Maintenance Fitter (LAWA Estates Sawmill)

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Maintenance Fitter (LAWA Estates Sawmill)

Location: Mpumalanga and South Africa
Sector: Sawmilling
Contract Type: Permanent

Maintenance Fitter

Location: Lothair, South Africa
Sector: Sawmilling
Contract Type: Permanent

Introduction

  • A long-established company in the Sawmill Industry has a vacancy for a Maintenance Fitter.
  • The ideal candidate will have had several years of experience as Fitter and that is on the lookout for a long-term employment opportunity.
  • Although not mandatory any knowledge of electrical and PLC’s will be hugely beneficial

Duties & Responsibilities

  • To do maintenance and breakdown repairs on all mechanical Equipment.
  • To perform inline inspections and maintenance.
  • To perform plant shutdown work.
  • To perform upgrading of equipment and maintaining machinery.
  • Repair broken or defective machine parts, using welding and brazing tools.
  • Must work in full compliance with the approved safety regulations.
  • Proficient in troubleshooting techniques to solve machine issues.
  • Perform preventative maintenance on all machines by daily inspection of equipment and structures to identify errors and defects on same and correct them.
  • Ordering and maintaining critical parts inventory and supplies for facility and manufacturing equipment, by using a stores requisition with sequential job card numbers.
  • Must be flexible and willing to work over weekends and after hours when the mill is off.

Minimum Requirements

  • Red seal qualification as Fitter
  • Minimum 3 years of experience as a Fitter or equivalent experience in the sawmilling industry
  • Any knowledge of electrical and PLC’s will be hugely beneficial
  • Own transport and drivers licence essential. Must be willing to travel or live in accommodation onsite
  • Candidates with Zulu/Swazi language proficiency will be preferred

Package and Remuneration

  • Market related, negotiable.

Interested?

  • Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide an application status update to each applicant individually. If you haven’t heard from us in 4 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful, but we encourage you to apply again if you see another relevant opening that you might see yourself a good fit for.

Applications close: 25 July 2025
If you do not receive any correspondence, please consider your application unsuccessful

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