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Fitter

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JobReq ID:  53055
Type of work:  On site
Type of contract:  Open-ended/permanent
Full/Part Time:  Full time
Location: 

Swakopmund, NA

POSITION DESCRIPTION

JOB DESCRIPTION

Tyre Fitter

As a tire fitter, you play a crucial role in ensuring vehicles roll smoothly and securely on the roads. Your expertise lies in the careful selection, fitting, and maintenance of tires, catering to a diverse range of vehicles, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. You ensure that every tire meets the highest standards of performance and safety.

Key Performance Areas

  1. Tyre Fitting & Removal
  • Mount new tires onto vehicle rims using appropriate machinery and tools.
  • Clean and paint rims before fitting tyres.
  • Fit wheels on to motor vehicles correctly.
  • Match dual wheels correctly.
  • Inflate tyres according to manufacturer’s specifications.
  • Report any defects to the site supervisor e.g., studs, washers, and wheel nuts.
  • Undertakes pressure and torque checks.
  • Torque wheel nuts to manufactures specifications.
  • Brand tyres
  • Apply safety standards.
  1. Customer Service
  • Advise site supervisor on appropriate action, who subsequently assists the customers.
  • Receive customers in a friendly manner and with a smile.
  • Always clean and presentable
  1. Housekeeping and Asset Management
  • Handles tools with care and correctly.
  • Ensures work area and yard are always clean.
  • Ensures machines & tools are always clean and stored correctly and safely.
  • Ensures dressing rooms are always presentable and neat.
  • Ensure company property is not damaged.
  1. Health and Safety
  • Adheres to Health & Safety standards in the workplace and does not endanger other parties.
  • Complies with the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
  • Ensure Personal Safety Equipment and facilities provided by the company are in good and clean condition.
  1. Documentation
  • Correctly complete tyre change slips for wheel changes and hands them in timely
  • Prepares survey reports correctly and hands them in timely.
  • Clocks in and out at correct times as per shift by correctly signing the time register.

 

  1. General
  • Undertake all reasonable requests and instructions, given verbally or in writing that falls within the parameters of own line of duty.

Minimum Requirements

  • Grade 10
  • Basic English literacy

Personal Attributes

  • Honesty
  • Integrity
  • Team player

MORE INFORMATION

All applications will be reviewed. Our Recruitment team will contact the suitable applicants for the next step of the recruitment process.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

DISCLAIMER

Diversity and inclusion are a central part of Bridgestone EMEA’s values at the highest level. This is key for our people to show a passion for excellence for improving society connected to the world in which we live. Our commitment to diversity, is linked to our founders mission of ‘Serving Society with Superior Quality’, which is essential in shaping and creating the organization, serving all people, respectfully, connected to our business. We recognize that everyone is different and that attracting, developing and retaining our employees will create a sustainable working environment which is essential to our success. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate in particular on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.

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