About Bridgestone South Africa 

Bridgestone South Africa is a prominent automotive leader specializing in the development, manufacture, and marketing of high-quality tires for diverse applications, ranging from passenger vehicles to aircraft.

Job Purpose

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.

Responsibilities

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.

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Documentation

• Correctly complete tyre changes slip 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.

6. General

• Undertake all reasonable requests and instructions, given verbally or in writing that falls within the parameters of own line of duty.
• Understand the basic operation of automobile lifting equipment
• Basic knowledge and understanding of wheel alignment
• Basic knowledge and understanding of suspension components

Qualifications & Experience Required

•  Grade 12 Certificate
• Basic knowledge of tyre types, sizes, and handling techniques.
• Physical stamina and the ability to lift heavy objects.
• Attention to detail and safety consciousness.
• Forklift or machinery operation certification is a plus.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, physically demanding environment.

Experience (years)

• Computer literacy
• Experience in the tyre industry will be an advantage.

Languages Skills

• English
• Any local spoken languages