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Alstom has been present in South Africa for more than a century. During these years the company provided a wide range of products and technologies which helped develop the country’s infrastructure. Alstom provided equipment for 12 of South Africa’s 13 coal-fired power plants and for the only nuclear power plant, but it also played a historical…
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Maintenance Technician – Pretoria
Job Purpose
To provide technical support to the customer during commercial service, during preventive and corrective maintenance before and after warranty.
Job Requirements
- The job involves frequent mobility, with work in several depots, and at times on the train corridors.
- To carry out technical support and maintenance on 24/7 shift & on-call basis (day, night, weekends).
Minimum Requirements
- National Diploma (S4) qualification in Electrical/Electronic Engineering.
- Industrial/ Technical background with 2 to 3 years’ experience preferably in the railway industry.
- Computer literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability to communicate effectively across all levels. English fluency .
- Flexible and Adaptable. Can adapt to new ideas, new issues.
- Conscientious. Meets proposed deadlines with ability to work under pressure.
- Team Player. Supports team members, Spirit of “Team Trust Action”.
- Desire to learn and develop.
- Decisive. Obtains and uses necessary information to make decisions.
- Ability to Coach others (occasionally share skills/information with others).
- Self-Motivation. Is inspired by the job at hand and inspires others to achieve agreed goals.
- Logical and organized.
- Autonomous.
Main Responsibilities
- Supporting/Interfacing with Engineering Department for the analysis of all data coming from the field for the purposes of resolution of technical problem on the on trains.
- Reporting of all the anomalies found in commercial service and organization of the same in official reports to be sent to all company function • Interface with the customer and the technical fleet management to deal with all emergencies possible arising during the commercial service.
- Supporting the customer in corrective and preventive maintenance execution by:
- Coaching and training the customer on executing maintenance tasks, following procedures delivered by Gibela Engineering team upon request.
- Answering to all requests addressed by the customer – by call or directly at technical support desk.
- Train preparation, all levels of diagnostic on trains/CFM or use of on-board computerized equipment/working manuals, troubleshooting guide and train system knowledge.
- To troubleshoot and repair the GIBELA Rolling Stock, in line with specified Quality procedures. This will require manual work and sometimes working on powered up trains in a safe and controlled manner.
- To carry out such work in accordance with strict Health & Safety procedures as laid down by legislation and the Company Health & Safety policies.
- To carry out train preparation, all levels of diagnostic and work arising involving the use of onboard computerized equipment/working manuals, troubleshooting guides and train system knowledge.
- To undertake other duties as specified by the Team Leader and Depot Manager.
- To adhere to Company procedures especially in relation to Quality and Health & Safety.
- To read reports and manuals as and when required.
- To report accidents/incidents, and the work done to repair the Trains.
- To drive company vehicles when required and applicable
- To obtain and maintain a Depot Track Competence license.
- To train new members of the team.
- To assist the Reliability team and the Field Engineer to understand the root cause of complex failures.
Measurements (KPI’s)
- Achievement of Quality Cost Delivery Commitments and EHS.
- Demonstrate good understanding of customer- supplier relationship.
- Respect of EHS and Quality policies.
- Continuous improvement of tasks executions.
- Technical performance for customer corrective and preventative team
- 24 hours repairs for any defect upon receiving the train for repairs.
- Right Diagnosis of the repair to be done to solve the defects.
- Root cause investigation of complex failures.
- Understanding of the Train sub-systems and reading of train schematics.
- Ability to train and coach the customer technicians on fault finding.
- Autonomy, Spirit of “Team Trust Action”
- Help desk Measurement.
Method of Application
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