Takealot: Artisan

Company:  takealot.com

Location: South Africa 

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 and Apply!