Fitter

Job Advert Summary

Feltex (Pty) Ltd, a leading automotive component manufacturer, where precision, skill, and innovation drives success, is looking for a motivated and detail-orientated artisan (fitter) to become an essential part of our dynamic team. If you have a passion for hands-on work, problem solving, and contributing to high quality production, this is the perfect opportunity to grow your career in a supportive and forward thinking environment.

Minimum Requirements

Grade 12 with maths and science

Trade tested fitter

Duties & Responsibilities

Maintenance Process (Scheduled Preventative Maintenance)

• Receive Maintenance Schedules, plan and execute before they expire. Interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work
• Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements
• Generate Job Requisitions for scheduled maintenance work (type of repair or maintenance, spares, quantities, time, etc.)
• Conduct Preventive Maintenance activities
• Perform change overs in the production environment
• Perform Plant start-ups. Plan plant start-up well in advance of planned production starting time to ensure the plant is ready for production.

Maintenance Process (Breakdown)

• Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control.
• Update the responsible person on progress of repairs
• Escalate a problem/breakdown to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully

Mechanical Maintenance

• Perform routine maintenance
• Align machines and equipment
• Diagnose and repair faults on equipment and machinery during production/operation
• Commission and refurbish machines / equipment
• Operate and monitor a drilling machine to produce simple components
• Operate and monitor a lathe to produce simple components
• Operate and monitor a milling machine to produce simple components
• Operate and monitor a surface grinding machine to produce simple components
• Operate the Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) to seal moulds
• Perform basic and MIG/TIG welding of metals
• Grind tools and drill bits
• Maintain mechanical equipment (indirect and direct drives, pipe systems, static seals, bearings, brakes and clutches, direct drives, dynamic seals, heat exchangers and pressure vessels, lubricating systems, pumps, conveyor systems, compressors, fluid power/pneumatic/vacuum systems, gearboxes, safety valves)

Fabrication

• Mechanically cut, drill, punch and assemble fabrication materials using powered machinery
• Cut materials using the oxy-fuel gas cutting process (manual cutting)
• Join metals using the resistance welding process
• Weld workpiece (oxy-acetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding)
• Remove metals using oxy-fuel and air-carbon arc gouging processes