Maintenance Fitter
Listed on 2026-09-14
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Manufacturing / Production
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic
AVI Ltd. is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.
NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED (NBL), operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.
Maintenance Fitter to join our Durban Tea Factory
. You will be responsible for the maintenance and repair of high-speed packaging equipment and other machinery. Reporting to the Engineering Foreman, your focus will be on ensuring optimal plant performance and minimizing downtime.
Key Performance Areas:
- Perform mechanical breakdown repairs and preventative maintenance.
- Plan and execute plant shutdowns.
- Conduct root cause analysis and recommend improvements.
- Record maintenance data on Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) (Shopware).
- Assist with equipment commissioning and implement continuous improvement projects.
- Ensure compliance with Occupational Health and Safety standards and promote safe working practices.
Experience:
- 10+ years of experience with high-speed packaging machinery.
- N3 in Mechanical Engineering.
- Mechanical Fitter Trade Test.
Skills:
- Proficient in welding (TIG & Arc) and machining (lathe, surface grinder, milling).
- Strong fault-finding skills and knowledge of maintenance systems (CMMS).
- Experience in plant maintenance and problem-solving.
- Basic design and fabrication of steel structures.
- Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies.
- Valid driver’s license and own transport (available for shift work).
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