Maintenance Toolmaker

Feltex (Pty) Ltd; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Feltex (Pty) Ltd is seeking a skilled Toolmaker to join its automotive tooling division in South Africa. You will produce and maintain moulds and tools, ensuring precision and on-time delivery to support the production line with minimal rejects.

The role requires a Trade Test (Toolmaker or Fitter and Turner) and at least two years' experience in automotive manufacturing, with hands-on proficiency in maintenance, fabrication and tooling processes to keep machines running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Trade Test (Toolmaker or Fitter and Turner) completed.
• Minimum of 2 years in Automotive Manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work.
• Inspect tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements.
• Generate job requisitions for scheduled maintenance work including spares and time.
• Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site.
• Isolate equipment, perform lockouts and maintain a safe work area.
• Conduct preventive maintenance activities and perform change overs in production.
• Replace and repair tooling during production runs and quality checks.
• Assist with fabrication and tooling development as needed.

Skills

Toolmaking

Maintenance planning

Mechanical aptitude

Education

Trade Test – Toolmaker or Fitter and Turner

Tools

Milling machine

Lathe

Surface grinder

Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM)

Welding equipment

Job description

Join a leading motor component manufacturer in South Africa as a Toolmaker where precision in the tool room drives quality on the production line. Turn precision into performance while delivering moulds and tools on time, to the highest standard, and keeping the production running smoothly with minimal rejects.

Trade Test (Toolmaker or Fitter and Turner)

2 years working experience in an Automotive Manufacturing environment

Duties & Responsibilities

Maintenance Process (Scheduled):

• Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work
• Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements
• Generate Job Requisitions for scheduled maintenance work (type of repair or maintenance, spares, quantities, time, etc.)
• Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site
• Isolate equipment, perform lockouts and make the work area safe
• Conduct Preventive Maintenance activities
• Perform change overs in the production environment
• Count stock for a Stock Take integrity check (check spares condition during the count)

Maintenance Process (Breakdown):

• Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical/electrical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control
• Update the responsible person on progress of repairs
• Escalate the problem to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully
• Capture all information related to the breakdown to aid in determining the root cause
• File job requisition upon completion of repair

Mechanical Maintenance:

• Perform routine maintenance
• Align machines and equipment
• Diagnose and repair faults on equipment and machinery during production/operation
• Commission and refurbish machines/ equipment
• Operate and monitor a drilling machine to produce simple components
• Operate and monitor a lathe to produce simple components
• Operate and monitor a milling machine to produce simple components
• Operate and monitor a surface grinding machine to produce simple components
• Operate the Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) to seal moulds
• Perform basic welding/joining of metals
• Perform MIG/TIG welding of metals
• Grind tools and drill bits

Tooling Maintenance:

• Maintain and repair production tooling
• Develop new tooling or modify existing tooling when required
• Change and set tooling
• Diagnose and repair faults on tooling during the production run
• Manufacture basic tooling and production tooling to drawing or sample part
• Move, lift, lower and look after tooling

Fabrication:

• Develop and fabricate from complex drawings
• Mechanically cut, drill and punch fabrication materials
• Join metals using the resistance welding process
• Weld work piece (oxy-acetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding)
• Remove metals using oxy-fuel and air-carbon arc gouging processes

Maintenance Process (Post Maintenance):

• Test and commission machinery or equipment prior to handover
• Complete the Planned Maintenance Schedule (Work completed, work not completed, spares used, spares not available, time taken, observations, problems, etc.)
• Identify any other work required (including additional spares)
• Clean up after completion of job and inform the responsible person that the maintenance has been completed to the required standard

Engineering Projects:

• Work as a project team member

Material Handling:

• Sling loads
• Operating cranes/hoists
• Operating forklifts

Continuous Improvement:

• Participate in continuous improvement drives

Reporting:

Complete Maintenance Time Sheets (nature of work, time spent to repair and material/spares used