Maintenance Fitter (Food Factory)

Bearings, gearboxes, pumps and lathes: this sugar mill in Mossel Bay needs your hands on them. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

Home base is a sugar mill on the Mossel Bay side of Western Cape.

• Maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems on production lines
• Help with electrical fault-finding on motors and sensors as a millwright
• Inspect and adjust conveyors, chains and sprockets
• Record work and spares used on the job card or CMMS
• Align shafts with a laser alignment tool after every drive change
• Program and run CNC machines from engineering drawings

• At least 2 years as a qualified artisan in a factory or workshop
• Trade test as Fitter and Turner, Fitter, Millwright or Toolmaker
• Own basic hand tools, or willing to build up a set
• N2 or N3 engineering subjects

• Hydraulic and pneumatic courses
• Food safety awareness for food and drink plants
• Forklift licence for moving heavy parts

• Paid overtime on shutdowns
• Shift and standby allowances
• Chance to study further toward a technician diploma
• Tool allowance

• 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.