Titre du poste

Industrial Electrician - Ladysmith

Description

Position : Industrial Electrician - Ladysmith

Our client, a well-established industrial manufacturing operation in Ladysmith, is seeking to appoint a qualified and experienced Industrial Electrician to support continuous plant operations and high-temperature production processes.
This role is suited to a technically strong, disciplined electrician who is comfortable working in a high-risk, high-heat industrial environment and who understands the pressures of manufacturing uptime, breakdown response, and standby support.
Responsibilities :

  • Electrical maintenance, fault-finding, repair, and optimisation of plant equipment
  • Electrical support to high-temperature furnaces, instrumentation, and control systems
  • Medium-voltage switching and isolation (up to 11kV)
  • PLC fault-finding and basic programming (Mitsubishi, Omron, Delta)
  • Reading and interpreting electrical schematics and drawings
  • Breakdown response, standby duties, and planned maintenance
  • Supervisory support and weekly progress reporting
  • Compliance with safety, quality, and plant procedures  

Required profile for job ad : Industrial Electrician - Ladysmith

  • Trade Tested Electrician
  • N4 Electrical Qualification
  • Wireman’s Licence (essential)
  • Minimum 4-5 years post trade-test industrial experience
  • High-temperature furnace instrumentation exposure
  • 11kV switching experience
  • Valid driver’s licence
  • Strong fault-finding and attention to detail
  • Traceable & contactable references
  • Local residency or relocation required

Job criteria for job ad : Industrial Electrician - Ladysmith

  • Job category :
    Production, maintenance, quality - Sales - Services
  • Industries :
    Electricity, water, gas, nuclear, energy - Engineering, development studies - Industry, production, manufacturing and other - Metallurgy, steel industry - Paper, wood, rubber, plastic, glass, tobacco
  • Employment type : Permanent contract
  • Region : Free State - Gauteng - KwaZulu-Natal - Mpumalanga
  • City : Ladysmith
  • Experience level : 2 to 5 years - 5 to 10 years
  • Educational level : High school - Technical school - College - HND - Bachelor
  • Number of Position(s) : 1
  • Salary expectations :
    R 27,000 - 35,000
  • Team management :
    No
  • Electrician
  • Fault finding
  • Electrical Repair
  • plant equipment
  • high temperature furnaces
  • Instrumentation
  • control systems
  • medium voltage switching
  • 11kV
  • PLC
  • mitsubishi
  • OMRON
  • DELTA
  • BREAKDOWNS
  • wireman's licence
  • Safety
  • Processes
  • Interpreting
  • Production
  • Equipment
  • Maintenance
  • Sales
  • Quality
  • Production Processes
  • Repair
  • Manufacturing
  • Support
  • Electrical Maintenance
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Type de poste
Temps plein
Lieu du poste
Ladysmith, Afrique du Sud
Date de publication
16 février 2026
Valide jusqu’au
17 avril 2026
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