Maintenance Technician - Johannesburg at Alstom

Job Purpose

To provide support to the Maintenance Engineers on technical investigations, providing technical support to help desk and to ensure that all documentation production requirements are met.

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc or BEng Degree or BTech in Electronics, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 2  years’ experience in Life Cycle Cost / RAMS in railway industry.
• Registered or Registerable as a Professional Engineer /Technologist with ECSA.
• Maintenance Documentation Specialisation /Technical Writing , will be an advantage.
• Train the trainer experience will be an added advantage.
• Hard worker and self-disciplined.
• Self-driven.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Attention to details.

Main Responsibilities

• Supporting and maintaining the maintenance documentation system and deliverables.
• Managing the production and maintenance of the Bill of Material.
• Producing clear and concise technical documentation in the form of specifications, test procedures, modification instructions, maintenance safety instructions and technical reports.
• Carrying our product/process audits of depot maintenance and casual repairs.
• Assisting PRASA and/or Gibela front office as necessary to diagnose train defects where technicians require guidance.
• Accompanying the customer during outing condition audits and undertake product and process audits as required ensuring the integrity of the fleet and maintenance processes.
• Continually reviewing all maintenance, reliability, overhaul and associated documents to ensure all are up to date and correctly formatted.
• Assisting in parts identification, creation of DTR numbers and obsolescence management.
• Continually improving training material and sustain trainer qualifications in order to provide training courses to PRASA at the expected service level.
• Presenting Technical Bulletin to PRASA relating to the changes to maintenance procedures for timely sign offs.
• Writing high quality, easy to understand maintenance instructions in XML using Arbotext editor.
• Maintaining a comprehensive library of technical terminology and documentation.
• Illustrating material for maintenance procedures using photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts.

Key Performance Indicators

• Quality of Maintenance Documentation.
• Quality of other Maintenance Deliverables (MBOM and Maintenance Regime).
• On-Time Delivery.
• Customer satisfaction.
• Life Cycle Cost/ Reliability Improvement.
• Product Safety.
• Training Performance.