East London: Millwright posted by Staff Solutions

About the Role

The Millwright position at Staff Solutions in East London requires a skilled and experienced individual to join our team. As a key member of our maintenance department, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of our production machinery and services. You will work closely with the Maintenance Manager to identify areas for improvement and implement permanent corrective actions to reduce machine downtime.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring Preventative Maintenance is carried out according to schedules for both Mechanical and Electrical.
• To identify, verify and analyse reasons for machine downtime through root cause analysis and implementation of permanent corrective actions to continuously reduce machine downtime.
• Frequently check stock levels for all spares/materials and order in time.
• Assisting the Maintenance Manager in periodic trend analysis of breakdowns and expenditure with recommendations for continual improvement.
• Involvement in daily emergencies and urgent work requests.
• Completion of basic preventative maintenance.
• Ensuring 5S System and safe working standards are always adhered to.
• Keeping the Maintenance Manager informed of abnormal or critical situations and seeking advice on matters outside the Planner’s knowledge or authority.
• Ensuring maintenance procedures and documentation complies with relevant Quality Assurance standards and Safety Standards.
• Electrical installations and PLC’s.
• Mechanical installations.
• Complying with OHS Act Regulations and other Legislation.
• Involvement with all new projects etc.
• Accurately carrying out maintenance schedules for production machinery and services (Electrical and Mechanical).
• Carrying out lubrication schedules.
• All work must be performed safely according to all safety regulations.
• Speedily rectifying breakdowns and after-hours call-outs.
• Weekly shift and stand-by duty to be performed as per roster.
• Adhering to Company HSEE policy.
• Performing shift and standby call-out duties.
• Working overtime when required as agreed by Plant Engineer.

Job Requirements

• N4 in Electrical Engineering/Millwright or Diploma in Electrical Engineering/Mechatronics
• Red Seal certification mandatory for Millwright/Electrician
• 5 years post-apprenticeship experience in a similar role within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experienced on Injection Molding Machines an added advantage.
• Experienced on ABB Robots, Siemens TIA portal and Variable speed drives (VSDs) an added advantage.
• Strong electrical and mechanical troubleshooting skills
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and manuals (mandatory)
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Computer literacy is a must.
• Ability to learn fast and be independent.
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Qualifications

No formal education or qualifications are required for this role.