POST 02/160 : DRIVER OPERATOR (EARTHMOVING AND NON-EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT) (X110 POSTS)
Kindly note that the posts under Pietermaritzburg Region and Dweshula are a re-advertisement.
Applicants who applied previously and who still wish to be considered are at liberty to re-apply.
SALARY : R155 148 per annum (Level 03)
CENTRE : Ladysmith Region (X30 Posts):
Cost Centre: Dundee:
Maintenance Team 2 (Mangeni) Ref No: DOT 57/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Dundee) Ref No: DOT 58/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 2 (Greytown) Ref No: DOT 59/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 2 (Cwaka) Ref No: DOT 60/2025 (X2 Posts)
Grader Team 1 (Kranskop) Ref No: DOT 61/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 1 (Cwaka) Ref No: DOT 62/2025 (X1 Post)
Flying Squad Team (Cwaka) Ref No: DOT 63/2025 (X5 Posts)
Betterment Team (Greytown) Ref No: DOT 64/2025 (X4 Posts)
Cost Centre: Estcourt:
Grader Team (Weenen) Ref No: DOT 65/2025 (X1 Post)
Depot Team (Estcourt) Ref No: DOT 66/2025 (X1 Post)
Betterment Team (Estcourt/ Winterton) Ref No: DOT 67/2025 (X3 Posts)
Betterment Team (Bergville) Ref No: DOT 68/2025 (X4 Posts)
Depot Team (Emnambithi) Ref No: DOT 69/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Weenen) Ref No: DOT 70/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team (Estcourt) Ref No: DOT 71/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 2 (Emnambithi) Ref No: DOT 72/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 1 (Emnambithi) Ref No: DOT 73/2025 (X1 Post)
Durban Region (X58 Posts):
Cost Centre: Metro:
Vegetation Team (St Helier) Ref No: DOT 74/2025 (X1 Post)
Procurement and Provisioning (Metro) Ref No: DOT 75/2025 (X4 Posts)
Periodic Maintenance Gravel Team (Northdene) Ref No: DOT 76/2025 (X2 Posts)
Maintenance Team 2 (St Helier) Ref No: DOT 77/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Umbumbulu) Ref No: DOT 78/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Inanda) Ref No: DOT 79/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team (St Helier) Ref No: DOT 80/2025 (X2 Posts)
Drainage Team (Northdene) Ref No: DOT 81/2025 (X1 Post)
Concrete Team (St Helier) Ref No: DOT 82/2025 (X1 Post)
Blacktop Team (St Helier) Ref No: DOT 83/2025 (X1 Post)
Cost Centre: Port Shepstone
Signs Team (Umzinto) Ref No: DOT 84/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team 2 (Morrisons Post) Ref No: DOT 85/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team 1 (Morrisons Post) Ref No: DOT 86/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Dweshula) Ref No: DOT 87/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 3 (Morrisons Post) Ref No: DOT 88/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 2 (Morrissons Post) Ref No: DOT 89/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 2 (Dweshula) Ref No: DOT 90/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 1 (Morrisons Post) Ref No: DOT 91/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 1 (Harding) Ref No: DOT 92/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 1 (Dweshula) Ref No: DOT 93/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 1 (Dududu) Ref No: DOT 94/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team (Port Shepstone South) Ref No: DOT 95/2025 (X6 Posts)
Depot Team (Umzinto) Ref No: DOT 96/2025 (X1 Post)
Depot Team (Harding) Ref No: DOT 97/2025 (X1 Post)
Concrete Team (Umzinto) Ref No: DOT 98/2025 (X1 Post)
Blacktop Team (Paddock) Ref No: DOT 99/2025 (X1 Post)
Depot Team (Port Shepstone South) Ref No: DOT 100/2025 (X2 Posts)
Drainage Team (Port Shepstone) Ref No: DOT 101/2025 (X3 Posts)
Cost Centre: Stanger:
Periodic Maintenance Gravel Team (Maphumulo) Ref No: DOT 102/2025 (X8 Posts)
Maintenance Team (Ndwedwe) Ref No: DOT 103/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team 2 (Ndwedwe) Ref No: DOT 104/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Mhlali) Ref No: DOT 105/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Maphumulo) Ref No: DOT 106/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Mandeni) Ref No: DOT 107/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 1 (Ndwedwe) Ref No: DOT 108/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team (Mbozambo) Ref No: DOT 109/2025 (X1 Post)
