Assistant Electrical Technician - Office Gauteng at Growthpoint Properties

Job Purpose
To support the Maintenance Manager: Infra-Red Scanning & Quality with all infra-red scanning and testing, site safety and quality inspection activities.
To support the Maintenance Manager: Infra-Red Scanning & Quality to ensure that all electrical equipment and related installations are inspected, maintained and safe for the duration of its intended life cycle.

Role Location

• Primarily based at The Place, Sandton.
• Role requires significant travelling with the Maintenance Manager: Infra-Red Scanning & Quality to all properties.

Working Conditions

• Required to travel with the Maintenance Manager: Infra-Red Scanning & Quality to all relevant properties.
• Working with highly sensitive and live electrical equipment.
• Working under pressure to achieve annual inspection deadlines.
• Working in confined spaces under hazardous conditions.

Reporting Manager

• The Assistant Electrical Technician reports to the Maintenance Manager: Infra-Red Scanning & Quality.

Duties and responsibilities

• To support the Maintenance Manager: Infra-Red Scanning & Quality with all planning/coordination of annual infra-red scanning and testing at required properties.
• To support the Maintenance Manager: Infra-Red Scanning & Quality with additional safety and quality inspections when visiting properties for infra-red scanning activities.
• To support the Maintenance Manager: Infra-Red Scanning & Quality to execute infra-red scanning and testing, and all other inspection activities responsibly and in accordance with the Health and Safety Act.
• To support the Maintenance Manager: Infra-Red Scanning & Quality to sufficiently document all infra-red scanning and testing and all other inspection activities and keep related records for auditing and compliance purposes.
• To be vigilant and identify and highlight unsafe or hazardous situations to the Maintenance Manager.
• To ensure, always, their own safety, and that of all other person/s when executing any activities at a property.
• To ensure that compliance is maintained with the OHS Act, and all building and statutory regulations.
• Ensure that all scanning and testing equipment is handled with care and always kept safe.

Requirements
Experience 

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in the facilities management environment.
• Minimum 1 year working with electrical installations in a building environment.
• Experience with MS Office – Excel and Word.

Exposure to the following

• Knowledge of health and safety relating to electrical equipment.
• Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act and relevant legislation.
• Knowledge of electrical installations is extremely essential.

Qualifications

• Certificate or Diploma – Electrical Technician beneficial.

Competencies

• Technical Experience
• Safety Orientated
• Self-Starter
• Good Verbal Communication Skills
• Administration
• Coping with Pressure and Change