Millwright: Gauteng - Tharisa

The Millwright will be responsible for Installing, maintaining, and repairing mechanical and electrical equipment and fixtures, ensuring that work is by OHSACT and relevant COPs and SOPs

Role Context

• Safely execute critical daily maintenance tasks
• Execute shutdown activities as per plan, according to the scheduled time
• Ensure continuous improvement of asset care management
• To give direction to Assistants and contractors under their area of responsibility
• Support asset care and optimisation to ensure customer needs are met
• Assist smelter foreman to ensure the health and safety of employees it is taken care of through safely maintaining equipment
• Maintain good housekeeping standards
• Stop and report any contraventions of the MHSA, regulations, codes of practice, Mine standards and instructions promptly to the engineering foreman
• Obtain a job card and permit to work before any task execution
• Conduct pre-work risk assessment for every task
• Assemble, install, test, electrical or electronic wiring, and maintain mechanical, equipment appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools

• Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem
• Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components Inspect plant equipment components and systems to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with the relevant standards
• Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous
• Plan layout and installation of equipment and fixtures, based on job specifications and relevant standards

Requirements

Minimum Requirement:

Qualification:

• Grade 12 and Millwright Trade Certificate
• Relevant Fitting and Machining/Turning, Electrical Technical Qualifications: Red sealed Engineering Trade certificate Technical Qualifications:
• Red sealed Engineering Trade certificate or SAQA Verified Trade Certificate)
• Studying towards N6 National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering would be advantageous
• Valid MV certificate

Job Specific Experience

• Sound knowledge in a smelter or foundry environment
• Minimum of 5 years of Solid experience in a foundry/smelter environment as a Millwright
• Valid driving license (code 08) and own transport

Inherent requirement

• Must be medically fit