Job Description

Job Title: Fabricator Fitter

Industry: Recycling Company

Nature of Job: Full Time

Salary: KShs 35,000 – 40,000

Job Location: Banana, Kiambu

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reading blueprints and understanding how the final product should look


• Troubleshooting flaws in welds or structural imperfections in the metal


• Fit and assemble metal parts, tools or sub-assemblies, including welding or brazing parts


• Cut, thread, bend and install hydraulic and pneumatic pipes and lines


• Dismantle faulty tools and assemblies and repair or replace defective parts


• Set up and/or operate hand and machine tools, welding equipment


• Check accuracy and quality of finished parts, tools or sub-assemblies


• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.


• Hammer, chip, and grind work pieces in order to cut, bend, and straighten metal.


• Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed in order to ensure that specifications are met.


• Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.


• Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to work pieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.


• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.


• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, and/or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.


• Preheat work pieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.


• Smooth workpiece edges, and fix taps, tubes, and valves.


• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.


• Tack-weld fitted parts together.


• Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.


• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.

Key Requirements

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering


• 1-3 years’ experience as fabricator fitter


• Good eyesight


• High level of precision and keen on details


• Mathematical skills and ability to interpret blueprints and manuals


• Creative and initiative

How to Apply

If you meet the above qualifications, skills and experience send CV to jobs@britesmanagement.com.

Interviews will be carried out on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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