Maintenance Fitter

Boardroom Appointments; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Port Elizabeth seeks a Maintenance Fitter to support factory operations and minimize downtime. The candidate should have Matric/Grade 12, a minimum of 5 years in a heavy industrial setting, and solid knowledge of automated manufacturing equipment and quality requirements.

The role requires the ability to work independently and as part of a team, with shifts as needed. Responsibilities include daily maintenance routines, fault diagnosis, coordinating with production, and

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12 (minimum).
• A good understanding of Quality requirements in a Manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 5 years experience in a heavy industrial environment.
• Must have a sound knowledge of automated manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Daily planned maintenance routines and preventative maintenance.
• Communication with supervisors/production to arrange maintenance time.
• Arranging for parts to be available timeously to carry out maintenance.
• Diagnose root cause of equipment failure and plan action to remove cause.
• Repair failure to good as new as speedily as possible.
• Report on action taken and downtime to ensure manufacturing process approval.
• Availability at all times to assist with production requests and resolve process-related problems.
• Identify and communicate production problems and report back in writing.
• Maintain machine process capabilities and inspect products against quality requirements.

Skills

Heavy industry experience

Automated equipment knowledge

Quality requirements

Independence

Education

Matric/Grade 12

Job description

A salaried position exists for a Maintenance Fitter within the Port Elizabeth Factory and applications are invited from suitable persons with the required qualifications and experience.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To offer mechanical support to factory operations ensuring that equipment downtime is kept to an absolute minimum.

Educational:

• Matric / Grade 12 (minimum)
• A good understanding of Quality requirements in a Manufacturing environment

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years experience in a heavy industrial environment.
• Must have a sound knowledge of automated manufacturing equipment.

Major responsibilities and key result areas

Maintenance

• Daily planned maintenance routines
• Daily preventative maintenance routines
• Routine inspections/early diagnoses of possible equipment failures, excessive wear
• Communication with supervisors/production to arrange preventative maintenance time
• Arranging for parts to be available timeously to carry out preventative maintenance routines

Fault diagnosis/repairs to equipment

• Diagnose root cause of equipment failure
• Plan action to remove the cause of failure
• Repair failure to good as new as speedily as possible
• Report on action taken and record downtimeEnsure equipment correct operation due to the action is taken and obtain manufacturing process approval of equipment operating condition

Service to production requirements

• Availability at all times to assist with production requests
• Assist production in resolving process-related problems
• Assist with operator training where required
• Communicate with production on planning changes to production runs timeously
• Identify and communicate with production problems not yet apparent with production, advise accordingly and report back in writing to the maintenance super

Maintaining machine process capabilities

• First off inspection of all process changes
• Periodically inspect products manufactured against quality requirements
• Inspect statistical process charts to evaluate equipment capability and correct where necessary
• Plot engineering-related statistical process charts and use of barometer of equipment performance
• Report in writing on out-of-control conditions to superior
• Daily Housekeeping

ATTRIBUTES:

• Ability to work independently as well as in a Team
• Must be prepared to work shifts when required
• Must be able to work without supervision
• Internal Customer Focus
• Flexible and Disciplined

Standard recruitment procedures will be followed. Internal candidates together with external candidates will be considered. Please do not apply if you do not meet the minimum requirements stipulated above.

Also, you should consider your application unsuccessful if you are not invited for an interview after the closing date.