Maintenance Fitter

Recruiter:

Boardroom Appointments

Job Ref:

JHB004656/ADM

Date posted:

Monday, December 5, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Negotiable Annually

SUMMARY:

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

- 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)
  
  Qualified Artisan (N3), Trade Test
  
  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 downtime
  
  Ensure 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
  
  Self-Starter
  
  Must be able to work without supervision
  
  Assertive & Resilient
  
  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.

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