Junior Technical Assistant
Quest
- R Undisclosed
- Contract Junior position
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Pretoria CBD
- Posted 17 Jul 2025 by Quest
- Expires in 34 days
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Job 2617031 - Ref #SolarDesignTec
About the position
Key Responsibilities:
Sizing Battery & Power Systems
- Technical sizing DC- & Solar Solutions
- Selection and recommendation of appropriate equipment and technologies to be used for Reserve applications
- Size rectifier systems to customer requirements
- Sizing battery systems to customer requirements
- Sizing batteries for various UPS & hybrid solutions
- Sizing batteries for solar solutions
Electrical Design
- Both AC and DC electrical layout design according to prevailing standards
- Compile BOM (Bill of Material) for systems and solutions
- Sizing cables for application AC and DC, where required
- Solar design and product knowledge
Fault Finding
- On site fault-finding of various batteries, solar and rectified based systems, where applicable for reserve
- Telephonic and email support to customers when faults occur for reserve
Product Evaluation
- Do technical evaluations of new and existing products
- Advise management on new products that could enhance product and service offering.
- Sales & Technical Support
- Compile technical proposals
- Provide technical support to other members of the sales team
- Customer and site visits in South Africa and Sub Sahara Africa
- Generate sales for both existing and new customers
- Compile internal technical weekly reports
- Assist with technical manuals, ATP's and customer training, on site and in the classroom
- Updating of existing customer manuals and approved distribution
- Handle RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) & warranty process from all factories
- Manage emergency stock in all countries monthly
- Keep the warranty database up to date and use it to validate warranty of products
Key Requirements:
- N6, T4 or B.Eng. in Electronics or Technical Diploma Electrical (preferable with Power Electronics)
- 1 to 2 years' experience in Power Electronics, DC Power, Battery Technologies or any related field
- 1 to 2 years Solar Design and product knowledge
- Strong data analysis skills - Excel, Word & VBA Programming Competency
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- DC Power & Battery knowledge for Reserve Power
- Mathematical competence
- Knowledge of electrical standards
- Understanding of power electronics in telecommunications applications
- Knowledge of lead acid, Nicad & Lithium-ion batteries and chargers
- Understanding UPS & Hybrid solutions
- In depth product knowledge
- Knowledge of system inter- dependencies
- Travel in South Africa and Africa to support customers and do training. (valid passport)
- Knowledge of products in industry
- Microsoft Office competent (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Compile and share Weekly Reports
- Customer classroom and onsite training
- Technical & Product Presentations
- Manage Warranty & emergency stock in countries
Desired Skills:
- DC Power
- Battery Knowledge
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- VBA Programming
- UPS and Hybrid Solutions
- Knowledge of lead acid
- Nicad & Lithium-ion batteries and chargers
Desired Work Experience:
Desired Qualification Level:
Quest
About the agency
For over 50 years, Quest has provided excellent temporary recruitment services.
Our experienced and highly skilled consultants know that you need a flexible and bespoke approach to temporary recruitment to find the right match for your company.
We do more than just recruit, we are also pioneers in specialist recruitment who can help you optimise your recruitment strategy and support you through the entire process. Our consultants pride themselves on building strong and lasting relationships and solidifying our national and local networks.
Enabling business through talent
Quest is South Africa’s leading provider of scalable recruitment and staffing solutions for Frontline customer service, Sales, Marketing and Support staff. Its primary services are Bulk Recruitment Solutions (Perm and temp), Field Marketing Solutions, Human Resource Outsourcing, Recruitment Process Outsourcing and Staff Optimisation Solutions. All of this is geared towards “enabling business through talent”.
B-BBEE Credentials
We are a 59,03% black owned company, with 49,39% black female ownership and a Level 1 B-BBEE Contributor status, allowing for 135% procurement recognition. We have an extensive presence in South Africa and the continent, with a database of over 150 000 qualified candidates.
Our industry experience and extensive IT infrastructure have allowed us to turn talent acquisition into a science. For clients, this means improved request-to-delivery turnaround time; saving money and improving agility. For candidates, this means you are more likely to find an employer who matches your career needs.
Quest has always been at the forefront of innovation in the recruitment industry. Our attitude of constant assessment and adjustment to the needs of the modern business has put us first in South Africa:
- To offer optimised staffing solutions
- To offer specialised call centre staffing solutions
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