KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Equipment Assembling/Installations & Commissioning

• Analyse and interpret blueprints of mechanical equipment/systems (diagrams, drawings, specifications & plans to determine suitable material and sequence of operations).
• Measure and mark out materials for fabrication
• Fabricate and/or construct structural components, monitor process and adjust settings.
• Inspect fabricated components make corrective changes where necessary.
• Assemble and fit fabricated components into tools, equipment or systems
• Keep record of all installation activities.
• Participate in equipment/system commissioning to ensure that the equipment/system is in good and safe functional condition.
• Hand over equipment/system to relevant stakeholders.

Mechanical Maintenance (Predictive/Preventative/Corrective and Shut-down)

• Liaise with Maintenance Planner or other relevant stakeholders to ensure availability of critical spares and equipment.
• Ensure adequate inventory/availability of necessary spares and/or supplies.
• Create suitable maintenance schedules in liaison with production management.
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance activities as per Plant Safety Regulations, preventative maintenance plans and maintenance procedure
• Conduct maintenance as per Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance procedure.
• Ensure personal and team members’ safety.
• Perform plant Shutdown work as per shutdown plan.
• Conduct fault-finding and problem-solving on mechanical, hydraulic, pumps and pneumatic equipments.
• Conduct overhauling of all mechanical equipments.
• Attend to breakdowns, conduct PM’s, perform standby duties and after hours’ callouts as and when necessary.
• Ensure that all machinery complies with General Machinery Regulations (GMR) and that all work is done in accordance with relevant SANS codes.
• Uphold and maintain quality standards and ensure that customer requirements are addressed.
• Ensure that equipment/machines produce products that are within quality specifications and address non-conformances that are caused by mechanical mal-functioning.
• Report operational non-conformances to relevant stakeholders to ensure that plants run with minimum breakdowns.

Condition Monitoring

• Inspect and monitor conditions of equipment regularly and record accordingly as per Planned Maintenance schedule and submit report to management.
• Interpret deviations recorded and take corrective actions to rectify, when applicable.
• Inspect conveyors, pipes and tanks
• Take and maintain vibration monitoring records for all critical plant rotating equipment.

Compliance to all Safety, Health, Environment, Risk, Quality & Food Safety (SHERQFS) Standards and Regulations

• Maintain cleanliness of equipment and work area.
• Ensure that housekeeping activities conform to Food Safety Regulations.
• Conduct safety checks on all machinery and tools and ensure completion of safety checklists as required.
• Comply with Company SHERQFS procedures and instructions. ‘
• Report all health and safety and food safety risks and problems.
• Collaborate with SHERQFS personnel when implementing remedial actions.
• Attend to emergency situations in accordance to procedures such.

Maintenance Procedures & Training

• Provide input into maintenance Standard Operating Procedures.
• Train colleagues/apprentices to install, maintain or repair mechanical equipment and systems, and on SOPs as and when applicable,

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities for improvement of plant performance.
• Initiate and implement improvement programs and initiatives as approved by management.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders during implementation of improvement initiatives.

Filing & Record Keeping

• Create and close out job cards on SAP at the end of every shift or within 24Hrs of task completion as per WPSA SOP.
• Ensure accurate, up to date and complete checklists, records or any other documentation of all installation and maintenance work conducted as per maintenance procedures.
• Compile relevant reports.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders involved in the maintenance and production processes.
• Provide timely feedback on matters related to site mechanical installations and maintenance.

QUALIFYING ATTRIBUTES

Qualifications

• Fitter / Fitter Machinist / Fitter and Turner Trade Certificate and N3 qualification in Mechanical Engineering
• Valid Driver’s License

Experience

• 3 years’ continuous mechanical artisan experience, post trade test qualification
• Production line or FMCG maintenance experience
• Working experience on SAP PM module
• Completed apprenticeship as Fitter/ Fitter Machinist/Fitter and Turner.

Knowledge

• Good knowledge and fault finding skills on pumps, gearbox, Transfer pipeline system and valves.
• Knowledge on maintenance of all Mechanical equipment, pneumatics and hydraulics systems.
• Ability to align pumps and gearbox using right tools.

Skills

• Computer literacy with SAP, Excel, Word and PowerPoint as an added advantage