Fitter (Middelburg)

**Overview**:
**[Applicants residing in Middelburg or closer areas will be prioritized]**

**Key Dimensions**

**Role impacts**:

- Plant throughput and Productivity
- Safety
- Employee relations
- Customer and supplier relationships

**Key Relationships**
- Management Team
- Support Teams
- Production

**Qualifications**:

- Grade 12 or equivalent
- Artisan (Trade Test)
- A wireman’s license would be an advantage

**Experience**:

- 3 years demonstrated experience in plant maintenance as an Artisan.
- 2 years demonstrated maintenance experience in a production / explosives environment

**Advantageous**:

- 1 year demonstrated plant related mechanical experience

**Duties**:

- Attend to all breakdowns
- Responsible for all daily routine equipment inspections.
- Responsible for installing and commissioning of small projects.
- Carry out all planned maintenance schedules for the plant in liaison with all stakeholders.
- Provide support to production to ensure that all maintenance work is consistent and of a high quality.
- Reduce plant stoppages, breakdowns.
- Ensure the highest level of workmanship is maintained when maintaining critical equipment.
- Attend to all breakdowns and callouts (Standby duties apply)
- Adhere to safety standards and procedures
- Maintenance of PLC’s and field instrumentation (Level, pressure, temperature and flow)
- Occasionally assist with electrical work when necessary.

**Job Competencies**:

- Extensive knowledge in the maintenance of centrifugal pumps and positive displacement pumps (Progressive cavity, gear pumps) would be an advantage.
Electrical ability
- Trouble shooting (Fault finding)
- Extensive knowledge in the maintenance of VFD’s general plant switchgear, process machinery including pumps, compressors and boilers.
- Knowledge of PLC’s and field instrumentation
- Knowledge of the SANS 10142 electrical regulations
- Proficiency in MS office
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Good analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of ERP systems
- Communication skills written and verbal
- Safety Conscious
- Quality Conscious
- Self-motivated, driven and tenacious
- Positive attitude, disciplined and a strong work ethic.
- Must be a dependable person that is able to work unsupervised and independently
- Strong technical problem-solving skills

**General**: