Artisan (Millwright)

SUMMARY:
This long standing, national manufacturing company is currently looking for an Artisan (Millwright), to conduct mechanical and electrical maintenance and repairs on plant and equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

POSITION INFO:

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Grade 12 with Mathematics & Science strong pref.
• Section 13 Red Seal Millwright Trade Tested.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• N4 Electro-mechanical Certificate.
• Siemens PLC.

Key Performance Areas:

Scheduled Maintenance:

• Receive maintenance schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work.
• Inspect tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements.
• Generate job requisitions for scheduled maintenance.
• Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site.
• Isolate equipment, perform lockouts and make the work area safe.

Breakdown Maintenance:

• 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 the problem to the next level if necessary.
• Capture all information.

Mechanical Maintenance:

• Produce simple components by expert use of:
• Drilling machine;
• Lathe;
• Milling machine;
• Surface grinding machine; and
• Electrical Discharge machine (EDM).
• Perform basic and MIG/TOG welding of metals.
• Grind tools and drill bits.
• Maintain mechanical equipment:
• Indirect and direct drives, pipe systems, static seals, bearings, brakes and clutches, direct drives, dynamic seals, heat exchangers and pressure vessels, lubricating systems, pumps, conveyor systems, compressors, fluid power/pneumatic/vacuum systems, gearboxes, safety valves.

Electrical Maintenance:

• 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 all electrical equipment.
• Replace electrical equipment.
• Fault find and repair (Domestic appliances; single phase alternating current (AC) systems; three phase voltage electrical circuits).

Fabrication:

• 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.

Instrumentation Maintenance:

• Construct Basic Electronic Circuits.
• Install Instrument impulse lines.

Project Initiation:

• Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control.
• Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub-project and monitor and control actual cost against budget.

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