Industrial Machine Technician

SUMMARY:
Company based in Westmead, Durban is seeking a skilled Industrial Machine Technician to join their team.

POSITION INFO:
This is an electro-mechanical technician, not a heavy-plant millwright - worth looking across electro-mechanical, mechatronics, automation and CNC technicians. The key is solid hands-on mechanical and electrical fault-finding on small precision machinery, with the aptitude to grow into our automatic\/CNC sewing machines. What the role involves Maintaining, adjusting and repairing our production machines - industrial sewing machines and other small precision machines Mechanical work: timing, shafts, bearings, cams, linkages, feed mechanisms Electrical and electronic fault-finding: servo motors, sensors, control boxes Preventative maintenance to keep machines running with minimal downtime Over time, setting up, programming and maintaining our automatic \/ CNC sewing machines as the plant modernises Essential Solid hands-on experience maintaining and repairing small precision machinery Strong mechanical fault-finding Competent with electrical and basic electronic fault-finding (servo motors, sensors, control boxes) Practical and self-driven - able to work with minimal supervision Advantageous Experience on industrial sewing machines (or willingness to be trained) Experience with automated \/ CNC \/ servo- or PLC-controlled machinery, or programmable \/ pattern-based (CNC) sewing or stitching equipment Electronics \/ mechatronics aptitude - comfortable learning new control systems and software Adjacent light-machinery background (packaging, printing, embroidery, textile, laboratory or office-machine equipment)