Tufting Mechanician

Here an amazing opportunity for you to join the Belgotex Team! About the Company Belgotex is Africa’s leading carpet and artificial grass manufacturer. As a soft flooring specialist we design, make, and distribute high-quality broadloom and modular carpets with custom solutions available to the commercial market. Our extensive product portfolio includes luxury and specialist vinyls and artificial grass. Corporate Values: Better Together: We believe that people inspire greatness. It takes a team to achieve our world class standards, and we can’t do any of this alone. We Tread Softly: We are a recognised world leader for sustainability practices, asking less of the planet in all that we do. Deep Focus: We are on a journey of vertical growth to deliver specialised flooring solutions to Africa and the world. Curiosity: True innovation starts with a desire to explore and achieve the unimaginable. Courage: We’re not afraid to ask big questions, even if it means asking more of ourselves. Purpose of this Role: To provide mechanical maintenance support to minimize production downtime and ensure efficiency and quality within the Tufting department. They work closely with the Tufting Manager overseeing the shifts to ensure they are running well through communication with the team and delegation of tasks with the Mechanicians on site for daily tasks to be carried out accordingly. Key Accountabilities and Outputs: Carries out looper, knife and needle change accurately Carry out general maintenance on all machines Responsible for carrying out product change overs according to the product specifications Assist with Installations within the Tufting department Performs fault finding on machines during breakdowns Responsible for performing technical procedures on machines accurately Must work within the company rules Must follow procedure for primary backing changes on machines accurately to reduce any damage to the machine Responsible for increasing and decreasing the widths on machine when following seaming plans to ensure customer needs are met as per product specifications Responsible for all relevant maintenance documents, technical documents and logbooks such as breakdown slips, Time shifts and Toolbox talks.