Job Description

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to ensure continuous operational effectiveness and compliance of fire suppression systems across at the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Head Office. This role is crucial in safeguarding the SARB employees, property and assets from fire hazards by maintaining critical safety infrastructure while complying with national standards, by-laws and regulations.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:


Engage in short term planning and perform tasks independently against well-defined work instructions. Identify, evaluate and solve defined, routine and technical problems within a familiar context. Conduct first-line fault diagnosis, identify component failures, and perform basic preventative and corrective maintenance on sub systems or equipment. Test all work and close out assigned job-cards (work orders) relating to maintenance and project work. Interpret work instructions and basic drawings concerning construction, alterations/modifications, routine maintenance and operational projects. Apply accepted standards and statutory principles in order to comply with the safety, health environmental and quality (SHEQ) requirements. Perform basic quality assurance on work done by external service providers for adherence to set specifications and/or industry requirements and report possible non-conformances to the supervisor. Prepare and submit daily reports, as per service level standard (SLS), using standard template (job cards and non-conformance reporting template) highlighting work completed and possible problem areas. Engage positively with stakeholders and clients (including handling clients' complaints and compliments). Stay updated on new technology and equipment to enable performance of new tasks and activities against the required standards (manufacturers' manual or engineer instructions). Work overtime as and when necessary to complete urgent tasks or projects. * Participate in a rotational standby roster to provide after-hours support for emergency breakdowns