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Mechanical Assembler - South Africa
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 10, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Educational Requirements:
- Formal Schooling: Grade 12
- Formal Tertiary Education: Qualified Artisan
(Fitter and Turner/Toolmaker/Millwright) or Mechanical Engineering Diploma - Languages:
- English: Read, Write and speak
- Afrikaans – Read, write and speak (optional)
- Driver’s License: Code 8
Requirements and Experiences:
- 5 Years’ experience in a Jendamark Related mechanical industry/ working environment
- Experience in testing of tooling, sub-assemblies and complete facilities to ensure it meets project, marketing, safety, product and customer requirements
- Experience in fault finding and its root cause identification, in the mechanical industry and on Jendamark-related facilities
- Comprehensive experience with mechanical assembly hand tools
- Comprehensive experience with all relevant measuring, levelling and alignment equipment
- Comprehensive experience in measuring and alignment procedures of various applications within the machine assembly process
- Experience and ability to read and interpret details and requirements from mechanical design drawings, and from mechanical soft-copy designs.
Job Objectives:
- To assemble special purpose machinery as per the design requirement using accurate and concise assembly techniques in order to achieve the required assembly tolerance
- To functional test special purpose machinery to ensure the machine meets the design requirements as planned.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Time Management:
- Assemble facilities on time as per project requirement
- Acknowledge and accommodate the requirements to have to work additional hours to achieve project milestones
- Quality Management:
- Understand and comprehend facility purpose and objectives.
- Comprehensively read, understand and transform Mechanical designs into assembled functional machines/facilities, exercising and applying mechanical knowledge and best assembly practises achieve high accuracy as per drawing specifications
- Correctly identifying components for the purpose of the assembly application
- Work together with Mechanical and Control System Engineers to achieve facilities functional requirements
- Manage and assist testing of facilities and tooling to conform to mechanical design specifications. Identify non-conformances and establish root cause.
- Personnel Development:
- Liaise confidently and constructively with specialist consultants e.g. Design Consultants/Suppliers
- Install facilities on site if and when required
- To operate within the safety regulations of the company/OSH ac
- Exercising and maintaining high standards in: housekeeping, organizing and controlling issued parts and drawings.
- To comply with ISO procedures
- Related JMS-system updates
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
Wire Cutter - South Africa
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 9, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Requirements:
- Formal Tertiary education:
- Grade 12
- Trade Tested: Toolmaker/Fitter & Turner
- Experience:
- 2 – 5 Years after Qualified within the machining / tool making environment
- Wire cutting experience essential.
- Computer literate
- Languages: English – Read, write and speak (required)
- Drivers Licence: Code 8- (required)
Job Objectives:
- The Successful Incumbent (Toolmaker/Fitter & Turner) must be competent in reading mechanical drawings, actual planning and completion of the task as set out on the aforesaid drawing
- Be responsible for programming and operating the Wire Cutter, for all components to be manufactured
- He must maintain quality as well as tolerances as stipulated for all tasks assigned to him and complete tasks as per project timing requirement.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Ability to read and understand mechanical assembly drawings and manufacturing of all items broken down to individual components.
- Ability to perform Wire Cutter programming and operation of the Wire Cutter machine
- Machine to close tolerances.
- QC check final wire cutting components
- Fault finding on problem areas
- Work accurately and maintain deadlines of work assigned to him as per project requirements.
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
Mechanical Innovation Engineer - South Africa
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 9, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Requirements:
- Formal Tertiary education: National Diploma Mechanical Engineering/
B.Eng Mechatronics or related experience - Drivers Licence: Code 8 required
- Languages:
- English – Read, write and speak (required)
- Afrikaans – Read, write and speak (optional)
- German (Advantageous)
Experience:
While formal qualifications are valuable, we prioritize candidates with the necessary skills, experience, and a proven ability to innovate in mechanical engineering.
- Marketing and Sales experience – Advantage
- Experience in automation field
- Previous experience in Turnkey Projects – Advantage
- Experience in concept preparation
- Interpretation of Mechanical drawings
- Process Engineering experience – Advantage
- Mechanical Design experience – Advantage
- Working knowledge of 2D/3D CAD software
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office especially PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Strong technical background required.
