About this role
Auto Electrician
Operating Division:TPT Ngqura CT
Employee Group:Permanent
Department:TPT, Engineering, EC
Location:Ngqura
Reporting To:Technical Supervisor
Grade:I2
Reference:req6175
The closing date is on 19/11/2026. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that HR has received the application before the closing date of the advertisement.
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Position Purpose
Provide electrician services to all cargo handling equipment by repairing, maintaining and improving its functionality to ensure that they are safe, reliable and available to operations to eliminate operations downtime.
Position Outputs
- Examine, assess and conduct regular preventative maintenance on all cargo handling equipment to ensure its reliability and maintain a high level of availability.
- Examine, evaluate, monitor and report equipment for abuse, deviations and functionality whilst in operation to detect and identify early warning signs of potential damage in order to rectify problems and change behaviour before a major breakdown.
- Plan and prepare apprentices for on-the-job training in order to train and develop them according to their development plan, thereby ensuring skills are adequately transferred.
- Respond, establish and repair fault for breakdown in the quickest possible time to minimize operational downtime.
- Assess and ascertain size of repair work and spares specifications required in order to inform and follow-up with Supervisor for ordering of parts to plan for repair in the shortest timeframe thereby making equipment available for operations.
Qualifications and Experience
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Matric/NTC 2 Trade Tested Auto Electrician (Trade Test Certificate) Valid Code B driver license (Code EC will be advantageous) 3 to 5 years relevant working experience.
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Competencies
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Technically sound Leadership skills Communication skills Problem solving skills Fault-finding skills Proactive Decision making skills Interpersonal skills Ability to transfer skills
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Equity Statement
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Preference will be given to suitably qualified Applicants who are members of the designated groups in line with the Employment Equity Plan and Targets of the Organisation/Operating Division.