Job Overview
Date Posted: Posted 26 mins ago
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Job Title: Turner / Fabricator
Education Level: Certificate
Job Level: Intermediate
Minimum Experience: 3 - 5 Years
Turner / Fabricator required in Midrand, Johannesburg.
Dynamic manufacturer in Midrand is recruiting a Turner / Fabricator person that will work alongside maintenance staff to ensure that equipment is maintained and operational.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintain existing equipment and systems:
Fit, assemble, grind and shape metal parts and subassemblies to fabricate production machines and other equipment.
Interpret engineering drawings, set up machines, select appropriate cutting tools, and monitor the machining process to ensure precision and quality.
Perform tasks like measuring and inspecting finished parts, making adjustments to machine settings, and performing routine maintenance on the equipment.
Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate.
Do all preventative maintenance according to the job cards issued by the maintenance planner.
Report any other equipment that needs a job card to the maintenance planner to ensure that the job card is created for the machine.
Inspect, troubleshoot and repair equipment and machinery:
Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
Know the machines and how to operate them to ensure all functions are working as designed.
Repair machines or systems using the needed tools. Perform routine maintenance on equipment and determine when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Determine causes of operating errors and decide on corrective actions.
Repair or replace defective equipment parts using correct hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment.
Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, and parts catalogs as necessary.
Conduct fault finding on the plant as quickly as possible to reduce downtimes.
Keep all manuals and drawings up to date; modify drawings and insert any technical information into the manuals as necessary.
Dismantle devices to gain access to and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
Use the correct lifting equipment with the correct SWL when handling equipment.
Support maintenance and production to ensure sustainability:
Meet with maintenance and production foremen and staff to discuss breakdowns and issues experienced in the plant.
Communicate with supervisors, peers, or subordinates, providing information through various means.
Make decisions and solve problems by analyzing information and evaluating results.
Gather information from all relevant sources.
Communicate with people outside the organization, representing the organization to external sources.
Direct and train workers to install and maintain mechanical equipment.
Conduct practical on-the-job training in the plants.
Provide theoretical training in the training centre.
Admin, measure and reporting:
Record maintenance and repair work performed and the costs associated with the work.
Complete all job cards from the maintenance planner with all required details.
Record all work required and completed on the Preventative Maintenance platform.
Requirements:
Qualified Fitter and Turner / Turner.
N3 and above or Matric / Grade 12.
At least 4 years' experience in a manufacturing / engineering or mining environment.
Able to interpret engineering drawings.
Own vehicle.
Reside within a radius of 20 kilometres from the Midrand area.
Good communication skills.
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