welding, heat treatment etc)
Site visits, equipment inspections and preparation of reports.
Technical assistance / audits at client site
Scope of work input (client and suppliers)
Prepare QCP’s (Quality Control Plans) in conjunction with the QA/QC
Participate in NCR meetings on behalf of Engineering department as required
Provide technical input for Requests for Quotation for Projects, Spare Parts and Repairables
Loading, modifying, analysing and revising of Bill of Materials (BOM’s) and Inventory Codes
Extracting information and technical data from SAP and other databases
Production support (machining, fabrication etc)
Comply with legal and company specific HSEQ requirements
Consider quality and safety in all work performed
Report any quality non-conformance near misses or incidents
Problem Solving:
Analyse and find solutions to mechanical problems on equipment
Produce Quality work
Meet milestones / deadlines
Identify the mismatch between European and local available materials and processes for manufacturing
Select material, methods and processes required for fabrication and localisation of supply in South Africa
Clarify drawing and related problems (fitment, interferences, missing information, French translation etc.)
Work with Accuracy
Qualification:
Matric
Mechanical Engineering Qualification
Project management would be advantageous
Welding Inspector qualification advantageous
Relevant experience:
Computer literacy: Word, Excel, Microsoft Project and SAP would be advantageous
Aluminium smelter equipment experience will be advantageous
Project execution experience will be advantageous
Knowledge of Solios/ECL equipment advantageous
3 – 5 years’ experience in a mechanical engineering position
More than 2 years’ experience in a senior position
Experience with CAD software/Autodesk Inventor
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