Maintenance Fitter (Food Factory)

Bearings, gearboxes, pumps and lathes: this general engineering workshop in Kariega needs your hands on them. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

You'll be based at a general engineering workshop in Kariega. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Align shafts with a laser alignment tool after every drive change
• Replace bearings, seals and couplings on pumps, gearboxes and motors
• Program and run CNC machines from engineering drawings
• Build and repair press tools, jigs and moulds
• Help with electrical fault-finding on motors and sensors as a millwright
• Maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems on production lines
• Respond to breakdowns and get the line running again safely

• Trade test as Fitter and Turner, Fitter, Millwright or Toolmaker
• Willing to work shifts, standby and weekend shutdowns
• You read engineering drawings and measure with micrometers and verniers
• Basic understanding of the General Machinery Regulations

• Shift and standby allowances
• Tool allowance
• Paid overtime on shutdowns

• Write your trade and trade test year first, then the machines you know, like "Filling lines, pumps, gearboxes".
• Expect a practical test. Measure twice and work cleanly, because the assessor watches your habits as much as the result.