Packaging Fitter

**AVI Ltd. **is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

**NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED** operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world-class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

An opportunity has become available for a **Packaging** **Fitter** to join the team at **National Brands Ltd, Isando, Coffee & Creamer Factory**. The role will report directly to the Engineering Foreman and be responsible for the plant and equipment maintenance and repairs of high-speed packaging equipment and other plant and equipment.

**Key Performance Areas**:

- Carry out breakdown repair work on mechanical equipment and also assisting ensuring that equipment is running at optimal levels
- Carry out planned and preventative maintenance schedules as assigned
- Plan shutdown work on plant and equipment
- Review planned maintenance tasks and update the maintenance task list
- Complete root cause and failure analysis on prolonged and repeated breakdowns
- Record all maintenance data (Downtime, spares, and improvement recommendations) on Shopware/CMMS
- Assist in equipment commissioning phases
- Continuously seeking ways to improve plant performance
- Implementation of continuous improvement projects in the factory
- Continuously monitor machine performance and be proactive in rectifying potential problems detected
- Continuously adhere to and engage in safe working practices
- Adhere to the company safety policy.
- Ensure all mechanical installations comply with the requirements of the OHS ACT

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Experience**:

- Have a minimum of 3 years’ solid experience with High-Speed Packaging machinery working in an FMCG or manufacturing facility
- Working knowledge and proven experience with Pneumatic systems
- Experience with high-speed flow wrapping and cartooning machines
- FMCG Pant Maintenance experience is an added advantage

**Qualifications**:

- Trade tested at an Accredited Training Facility
- N4 Fitter
- Mechanical Trade Theory in Mechanical Engineering

**Additional Requirements**:

- Must be computer literate
- Excellent Fault Finding Abilities
- Knowledge of SAP would be advantageous
- Good knowledge of CMMS system or similar (SAP, Pragma, Shopware)
- QMS, HACCP and GMP Knowledge advantageous

**Competencies**:

- Planning & Organising
- Working Together
- Meeting Deadlines
- Minimising Risk
- Attention to Detail
- Maintaining Productivity
- Taking Initiative
- Resolving Conflict