takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Artisan to join our team in Cape Town DC
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
The position reports to Site and Services Manager
Your responsibilities may include:
- Undertake cleaning, lubrication, and preservation of machinery, equipment, tools, workshop, and tool room.
- Remove rust and general cleaning of parts and/or equipment.
- Ports artisan and handymen tools, materials equipment to and from stores, vehicles, workshops, and/or work sites and safekeeping thereof.
- Act and work in an efficient and safety-conscious manner in accordance with safety rules, practices, and requirements.
- Conduct daily/weekly/monthly inspections on buildings and equipment in line with the preventative maintenance schedule.
- Ensures the proper use and care of equipment e.g. ladders and jacks so that they are in good working condition when required
- Receive and collect materials, spares, and tools used in the fabrication and maintenance of equipment and plant.
- Demarcate work areas and perform traffic control.
- Ensure contractor compliance in line with the site rules and procedures
Qualification and Attributes
- Grade 12 (National Senior Certificate) or National (vocational) Certificate.
- Tertiary qualification advantageous
- Some experience working on conveyor systems and trade tests
- 3 years or more relevant work-related experience required
The Environment:
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:
- is forthright but respectful
- is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
- is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
- is competitive, self-directed, and strives to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
- is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
- is entrepreneurial, thrives under change accepts it is a constant, and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
- is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
- is curious and challenges the status quo
- is innovative and enjoys iteration
- is collaborative
- will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
- thinks like an owner of the business.
- is SMART, has INTEGRITY, and is HARDWORKING
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
