Bridgestone EMEA

Tyre Fitter

Bridgestone EMEA  •  Windhoek, NA (Onsite)  •  10 days ago
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Job Description

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:

Key Performance Areas

  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.
  1. 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
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. General
  • Undertake all reasonable requests and instructions, given verbally or in writing that falls within the parameters of own line of duty.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Education, Master, other certification

  • 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

Languages Skills:

  • English
  • Any local spoken languages

What we offer

At Bridgestone, what really matter is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive payment; we will provide you:

  • A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
  • The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
  • A truly global, dynamic, and challenging work environment.
  • Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
  • A diverse and inclusive team.
Bridgestone EMEA

About Bridgestone EMEA

Bridgestone in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Bridgestone EMEA) is the regional Strategic Business Unit of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader in premium tyres and sustainable mobility solutions.

Headquartered in Zaventem (Belgium), Bridgestone EMEA employs more than 14,000 people and conducts business in 35 countries across the region. Bridgestone EMEA operates 13 tyre plants, a major R&D centre, and a proving ground, and serves its customers in an extensive retail network with thousands of touchpoints. 

Bridgestone offers a diverse portfolio of premium tyres, tyre technologies and advanced mobility solutions. The company’s vision is to provide social and customer value as a sustainable solutions company. The Bridgestone E8 Commitment is a broad, global corporate commitment that clearly defines the value the company is promising to deliver to society, our customers and future generations in eight focus areas; Energy, Ecology, Efficiency, Extension, Economy, Emotion, Ease and Empowerment. These provide a compass to guide strategic priorities, decision making and actions throughout every area of the business.

For more information about Bridgestone, please visit www.bridgestone.com and press.bridgestone-emia.com

Industry
Automotive & Mobility
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Zaventem, BE
Year Founded
Unknown
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