- Gauteng
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Construction Engineering Mining
- Benefits: Medical Aid Pension Bonus Training Parking Travel Allowance Maternity Leave
- Reference: 7844
- Employment Equity Position
Vacancy Details
Employer: Komatsu South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
- Participates in workplace safety events.
- Stay informed about emergency first aid kits/fi re extinguishers and evacuations procedures.
- Operates any vehicles (trucks, car, forklift) within safety standards and procedures, even when not supervised.
- Implements safety awareness in all activities and provides feedback on the effectiveness of safety events.
- Reports hazardous situations, incidents or accidents and vehicle usage and incidents.
- Reports equipment that is not in good working order.
- 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, and 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.
- Complete daily activity and service reports.
- Provide feedback with regards to 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.
- Execute mechanical/electrical repairs and services on machines.
- Clean equipment/parts/component.
- Perform basic welding repairs.
- Plans for service of equipment with regards to date, workshops, nominations of service, stock and other resources.
- Assess work/materials/items/parts required to resolve problem.
- Plans and prepares for anticipated service calls in conjunction on with leadership.
- Plan maintenance for equipment in conjunction on with leadership.
- Obtain technical advice on complex repairs.
- Checks returns unused consumables stock and parts back into stock.
- Reports service results as well as any abnormalities or damage.
- Obtains relevant manuals and resources and makes this available for execution of work.
- Checks that tools/equipment required for work are available and in good working order.
- Remains abreast of changes/decisions implemented with regards to key issues/problems/improvement.
- Orders parts and consumables as per plan.
- Executes overhaul of equipment according to procedure.
- Inspect equipment for compliance and quality.
- Reports on overhaul job statistics, problems, issues and product feedback.
- Complete the component changeout form, commissioning report and customer feedback and warranty certificates.
- Plans troubleshooting process of equipment.
- Conduct fault finding, Collects facts about breakdowns.
- Measure and compare readings – gauges, multi meters, heat guns, etc. to specifications.
- Identify abnormalities es using five senses.
- Obtain technical advice on complex troubleshooting.
- Check specification values against actual values and recommends repair solutions.
- Report’s fault-finding results, as well as any abnormalities or damage.
- Informs the manager and maintenance planning on R&M Care information, schedules and plans.
Introduction
Komatsu Isando (equipment workshop) branch is seeking an experienced heavy equipment mechanic artisan to join their dynamic team. The preferred candidate should have at least 5 years post trade experience on heavy earthmoving equipment.
Job specification:
Candidate Requirements
- Heavy equipment mechanic trade.
- At least 5 Years' experience on related earth-moving equipment.
- Exposure to 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.
Qualifications:
Experience:
Specific knowledge requirements:
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About Komatsu South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
We build machines to answer the needs of society. For more than a century, our brand has been synonymous with connection to community. It guides everything we do, from the ways we think about innovation, to how we hire and train new employees around the world, and how we build relationships with our customers.
In 1921, Meitaro Takeuchi founded our company in the town that shares our name. He did so to provide work for the local community after the closure of a nearby copper mine.
Today, we have come a long way from where we started. We have evolved into a truly global company with a diverse workforce comprised of different nationalities and beliefs. And it’s by harnessing the potential of all our different talents and unique perspectives that we push ourselves further.
We explore and help advance the boundaries of technology, developing smart construction equipment and autonomous mining trucks, creating underwater electric bulldozers and even conceptualizing an excavator capable of operating on the moon. Our products and solutions directly support industries essential to the ongoing development of modern societies and everyday life.
For our core customers in forestry, construction and mining, we make big machines that take on even bigger challenges, gentle giants answering the needs of society.
We believe that when people are united by a common goal, the truly remarkable happens. In communities across the globe, we find purpose in creating value through manufacturing and technology innovation to empower a sustainable future where people, business, and our planet thrive together.
Harnessing our collective expertise to go further, we stay true to our brand promise: Creating value together.
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