Fitter & Turner - Mechanical Workshop at Sappi

We’re on the lookout for an experienced  Fitter & Turner to overhaul, repair, and maintain all mechanical equipment for the mill by means of inspection, fitting, turning, and machining operations and skills ensuring the reliability of equipment.

As a Fitter & Turner, you will be responsible for:

• Perform inspections on workshop machinery and equipment daily and maintain the equipment when necessary, using suitable tools and equipment
• Participate in and execute proactive maintenance activities for example RCA’s and failure analysis
• Perform breakdown overhauls on unplanned equipment failures, as well as on scheduled/planned work
• Fit, assemble, grind, machine, and shape metal parts and sub-assemblies to maintain machinery and equipment
• Machine a variety of equipment and components on the boring mill as and when required
• Perform overhauls of any piece of equipment in the plant, for example, pumps, gearboxes, rolls, fans, mixers, blowers, feeders, screw compressors, grabs, etc using all machines available such as lathes, vertical/horizontal boring mills, milling and drilling machines, grinding and shaping machines
• Manufacture various components such as shafts, bushes, pins, flanges, etc for all types of Plant equipment
• Rig up to 2.5 T during standard maintenance activities
• Complete sketches of work when no drawings are available and share knowledge with other Fitter/Turners in the Workshop
• Perform any other assigned tasks that fall within the scope of a Fitter and Turner

What are we looking for?

• Grade 12 and N2 Engineering or a related equivalent whilst N3 engineering would be preferred
• Recognised trade test certificate as a Fitter and Turner
• 2 years post apprenticeship experience in a heavy engineering environment will be considered advantageous