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Field Service and Technical Advising Specialist

Pretoria, za💼 Full-time🗓 2026-02-02 → 2026-09-26

Core

Provide on-site technical guidance, maintenance coaching, and troubleshooting support for locomotive systems to ensure operational safety and efficiency.

Role type

Field Service and Technical Advising Specialist

Builds

Locomotive maintenance operations and customer service delivery

Domain

Rail freight operations and locomotive maintenance

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

locomotive maintenance experience, root cause analysis, failure trend analysis, PC and Microsoft Office proficiency, English fluency, ability to work in shop environments

Preferred skills

customer technical services experience, leadership skills, ability to travel 80% of time locally and regionally, ability to relocate

Technologies

Wabtec digital & mechanical tools

Responsibilities

Provide guidance on tool availability and maintenance material requirements; deliver job training on locomotive systems and product safety; coach during troubleshooting and scheduled maintenance; perform failure root cause analysis; analyze failure trends using locomotive data; ensure environmental health and safety awareness during repairs; manage locomotive data collection

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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