Service Technician (Roodepoort & Boksburg) at FLSmidth

Role Purpose:

• Performs advanced technical service including troubleshooting, in complex and complicated matters, of site equipment, machinery, systems and processes to ensure their continuous functionality.

Your responsibilities

• Awareness of financial implications through ensuring site and commissioning costs are within the estimated value by the Control of sub suppliers site costs, managing
• Site instructions and extra claims and controlling actual service hours within the estimated hours
• To ensure equipment is operational as per design and that equipment is installed as per design, specifications and QCP.
• Assist with Commission equipment to ensure operations are within design specifications and safety standards then handover to client with necessary documentation and provide the necessary close out reports.
• Marketing and sales of own expertise.
• Evaluates machinery, equipment, systems and processes performance in order to
• make decisions regarding the need for operational maintenance in a technically highly sophisticated environment.
• Troubleshoots operational maintenance problems of machinery, equipment, systems and processes to secure continuous proper functionality.
• Makes suggestions for upgrades of machinery, equipment, systems and processes to ensure continuous functionality.
• Performs tests of machinery, equipment, systems and processes to ensure their functionality.
• Performs inspections/service assignments of cement/minerals materials/processes to assess the need for maintenance.
• Be willing to perform work in underground conditions and extended working hours.

What you bring

• Trade test (Fitter/Millwright - Red seal certified) minimum requirement.
• Mine milling experience is essential.
• Hydraulic experience would be an advantage. 
• Thorough knowledge of equipment, products, site operations and maintenance.
• 5 years’ working experience in the engineering discipline.  
• Computer literate in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS Projects.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Applying expertise and technology.
• Deciding and initiating action.
• The ability to work in team environment.
• Ability to cope with pressure and work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work alone and without guidance.