Mechanical Engineering

Maintenance Engineer

Gross salary in South Africa is

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80% of people earn:

18K - 47K ZAR

10% earn less lthan 18K ZAR

10% earns more than 47K ZAR

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people on the Maintenance Engineer position in the South Africa earn between 18,039 ZAR and 46,864 ZAR monthly gross.

10% of employees earn less than 18,039 ZAR and 10% of people earn more than 46,864 ZAR.

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Description of job position

Providing preventive and operational maintenance of machinery and equipment.
Managing, coordinating, motivating and evaluating subordinate employees.
Developing and updating maintenance plans.
Identifying worn parts.
Ordering spare parts.
Analysing the causes of downtime and taking measures to eliminate them.
Monitoring and controlling maintenance costs.
Communicating with shift masters, process engineers and suppliers of machinery and equipment.

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Position Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Engineering in the labour market

In the salary ranking,
the job position takes

246. place

Women representation in position

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Average age of respondent by position

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812. place

Nursery School Teacher Assistant

Education, Science & Research

7,969 - 17,828 ZAR

247. place

Automation planner

Mechanical Engineering

17,974 - 46,119 ZAR

246. place

Maintenance Engineer

Mechanical Engineering

18,039 - 46,864 ZAR

245. place

Superintendent

Mechanical Engineering

16,709 - 47,954 ZAR

1. place

IT Architect

Information Technology

36,379 - 178,621 ZAR

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