Fitter

Tharisa Minerals; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 450 000; Full time

Job summary

A mining company located in South Africa, Gauteng seeks a Fitter responsible for the installation, maintenance, and repair of mechanical equipment. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with OHSA regulations and manage daily maintenance tasks while overseeing assistants and contractors. Candidates should possess experience in mechanical systems and a solid understanding of safety protocols. This role offers the chance to contribute to continuous improvement in asset management while ensuring safety and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in installing and maintaining mechanical equipment.
• Knowledge of OHSA and relevant standards is required.
• Ability to diagnose mechanical issues using various tools.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily maintenance tasks on mechanical equipment.
• Manage and direct assistants and contractors in maintenance activities.
• Conduct safety assessments prior to task execution.

Job description

Purpose Of Role

The Fitter will be responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing mechanical equipment and fixtures. Ensures that work is in accordance with OHSA and relevant COP’s and SOP’s

Role Context

• Safely execute critical daily maintenance tasks
• Execute shutdown activities as per plan, according to scheduled time
• Ensure continuous improvement of asset care management
• To give direction to the Assistant and contractors under their area of responsibility
• Support asset care and optimisation for ensuring customer needs are met
• Assist engineering foreman to ensure health and safety of employees is taken care of through safely maintaining equipment
• Maintain good housekeeping standards
• Stop and report any contraventions of the MHSA, regulations, codes of practice, mine standards, and instructions promptly to the engineering foreman
• Obtain job card and permit to work before any task execution
• Conduct pre-work risk assessment for every task
• Assemble, install, test, and maintain mechanical equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools
• Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem
• Inspect plant equipment components and systems to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with the relevant standards;
• Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous
• Plan layout and installation of equipment and fixtures, based on job specifications and relevant standards
• Ensure safe execution of the task
• Ensure that the equipment handed back to the operation is in a safe and operable condition