Pretoria: Millwright posted by Profile Personnel

About the Role

A well-established automotive company is seeking a qualified and experienced Millwright to join their dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting mechanical and electrical maintenance and repairs on plant and equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive Maintenance Schedules, plan and execute before they expire.
• 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.).
• Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site.
• Isolate equipment, perform lockouts, complete the LOTO register and make the work area safe.
• Complete the Contractors Permit to Work prior to contractors commencing with work on site.
• Conduct Preventive Maintenance activities.
• Perform change overs in the production environment.
• Count stock for a Stock Take integrity check (check spares condition during the count).
• Record all Scheduled Maintenance to the Maintenance Connection system IN TIME to aid in pro-longing equipment life and prevent Unplanned Maintenance.
• Maintain or improve on 5S standards in the Workshop and work area.
• Plan plant start-up well in advance of planned production starting time to ensure the plant is ready for production.
• Track and record personal daily hours to ensure the KPA Artisan Utilization of ? 75% is achieved.

• Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical/electrical 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.
• Record all Breakdowns to the Maintenance Connection system to aid in determining the root cause and to accurately calculate KPI and artisan utilisation data.

• 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.

• Design and construct Single/Three Phase Circuits.
• Design and Install Electrical Wire Ways.
• Construct, commission and do fault tracing on low voltage reticulation networks (220Vac, 110Vac, 24DC).
• Install or replace and commission electrical equipment (lighting systems; electrical cables and conductors; earth leakage unit in a low voltage circuit; metering units or measuring instruments; low and medium voltage transformers; batteries; electrical wire ways; direct current (DC) machines three phase AC electrical circuits, machines and control gear).
• Wire and commission three phase electrical circuits.
• Inspect and clean (electrical machines; enhanced safety apparatus; electrical motors).
• Test and inspect a three-phase industrial/commercial installation.
• Inspect and maintain electrical equipment (electrical distribution boards, panels and enclosures; intrinsically safe apparatus; lighting systems; high mast lighting structures; batteries and battery rooms (UPS, Generator); low voltage switchgear; unit protection devices on transformers; AC or DC drive units; (DC) machines; electric power tools; three phase AC machines and control gear; AC motor control gear).
• Replace electrical equipment (electrical cables; faulty components in a distribution board; three-phase electrical motor between 5,5 kW and 75 kW).
• Fault find and repair (Domestic appliances; single phase alternating current (AC) systems; three phase voltage electrical circuits).
• Disconnect and connect electric motors.
• Handle and care for electrical earthing gear and related equipment.
• Joint low voltage cables.
• Troubleshoot on programmable logic controllers.

• 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.

• Construct Basic Electronic Circuits.
• Install Instrument impulse lines.
• Maintain instrumentation equipment (Flow; Level; Pressure; Temperature; Intrinsically safe apparatus).
• Carry out soldering and de-soldering procedures.

Requirements

• Grade 12 with mathematics and science
• Section 13 red seal Millwright trade test
• N4 electro-mechanical certificate, Siemens PLC, 5 years experience in heavy industry
• Must be computer literate

Qualifications

No formal education/certifications mentioned.

Salary & Benefits

Salary details not provided.