Fitter - Ceres Beverages Plant-ZAF at PepsiCo

Responsibilities

Equipment Maintenance

• Serves as a mechanical artisan on repairing, installing, replacing and testing mechanical circuits, equipment, and appliances.
• Diagnoses and performs mechanical maintenance and repairs on a variety of mechanical equipment (Process, Packaging, and Palletizing)
• Supports the site Utilities maintenance team with mechanical work.
• Performs mechanical preventative maintenance inspections and repairs on a variety of mechanical equipment.
• Provides troubleshooting and demand maintenance work on a variety of equipment and systems along with other equipment related to production and facility operations.
• Conducts tests to troubleshoot and test gearboxes, pumps, drives, valves, hydraulics, pneumatics and other mechanical devices for defects.
• Reviews and updates equipment maintenance schedule requests and specification changes.
• Diagnoses and corrects mechanical systems and equipment malfunctions; test, adjust, sequence, synchronize and align such systems and equipment as hydraulic, pneumatic actuators, reducing valves, geared motors/pumps, generators and valves.
• Interface with Control System Specialist and Mechanical Specialist for equipment specification and product/process flow optimisation.

Continuous Improvement

• Complete continuous improvement initiatives to support equipment reliability, IPS and food safety agenda.
• Tracks and documents CI improvement initiatives executed and process improvement challenges when they arise
• Ensures that scheduled maintenance in terms of Engineering plans is conducted as prescribed following defined protocols and compliance to GMPs
• Completes job cards and parts requisition documents timeously to improve on mean time to repair thus ensuring high plant availability

Technical

• Comprehensive knowledge of the methods, tools, and equipment used in the repair of mechanical and process equipment to include procedures for diagnosing malfunctions as well as the operation of equipment.

Safety

• Thorough knowledge of current and accepted occupational safety and health practices and principles to include safety and equipment design regulations.

Behaviour/Skill

• The person should be a self-starter with innovative technical abilities.
• The person has to have analytical abilities to resolve mechanical plant breakdowns with permanent solutions.   
• The endurance level of this individual has to be above average because of long hours and sometimes-physical activities.
• Ability to work shifts
• The person must be a team player with a

Qualifications

• Qualified/trade tested fitter.
• Minimum 2 years maintenance experience in the FMCG environment.
• Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office and maintenance software (CMMS Systems -SAP/On Key/JD Edwards etc).