Fitter - Cape Town - Bellville at Tiger Brands

Job Description
THE JOB AT A GLANCE:

• Ensures that the plant is mechanically operational at all times

Responsibilities
WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Planned and Predicative Maintenance

• Implements actions and sequences associated with maintaining the functionality of machinery and mechanisms.
• Schedule workload to meet priorities and targets;
• Ensure adherence to  scheduled and unscheduled maintenance cycles and completion of job cards in time and meet KPI target
• Inspect equipment and components to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes.
• Isolating, removing, and replacing defective components using hand tools and power tools, with due consideration given to safety procedures.
• Work from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs to install, maintain or repair plant and equipment.
• Investigation and analysis of possible equipment modification, improvement and replacement
• Identification of areas requiring attention; Rapid identification of the cause of downtime/ breakdown;

Health, Safety and Environment

• Compliance to Environment and Risk policies and procedures;
• Accident/incidents are minimized;
• Adherence to the Occupational Health & Safety Act;
• Adherence to internal company policies, procedures, work instructions, standard operating procedures and job observations;

Target zero Disabling Injuries;

•  Mechanical plant and machinery
• All installation requirements and safety procedures and guidelines are complied with and, that the tasks are executed in accordance with the required standards.
• All new equipment, machinery and installations to be inspected and signed off according to sound engineering principles
• Reading and interpreting drawings/ works orders detailing layout and specifications;
• All activities associated with the maintenance and installation of machinery and mechanisms is correctly implemented.
• Set up and adjust mechanical working machines and equipment, Dismantle faulty machines and equipment and repair or replace defective parts, Fit and assemble mechanical parts, tools, or sub-assemblies, including welding or brazing parts.
• Operate machines to produce parts or tools by turning, boring, milling, planning, shaping, slotting, grinding, or drilling metal stock or components.
• Inspecting works prior to commissioning and communicating with the control room/ superiors about tests and functionality of the machinery

Fault Finding and Repairs

• Implementation of activities associated with trouble shooting and fault finding;
• Fault detection and repair and the restoration of functionality is completed with minimal disruption to production;

Corporate Governance

• Work within a set of systems, principles and processes by which the company is governed;
• Adherence to all company Policies and Procedures.
• Compliance to the company’s “Way of Working” e.g. Code of Ethics, compliance to Competition Law etcetera.
• Work with integrity.

Qualifications
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum qualifications required by the position:

• Matric (Grade 12)
• Has National Certificate: Mechanical Engineering: Fitting Level 3.
• Has served an apprenticeship and has passed a Mechanical Engineering: Fitting Trade Test.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a mechanical environment.

Ideal Qualifications:

• At least five years’ experience in a mechanical environment.
• National Certificate Mechanical Engineering: Fitting Level 4.
• Demonstrate integrated analytical and diagnostic skills to fault find, diagnose, and repair equipment and machinery during production/operations processes.
• Maintain, overhaul and commission mechanical machines, engineering systems and industrial plant installations.
• Understand advanced mechanical theory and interpret detailed engineering drawings and flow diagrams.
• Computer literate – Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook