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Bring your skills as a Maintenance Technician to Hartbeespoort and join a team that moves fast. This North West role is one to watch.
About the Opportunity
The organisation is investing in its Hartbeespoort operation, and this Maintenance Technician position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the engineering jobs function and contribute to the wider North West business.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Maintenance Technician is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in North West is consistently high and consistently fair.
Equal Opportunity
Importantly, the organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across North West.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
About Hartbeespoort
Hartbeespoort continues to grow as an employment hub in North West, with along the N4 Trans-Kalahari corridor. This role gives you a foothold in one of its busier business communities, with access to the local services, suppliers and partners that keep the work moving.
Many candidates already living within reach of Hartbeespoort cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local North West economy.
Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Hartbeespoort.
Your Future Here
This role can grow with you. Strong performers in the engineering jobs team in Hartbeespoort have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Hartbeespoort have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across North West.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct risk assessments and HAZOP studies on critical processes
- Mentor apprentices, learners and junior engineers on site
- Plan, execute and close out engineering projects within scope, time and budget
- Support commissioning of new plant, equipment and process changes
- Maintain calibration, asset and plant maintenance records
Candidate Profile
- Registered or working toward registration with a recognised engineering body
- BEng, BTech or National Diploma in Engineering
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
- Hands-on commissioning and maintenance experience
- Commitment to safe, ethical and sustainable engineering practice
- Experience leading site teams or contractors is an advantage
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.