Job Objectives:
- To keep Jendamark Automation at the forefront of technology
- To provide innovative solutions to our customers
- To research and integrate new technologies that improve system capabilities
- To provide innovative and cost-effective solutions that secure new business
- To work collaboratively within the project sales team and alongside electrical innovations engineers to ensure a fully integrated solution.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Securing New Business:
- Responsible for developing Jendamark solutions for enquiries brought in by sales personnel
- Assist the sales team with technical consultations and solutions for customer inquiries
- Support sales person during presentations to customers and if required during negotiations
- Establish concept designs based on solutions offered to customer
- Develop process breakdowns and perform cycle time analyses
- Performs CAD or process checks on existing facilities to determine capability of running new variants
- Together with the sales engineer, prepare all the relevant documents for the hand over projects department. And perform the technical part of the hand over
- Develop RFQ’s in order to obtain quotes from suppliers for specialty items needed for solutions offered, ie, Conveyors, AGVs etc.
- Innovation & Research:
- Perform research on the latest technical developments, ie new components, software packages etc that can be used in our solutions using the following:
- Internet research
- Arranging meetings with suppliers
- Attending trade shows
- Customer & Project Support:
- Support the project team during design reviews and implementation
- Assist with troubleshooting if need be.
- General:
- Traveling – local and abroad if required
- Overtime when required
- Portray a positive image of Jendamark Automation at all times.
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
Senior Mechanical Designer - South Africa
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 4, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Requirements:
- Formal Tertiary education:
- N. Dip or higher in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics Degree
- Drivers License : Code 8 – required
- Languages :
- English (speak, read, and write)
- Afrikaans (speak, read, and write)
- German (Advantageous)
Experience:
- Min 5 years’ experience in a design capacity.
- Site Experience & Project Leader Experience.
- 5x New Developed Machines. (Independent)
- Competent in doing full machine calculations. (Independent)
- In depth FEA. (Independent)
- Full understanding of material specification & processes.
Job Objectives:
- To work within the design department team to deliver engineering designs and solutions specific to customer requirements and / or specifications.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Understand and comprehend facility purpose and objectives
- Define and set up process flowcharts and sequence of operation for required facilities.
- Must be able to initiate new design solutions e.g. Improving cycle time, lower cost, and improved installations.
- Establishing most effective design solution to achieve required specification.
- To ensure that product solutions are developed / researched to achieve compliance with design objectives and project specifics.
- Advanced Calculation of stresses, forces and accuracies for design solutions.
- To design and verify technical designs & to correctly specify components for the purpose of procurement.
- Attend and positively contribute in relevant project related meetings.
- Accommodate and understand Control System requirements with in designs. (Advanced)
- Liaise confidently and constructively with specialist consultants eg Design Consultants/ Suppliers.
- Liaise confidently and constructively with customer over requirements and/or changes during the design.
- To comply with ISO procedures with regards to Project Handover, Concept Development, Design.
- Create design release package for manufacturing purposes & design documentation upon completion.
- Create final designs within a controlled budget environment.
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
Mechanical Assembler - South Africa
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 10, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Educational Requirements:
- Formal Schooling: Grade 12
- Formal Tertiary Education: Qualified Artisan
(Fitter and Turner/Toolmaker/Millwright) or Mechanical Engineering Diploma - Languages:
- English: Read, Write and speak
- Afrikaans – Read, write and speak (optional)
- Driver’s License: Code 8
Requirements and Experiences:
- 5 Years’ experience in a Jendamark Related mechanical industry/ working environment
- Experience in testing of tooling, sub-assemblies and complete facilities to ensure it meets project, marketing, safety, product and customer requirements
- Experience in fault finding and its root cause identification, in the mechanical industry and on Jendamark-related facilities
- Comprehensive experience with mechanical assembly hand tools
- Comprehensive experience with all relevant measuring, levelling and alignment equipment
- Comprehensive experience in measuring and alignment procedures of various applications within the machine assembly process
- Experience and ability to read and interpret details and requirements from mechanical design drawings, and from mechanical soft-copy designs.
