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Refrigeration Technician (Ammonia refrigeration maintenance within an FMCG environment)

  • Cullinan, Gauteng
POSITION: Refrigeration Technician
LOCATION: Cullinan
REPORTING TO: Supervisor: Abattoir & Services

Job Purpose
Refrigeration Plant operation and maintenance at the Facility.

Output:
Planned Maintenance
  • Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance work on refrigeration systems
  • Ensure Job cards issued are completed
  • Effective turnaround time of Corrective and Preventive maintenance work issued
  • Ensuring Job cards are completed correctly
  • Monitoring and checking plant temperatures
  • Refrigeration plant systems availability
  • Maintenance check sheets are returned and completed accurately

Unplanned Maintenance
  • Attendance to refrigeration plant and systems breakdowns
  • Reporting of Downtime details accurately
  • Ensure quality of work is of a high standard

Site Housekeeping
  • Cullinan Facility areas are always kept neat and tidy
  • Ownership of facility

People Management
  • Supervise Plant room operators
  • Ensuring positive team attitude
  • Following up on completed work
  • Time keeping of staff

SHEQ
  • Always ensure acceptable personal hygiene of all staff
  • Always manage correct use of PPE
  • Process and product hygiene standards are always maintained
  • All duties are performed according to the Group Occupational Health and Safety guidelines and procedures

Working days and hours
  • Working a 9-hour working day excluding lunch time depending on shift

Minimum Requirements
Qualification details
  •  Grade 12 is required
  •  Technical trade test (Electrical, Mechanical, or Refrigeration - Category B) is required

Experience
  • 3 - 8 years’ experience in ammonia refrigeration maintenance within an FMCG environment is required

Functional Competencies
  • Electrical Maintenance
  • NH3 Refrigeration
  • Freon Refrigeration
  • Team Leadership
  • Mechanical Maintenance
  • Procurement Process
  • OSH Act
  • Food Safety
Important:
  • Applicants from outside the region may apply, provided they are willing and able to relocate to Cullinan at their own cost. 
  • Applicants must confirm their current address and clearly state in their CV that they are willing to relocate at their own cost; otherwise, no feedback will be provided to this candidate
  • Candidates must be able to commute reliably, to meet the Company’s operational requirements and needs