Grade: C2
Department: KM Hitachi
Line Manager: Rudolf Buhr

To perform maintenance and repairs safely and accurately on earthmoving equipment to the highest level of workmanship and quality in order to satisfy the needs and requirements of our company.

Qualifications/Key Requirements:

• Grade 12, Diesel/Earthmoving Mechanic Trade Certificate.
• 3 years’ field service experience on Heavy Mobile Equipment.

Key Accountabilities:

• Read and interpret maintenance manuals and schematics.
• Conduct necessary fault finding to identify defective parts and conditions on heavy mobile equipment.
• Prepare and provide supervisor with parts lists.
• Do failure investigation and fault finding on equipment.
• Decide on the necessary corrective action to rectify defects and deviations of equipment from standards.
• Test equipment to assess performance.
• Ensure safe operation when testing equipment.
• Prepare and provide supervisor with inspection & failure reports, job cards and timesheets.
• Corrects equipment 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 and hydraulics
• Maintain heavy mobile equipment and machines pro-actively through planned service schedule.
• Ensure all equipment, machines and tools are cleaned after use and stored.
• Adhere to company quality standards and good engineering practices at all times.
• Supervise small work teams as per supervisors’ instructions.
• Adhere to company and legislative Health, Safety and Environmental standards.