The Senior Artisan/Charge hand is responsible to ensure a safe, efficient, and productive engineering maintenance on all machinery and equipment. This is achieved through the supervision of a team of artisans and aides. This must be done according to regulations and all laws relevant to the tasks.
Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Plan and coordinate daily, weekly and monthly work requirements and priorities with operational team (planned work and projects)
- Allocate labour resources and equipment to scheduled and priority activities to maintain and ensure high levels of labour, equipment and operational performance standards
- Stop and repair equipment as soon as possible after problem identification
- Ensure standards and procedures are followed – doing planned task observations from time to time
- Liaise with the other supervisors to ensure that any problems that could overlap with other sections are proactively identified and discussed
- Monitor the process to identify any possible problems or risk areas to the section and schedule remedy actions
- Ensure availability for after-hours standby duties
- Allocate multi-task team members to Artisans when required to perform and ensure effective maintenance
- Accompany the Engineers on regular inspections and audits
- Take charge during urgent and major overhauls/maintenance
- Capturing data to be used for analysis to ensure better maintenance
- Find the cause of breakdowns and correct
- Conduct regular inspections on all works (over inspections on planned jobs, repairs and safety systems to set standards/legal requirements) to ensure safety and maintenance of technical standards
- Quality maintenance tested by random inspections
- 5 O Levels
- Apprentice qualified as Diesel Mechanic
- Diploma in Diesel Mechanics or equivalent
Experience, Knowledge and Skills
- Five years post-trade qualification experience
- Supervisory experience would be advantageous
- Experience with Fermel equipment would be advantageous
What We Offer
At Valterra Platinum, you will join a team committed to excellence and impact.
We offer:
- Meaningful work in a high-performance, values-led environment.
- Market-aligned reward and recognition.
- Opportunities for learning, development and progression.
- A culture that respects diversity and encourages innovation.
- A clear commitment to safe Operations.
Inclusion and Diversity
Valterra Platinum is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfill their potential.
Valterra Platinum has a zero tolerance to dignity harms, these include all acts of gender based violence, bullying, harassment and victimisation. Ensuring the safety of our employees extends beyond physical safety and includes the eradication of harmful behaviours from our workplace. This responsibility extends to everyone at Valterra Platinum both during work hours and outside of work. We are unconditional in creating a respectful, inclusive, and safe working environment to ensure that no colleague will be violated or harassed under our watch.
How to Apply
To apply for this role, please complete our online application form via this job advert.
Closing Date : 13 November 2026