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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