Mechanical Compliance:
- Inspect and test different fitting and welding systems and equipment to ensure compliance with safety regulations
- Inspect work sites for obstructions and to ensure that holes will not cause structural weakness.
- Store and secure parts and tools needed in line with regulations and SOPs
- Maintain Personal Protective Equipment in line with specifications and regulations
- Keep up to date with latest trade knowledge and skills in line with updated equipment and systems; as well as regulations around fitting and welding requirements
- Keep up to date with policies and procedures for installing, maintaining and repairing fitting and welding equipment or machinery; as well as revised testing or installation procedures, and align practices.
- Keep up to date with the handling of various tools including saws, screwdrivers, pliers and knives, as well as the use of power tools, test meters, pipe threaders and conduit benders
- Complete documentation relating to work done for future reference in the event of failures
- Track & report to the mechanical foreman all repairs that have been sent out to vendors & ensure all components returned from repairs are clearly marked & tagged with equipment details, location that equipment can be used & vendor & date that equipment was repaired.
Shift Supervision (If relevant):
- Completes and signs off on inspections registers for equipment, systems, etc.
- Interact and be available to understand and assist clients with requests, special requirements, recommendations, concerns, resolution of complaints, etc.
- Supervise contractors / junior staff appearance and handling of equipment
- Report and resolve any issues experienced
- Completes supporting job / work card admin / paperwork
- Provides support to contractors or staff on escalated technical queries
- Follows up on fault logging until resolution
Conduct:
- Work in a flexible way when the occasion arises so that tasks, which are not specifically covered in the job description, are undertaken
- Take responsibility for one’s own performance
- Promote TFS’s & Sun City’s image at all times.
- Adhere to the TFS’s Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) Management System’s Policies & Procedures as applicable to this position
- Identify & report & stop if required any unsafe working conditions.
- Ensure TFS ethical values are adhered to.
Skills and Competencies
- Knowledge required involves the practical application of work procedures and processes
- Must be computer literate in Excel, MS Word & PowerPoint as a minimum.
- Communicates, co-ordinates and interacts with others in the mechanical team value chain to ensure that repairs, installations and upgrades are resolved correctly & on time every time.
- Good Time Management Skills
- Supplier/Sub-Contractor management
- Good & wide variety of general skills & experience with technical systems required
- Excellent skills with common hand and power tools
- Be able to read technical drawings detailing building layouts and infrastructures
- Experience in the Hospitality environment & a good understanding of customer situations , perception’s & expectations experience
Qualifications
- N3 Mechanical Engineering Qualification and apprenticeship
- Trade Test as a Fitter
- Minimum of 3 -5 years’ experience as a fitter / welder, including fitting, pumps, hydraulics, pneumatics, HVAC, pipe repairs, reservoirs, lake pumps, rigging and motor repairs and bearing replacement.