Turner / Fabricator

Job Overview

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.