Technical Assistant vacancy at University of Johannesburg

Technical Assistant vacancy at University of Johannesburg

Technical Assistant vacancy at University of Johannesburg. Closing date for applications is 24 January 2025.

Technical Assistant vacancy

Description: To assist in the planning and scheduling of installation, care, and repair of facilities and equipment. Ensures that facilities, layout, and machinery used operate to their maximum efficiency and output. This includes total preventative maintenance, managing breakdowns of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and pneumatic equipment.

Responsibilities:

Maintenance and Technical Support:

• Assists in planning and scheduling of installation, care, and repair of facilities and equipment.
• Performs routine facility and equipment maintenance.
• Conduct routine inspections and preventative maintenance activities to ensure optimal equipment performance.
• Assist in monitoring and repair of facilities systems and technical devices directly supporting test and building operation.
• Assists with general office work related to the work request system.
• Participates in preventative maintenance, troubleshoots, dismantles, repairs, and reassembles complex equipment.
• Maintains appropriate service and repair records.
• Duties also include creating detailed technical specifications and documentation.
• Develop and configure again workstations based on the requirement.
• Performs routine daily inspections of assigned buildings and spaces.
• Follows the Facilities Work Request System.
• Completes all documentation for work performed, in a timely manner.
• Oversees and performs the duties associated with events, including executing the set-up plan in a timely manner, breakdowns are completed on schedule with spaces returned to normal state.

General Support:

• Audit and maintain spare parts inventory and manage documentation around instruments.
• Assist and serve as backup to other Facilities employees.
• Respond to emergency call-ins.
• Serve in the rotation of weekend on-call personnel.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Customer Service:

• Provide customer service and information on different maintenance activities.

Occupational Health & Safety:

• Ensure proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Assist in hazardous waste management.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulatory standards and instrumentation work.
• Promote continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.

Minimum requirements

• Grade 12 (NQF 4).
• Three (3) to five (5) years’ of job experience in a Facilities/Manufacturing environment.
• Drivers’ license is essential.
• Certificate in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Skill in the use of computers, preferably in a PC, or Windows-based operating environment.

Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:

• Motivated team player with desire to share creative solutions and clinical simulation best practice.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to balance multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good technical background.

Recommendations:

• Knowledge of Health and Safety.
• Willingness to undergo further skills training.
• Willingness to work overtime and do standby as and when required.
• Pneumatic experience.

How to apply

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Your application, comprising of a detailed Curriculum Vitae as well as the names and full contact details (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of at least three traceable and credible referees must be uploaded before or on the closing date of the advertised post.