Fitter - East London

Closing Date: 24 June 2026

Reference Number: FEL260610-1

Feltex (Pty) Ltd, a leading automotive component manufacturer, where precision, skill, and innovation drives success, is looking for a motivated and detail-orientated artisan (fitter) to become an essential part of our dynamic team. If you have a passion for hands-on work, problem solving, and contributing to high quality production, this is the perfect opportunity to grow your career in a supportive and forward thinking environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

Maintenance Process (Scheduled Preventative Maintenance):

Receive Maintenance Schedules, plan and execute before they expire. Interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work

Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements

Generate Job Requisitions for scheduled maintenance work (type of repair or maintenance, spares, quantities, time, etc.)

Conduct Preventive Maintenance activities

Perform change overs in the production environment

Perform Plant start-ups. Plan plant start-up well in advance of planned production starting time to ensure the plant is ready for production.

Maintenance Process (Breakdown):

Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control.

Update the responsible person on progress of repairs

Escalate a problem/breakdown to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully

Mechanical Maintenance:

Perform routine maintenance

Align machines and equipment

Diagnose and repair faults on equipment and machinery during production/operation

Commission and refurbish machines / equipment

Operate and monitor a drilling machine to produce simple components

Operate and monitor a lathe to produce simple components

Operate and monitor a milling machine to produce simple components

Operate and monitor a surface grinding machine to produce simple components

Operate the Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) to seal moulds

Perform basic and MIG/TIG welding of metals

Grind tools and drill bits

Maintain mechanical equipment (indirect and direct drives, pipe systems, static seals, bearings, brakes and clutches, direct drives, dynamic seals, heat exchangers and pressure vessels, lubricating systems, pumps, conveyor systems, compressors, fluid power/pneumatic/vacuum systems, gearboxes, safety valves)

Fabrication:

Mechanically cut, drill, punch and assemble fabrication materials using powered machinery

Cut materials using the oxy-fuel gas cutting process (manual cutting)

Join metals using the resistance welding process

Weld workpiece (oxy-acetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding)

Remove metals using oxy-fuel and air-carbon arc gouging processes