PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
To perform planned, preventative, corrective and breakdown maintenance on mechanical equipment within the processing plant. The position diagnoses faults, repairs and maintains plant machinery, manufactures or modifies mechanical components, minimises production downtime and improves equipment reliability.
KEY FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Diagnose mechanical breakdowns, repair or replace worn components, test-run equipment and verify safe
operation.
• Perform routine and preventative maintenance on bearings, drives, shafts, gearboxes, conveyors, pumps
and rotating equipment.
• Operate approved lathes, milling machines, drills and grinders to manufacture or repair shafts, bushes, pins,
sleeves, spacers, keys and threads.
• Measure completed work accurately and confirm required dimensions, fits, clearances and tolerances.
• Install bearings, seals, couplings, pulleys, sprockets and drive assemblies, and perform shaft, coupling,
pulley and belt alignment.
• Maintain pumps, fans, blowers, mixers, conveyors, elevators and gearboxes, including belts, chains, seals
and sprockets.
• Inspect and repair approved hydraulic and pneumatic components, safely depressurise systems and prevent
contamination.
• Monitor vibration, noise, temperature, leakage, lubrication and deterioration, and support root-cause
analysis and reliability improvements.
• Complete job cards and handovers accurately, control tools and spares, support shutdowns and participate
in standby and call-outs.
• Apply risk assessments, permits, isolation, lifting and rigging requirements, guarding and prescribed PPE at
all times.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION
• Grade 12 or equivalent NQF Level 4 qualification.
• National Vocational Certificate Level 4 in Fitting, Fitting and Turning, Mechanical Engineering or a related
trade.
• A recognised Trade Test Certificate as a Fitter or Fitter and Turner is compulsory.
• Valid Code BE driver’s licence – compulsory.
• Namibian Citizen
• Language proficiency in English – written and spoken
• Minimum three years’ relevant post-trade or practical experience in a manufacturing, milling, processing,
agricultural, mining or industrial plant environment.
• Experience with conveyors, bearings, gearboxes, pumps, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and rotating
equipment.
• Experience using lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, precision measuring instruments and related
workshop equipment.
• Willing and able to work shifts, overtime, standby and call-outs when required
• Physically fit to work at heights, in confined spaces and in demanding plant environments.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
We are looking for a hands-on, safety-conscious and systematic mechanical artisan who works accurately, remains calm under production pressure and takes ownership of repairs from diagnosis through to safe handover. The successful candidate must be reliable, accountable, proactive, disciplined, quality focused and able to work effectively within a multidisciplinary maintenance team.
Closing Date: 08 October 2026