Job Objectives:
- To assemble special purpose machinery as per the design requirement using accurate and concise assembly techniques in order to achieve the required assembly tolerance
- To functional test special purpose machinery to ensure the machine meets the design requirements as planned.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Time Management:
- Assemble facilities on time as per project requirement
- Acknowledge and accommodate the requirements to have to work additional hours to achieve project milestones
- Quality Management:
- Understand and comprehend facility purpose and objectives.
- Comprehensively read, understand and transform Mechanical designs into assembled functional machines/facilities, exercising and applying mechanical knowledge and best assembly practises achieve high accuracy as per drawing specifications
- Correctly identifying components for the purpose of the assembly application
- Work together with Mechanical and Control System Engineers to achieve facilities functional requirements
- Manage and assist testing of facilities and tooling to conform to mechanical design specifications. Identify non-conformances and establish root cause.
- Personnel Development:
- Liaise confidently and constructively with specialist consultants e.g. Design Consultants/Suppliers
- Install facilities on site if and when required
- To operate within the safety regulations of the company/OSH ac
- Exercising and maintaining high standards in: housekeeping, organizing and controlling issued parts and drawings.
- To comply with ISO procedures
- Related JMS-system updates
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
CNC Milling Machinist - South Africa
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 18, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Requirements:
- Formal Tertiary education: Grade 12
Qualified Artisan: Toolmaker/Fitter & Turner - Experience:
- 2 – 5 years’ experience in Machining / Tool making environment
- Minimum of 2 years in CNC programming and machining
- Computer Literate
- Languages:
- English – Read, write and speak (required)
- Afrikaans – Read, write and speak (optional)
- Drivers Licence: Code 8- (required)
Job requirements:
- Ability to read and understand mechanical assembly drawings and manufacturing of all items broken down to individual components
- Ability to perform basic CNC programming and operation of the CNC machine
- Good Communications Skills
- Timing and quality of finished goods
- Proficient on workshop equipment and machines
- Work accurately and efficiently to meet deadlines and achieve targets as assigned
- Ability to work as a team and individually when required
- Be able to work under pressure
- Be a quick decision maker and discuss with your superior
- Manage the quality of each individual part manufactured for the project
- Support the Code of conduct, Company policies and JQS
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
Wire Cutter - South Africa
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 9, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Requirements:
- Formal Tertiary education:
- Grade 12
- Trade Tested: Toolmaker/Fitter & Turner
- Experience:
- 2 – 5 Years after Qualified within the machining / tool making environment
- Wire cutting experience essential.
- Computer literate
- Languages: English – Read, write and speak (required)
- Drivers Licence: Code 8- (required)
Job Objectives:
- The Successful Incumbent (Toolmaker/Fitter & Turner) must be competent in reading mechanical drawings, actual planning and completion of the task as set out on the aforesaid drawing
- Be responsible for programming and operating the Wire Cutter, for all components to be manufactured
- He must maintain quality as well as tolerances as stipulated for all tasks assigned to him and complete tasks as per project timing requirement.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Ability to read and understand mechanical assembly drawings and manufacturing of all items broken down to individual components.
- Ability to perform Wire Cutter programming and operation of the Wire Cutter machine
- Machine to close tolerances.
- QC check final wire cutting components
- Fault finding on problem areas
- Work accurately and maintain deadlines of work assigned to him as per project requirements.
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
Manual Lathe Turning Artisan - South Africa
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 18, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Requirements
- Formal Tertiary education: Qualified Artisan (Tool Maker/Turner machinist),
- Experience:
- 2 – 5 years after qualified within the machining / tool making environment.
- Must have had raw material handling experience
- Worked manual lathe machines
- Job planning experience
- Read mechanical manufacturing drawings
- Work accurate and to deadlines
- Languages:
- English – Read, write and speak (required)
- Afrikaans – Read, write and speak (optional)
- Drivers Licence: Code 8- (required)
Job Objectives
- The Successful Incumbent (Toolmaker, Fitter and Turner, Turner Machinist), must be competent in reading mechanical drawings, actual planning and completion of the task as set out on the aforesaid drawing
- Be responsible for operating the Manual Lathes, for all components to be manufactured
- He must maintain quality as well as tolerances as stipulated for all tasks assigned to him and complete tasks as per project timing requirement.
