{"id":36361,"date":"2026-05-21T16:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/maintenance-mechanical-technician-dundee\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:12:32","slug":"maintenance-mechanical-technician-dundee","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/maintenance-mechanical-technician-dundee\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance Mechanical Technician \u2013 Dundee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MAIN PURPOSE:<\/p>\n<p>\tTo attend to all the asset care requirements to ensure the overall equipment effectiveness is achieved to ensure cost-effective manufacturing of products and maintenance of equipment.<\/p>\n<p>KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:<\/p>\n<p>\tAdhere to maintenance schedules to ensure equipment reliability and achievement of OEE targets.<br \/>\n\tAttend to breakdowns and perform proactive maintenance to minimise downtime and production interruptions.<br \/>\n\tConduct condition monitoring, servicing, and repairs to ensure equipment safety, functionality, and cost efficiency.<br \/>\n\tRecondition machine components and support spare parts availability to reduce maintenance and procurement costs.<br \/>\n\tPerform basic mould repairs and maintenance to ensure product quality and equipment uptime.<br \/>\n\tTrain and coach apprentices and operators on maintenance practices and autonomous maintenance tasks.<br \/>\n\tEnsure correct lubricants and maintenance materials are available according to manufacturer standards.<br \/>\n\tMaintain housekeeping and safety standards by keeping work areas clean, organised, and hazard-free.<\/p>\n<p>What makes you great<br \/>\nREQUIREMENTS<\/p>\n<p>\tMatric<br \/>\n\tN3 Mechanical Qualification<br \/>\n\tHaving passed the Trade test<br \/>\n\t3 years&#8217; post apprentice experience in plant maintenance in a manufacturing environment<br \/>\n\tHydraulics knowledge &amp; Pneumatics knowledge<br \/>\n\tKnowledge of pumps<br \/>\n\tProduct knowledge &amp; Equipment knowledge<br \/>\n\tKnowledge of basic electrical and PLC functioning<br \/>\n\tUnderstand how gearboxes function<br \/>\n\tBasic knowledge of compressors<br \/>\n\tBasic knowledge of plant refrigeration systems<br \/>\n\tKnowledge of machining and drilling principles<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website (  ) or<\/p>\n<p>career.alpla.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/career.alpla.com","_company_name":"ALPLA Group","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[16],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-36361","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-kwazulu-natal","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/36361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=36361"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=36361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}