Blacktop Team 2 (Mhlali) Ref No: DOT 110/2025 (X1 Post)
Blacktop Team (Mbozambo) Ref No: DOT 111/2025 (X1 Post)
Blacktop Team (Maphumulo) Ref No: DOT 112/2025 (X1 Post)
Pietermaritzburg Region (X5 Posts):
Cost Centre: Pietermaritzburg:
Grader Team (Cedara) Ref No: DOT 113/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 2 (New Hanover) Ref No: DOT 114/2025 (X1 Post)
Cost Centre: Ixopo:
Grader Team (Umzimkhulu) Ref No: DOT 115/2025 (X1 Post)
Blacktop Team (Cedarville) Ref No: DOT 116/2025 (X2 Posts)
Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo House, Pietermaritzburg (X1 Post)
Pavement Performance Monitoring Division (T2) Ref No: DOT 117/2025 (X1 Post)
Empangeni Region (X16 Posts):
Cost Centre: Eshowe:
Signs Team (Eshowe) Ref No: DOT 118/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Eshowe) Ref No: DOT 119/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 2 (Eshowe) Ref No: DOT 120/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team 1 (Melmoth) Ref No: DOT 121/2025 (X1 Post)
Betterment Team (Eshowe) Ref No: DOT 122/2023 (X2 Posts)
Grader Team 1 (Upper Enseleni) Ref No: DOT 123/2025 (X1 Post)
Betterment Team Empangeni Ref No: DOT 124/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team 2 (Upper Enseleni) Ref No: DOT 125/2025 (X1 Post)
Cost Centre: Hluhluwe:
Grader Team 1 (Mkuze) Ref No: DOT 126/2025 (X1 Post)
Maintenance Team (Uphande) Ref No: DOT 127/2025 (X1 Post)
Grade Team 1 (Ntabayengwe) Ref No: DOT 128/2025 (X1 Post)
Grader Team (Jozini) Ref No: DOT 129/2025 (X1 Post)
Betterment Team (Hluhluwe) Ref No: DOT 130/2025 (X3 Posts)
REQUIREMENTS : Grade 10 certificate (NQF level 2); plus a Driver’s Licence Code EC with PrDP and Operating Certificate / Departmental Competency Pink card for specialised equipment; plus Five (5) years’ driving and operating specialized equipment experience. Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
Required: Communication skills. Ability to read and write. Good eyesight. Teamwork. Skills in the operation of the equipment. Physical inspection of vehicles and the ability to interpret instructions for proper use of all controls for safe operation of vehicles. Interpret and follow operating manuals,
maintenance manuals and service charts.
DUTIES : Perform activities in respect of operation through inter alia the following: Operating specialized
equipment; Load and offload goods/ equipment; Inspection and maintenance of equipment and
report defects; Keep log sheets of vehicles and machineries; Application of safety and
precautionary measures; Cleaning and lubrication of machinery equipment; Grading of gravel
roads and re-raveling/ shoulder maintenance. Render driving services, perform activities in
respect of operation through inter alia the following: Transportation of work teams and materials
/ equipment; Detect and repair minor mechanical problems on the vehicles and take steps to have
it repaired (check level and condition of oil, fuel, tyres and water); Inspection of the vehicle/
equipment and report defects; Complete vehicle logbook, trip authorization for the vehicle.
ENQUIRIES : Ms TP Nkosi (Ladysmith) Tel No: (036) 638 4400
Ms SA Afrika (Durban) Tel No: (031) 700 2222
Ms G Hlabisa (Pietermaritzburg) Tel No: (033) 392 6600
Ms S Mngomezulu (Head Office) Tel No: (033) 355 8609
Mrs MS Hlela (Empangeni) Tel No: (035) 787 1442
APPLICATIONS : Please note applications can be hand delivered to the Office of the Department of Transport,
Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo House, 172 Burger Street, Pietermaritzburg, or couriered via
postal services to Recruitment & Selection Section, Human Resource Administration Directorate,
Private Bag X9043, Pietermaritzburg, 3200. Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts through the KZN online e-Recruitment system
