Job Description

Maintenance Fitter

Minimum Requirements

Educational:

• Matric / Grade 12 (minimum)
• Qualified Artisan (N5), Trade Test
• Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years experience in a heavy industrial environment
• Sound knowledge of automated manufacturing equipment

Major Responsibilities and Key Result Areas

Maintenance

• Conduct daily planned maintenance routines.
• Perform daily preventative maintenance routines, including:
  • Routine inspections and early diagnosis of possible equipment failures or excessive wear.
  • Communicating with supervisors/production to schedule preventative maintenance.
  • Arranging for parts to be available promptly for preventative maintenance routines.

Fault Diagnosis/Repairs to Equipment

• Diagnose the root cause of equipment failures.
• Plan and implement actions to address the cause of failure.
• Repair failures to a "good as new" condition as quickly as possible.
• Report on actions taken and record downtime.
• Verify the correct operation of equipment following repairs and obtain manufacturing process approval for its operating condition.

Service to Production Requirements

• Be available at all times to assist with production requests.
• Assist production in resolving process-related problems.
• Provide operator training as required.
• Communicate production planning changes to production runs in a timely manner.
• Identify and communicate potential production problems, offer advice, and report back in writing to the maintenance supervisor.

Maintaining Machine Process Capabilities

• Perform "first off" inspections on all process changes.
• Periodically inspect manufactured products against quality requirements.
• Inspect statistical process charts to evaluate equipment capability and make necessary corrections.
• Plot engineering-related statistical process charts and monitor equipment performance.
• Report out-of-control conditions in writing to a superior.
• Maintain daily housekeeping standards.