Western Cape: Turner / Machinist (Hydraulics) posted by Green Marble Recruitment Consultants

• Grade 12 (Matric) / N3 or equivalent.
• Minimum of 4 years’ manufacturing experience.
• Qualified Artisan / Trade Test.
• Experience with powerpacks, pumps, and cylinders.
• Skilled in fault finding and fabrication.
• Capable of reading hydraulic schematics.
• Proficient in operating conventional machinery to produce parts to high-quality standards.
• Familiar with ISO 9001:2015 standards.
• Experienced in using a variety of measuring instruments.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Assist the Factory and salespersons with assessments for quotation purposes.
• Bend hydraulic tubing.
• Perform general fitting.
• Disassemble and assemble pumps requiring adjustment and setting, including troubleshooting without supervision.
• Strip and repair cylinders.
• Prepare parts for spray painting and paint parts.
• Perform hand welding using mechanically fed electrodes.
• Perform preliminary welding for positioning of jobs before welding, riveting, or bolting up.
• Machine different hydraulic components according to drawing specifications, following the job card as the procedure for manufacturing.
• Assist in the stripping off and assessment of repairs for quotation purposes.
• Sharpen repetition drills by machine or by hand.
• Drill holes.
• Tap and re-tap holes.
• Deburring all manufactured parts.
• Deburring by hand, grinding, or portable power tools.
• Perform sandblasting.
• Clean metal by degreasing.
• Operate hand portable and/or pedestal grinding machines where grinding to marks, gauges, sizes, or templates is not required.
• Rethread, re-tap, or reclaim nuts and bolts.
• Check, prepare, and mark your own components.
• Assemble jobs as per the drawing or circuit diagram.
• Operate conventional milling machines and lathe machines.