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
Mechanical Innovation Engineer
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 9, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Requirements:
- Formal Tertiary education: National Diploma Mechanical Engineering/
B.Eng Mechatronics or related experience - Drivers Licence: Code 8 required
- Languages:
- English – Read, write and speak (required)
- Afrikaans – Read, write and speak (optional)
- German (Advantageous)
Experience:
While formal qualifications are valuable, we prioritize candidates with the necessary skills, experience, and a proven ability to innovate in mechanical engineering.
- Marketing and Sales experience – Advantage
- Experience in automation field
- Previous experience in Turnkey Projects – Advantage
- Experience in concept preparation
- Interpretation of Mechanical drawings
- Process Engineering experience – Advantage
- Mechanical Design experience – Advantage
- Working knowledge of 2D/3D CAD software
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office especially PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Strong technical background required.
Job Objectives:
- To keep Jendamark Automation at the forefront of technology
- To provide innovative solutions to our customers
- To research and integrate new technologies that improve system capabilities
- To provide innovative and cost-effective solutions that secure new business
- To work collaboratively within the project sales team and alongside electrical innovations engineers to ensure a fully integrated solution.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Securing New Business:
- Responsible for developing Jendamark solutions for enquiries brought in by sales personnel
- Assist the sales team with technical consultations and solutions for customer inquiries
- Support sales person during presentations to customers and if required during negotiations
- Establish concept designs based on solutions offered to customer
- Develop process breakdowns and perform cycle time analyses
- Performs CAD or process checks on existing facilities to determine capability of running new variants
- Together with the sales engineer, prepare all the relevant documents for the hand over projects department. And perform the technical part of the hand over
- Develop RFQ’s in order to obtain quotes from suppliers for specialty items needed for solutions offered, ie, Conveyors, AGVs etc.
- Innovation & Research:
- Perform research on the latest technical developments, ie new components, software packages etc that can be used in our solutions using the following:
- Internet research
- Arranging meetings with suppliers
- Attending trade shows
- Customer & Project Support:
- Support the project team during design reviews and implementation
- Assist with troubleshooting if need be.
- General:
- Traveling – local and abroad if required
- Overtime when required
- Portray a positive image of Jendamark Automation at all times.
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
Senior Mechanical Designer
- Full Time
- Port Elizabeth
- Posted on June 4, 2025
- Closes: June 27, 2025
Basic Requirements:
- Formal Tertiary education:
- N. Dip or higher in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics Degree
- Drivers License : Code 8 – required
- Languages :
- English (speak, read, and write)
- Afrikaans (speak, read, and write)
- German (Advantageous)
Experience:
- Min 5 years’ experience in a design capacity.
- Site Experience & Project Leader Experience.
- 5x New Developed Machines. (Independent)
- Competent in doing full machine calculations. (Independent)
- In depth FEA. (Independent)
- Full understanding of material specification & processes.
Job Objectives:
- To work within the design department team to deliver engineering designs and solutions specific to customer requirements and / or specifications.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Understand and comprehend facility purpose and objectives
- Define and set up process flowcharts and sequence of operation for required facilities.
- Must be able to initiate new design solutions e.g. Improving cycle time, lower cost, and improved installations.
- Establishing most effective design solution to achieve required specification.
- To ensure that product solutions are developed / researched to achieve compliance with design objectives and project specifics.
- Advanced Calculation of stresses, forces and accuracies for design solutions.
- To design and verify technical designs & to correctly specify components for the purpose of procurement.
- Attend and positively contribute in relevant project related meetings.
- Accommodate and understand Control System requirements with in designs. (Advanced)
- Liaise confidently and constructively with specialist consultants eg Design Consultants/ Suppliers.
- Liaise confidently and constructively with customer over requirements and/or changes during the design.
- To comply with ISO procedures with regards to Project Handover, Concept Development, Design.
- Create design release package for manufacturing purposes & design documentation upon completion.
- Create final designs within a controlled budget environment.
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998
Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after submission/closing date.
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