Maintenance Millwright

 

Recruiter:

SHARON NUROCK RECRUITMENT CC

Job Ref:

DUR002332/SN

Date posted:

Friday, August 26, 2022

Location:

Durban, South Africa

Salary:

R40 000.00 per month (cost to company) - negotiable


SUMMARY:
Our client, a leading automotive manufacturing concern, currently seeks an individual to join their team to conduct mechanical and electrical maintenance and repairs on plant and equipment, in a safe and efficient manner, reporting to the Maintenance Foreman.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Minimum Requirements:
  • N4 Electrical/Mechanical Engineering.
  • Must be a Trade Tested Maintenance Millwright/ Electrician.
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Maintenance Millwright.
  • PLC experience in fault finding.
  • Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, etc.
  • Wireman’s License an advantage.
Key Performance Areas:

Maintenance Process (Scheduled):
  • Receive maintenance schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance & repair work.
  • Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements.
  • Generate job requisitions for scheduled maintenance work.
  • Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site.
  • Isolate equipment, perform lockouts and make the work area safe.
  • Conduct preventive maintenance activities.
  • Perform change-overs in the production environment.
  • Count stock for a stock take integrity check.
Maintenance Process (Breakdown):
  • Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical/electrical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control.
  • Update the responsible person on progress of repairs and escalate the problem to the next level necessary.
  • Capture all information related to the breakdown to aid in determining the root cause.
Mechanical Maintenance:
  • 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:
    • Drilling machine to produce simple components;
    • Lathe to produce simple components;
    • Milling machine to produce simple components; and
    • Surface grinding machine to produce simple components.
  • Operate the Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) to seal moulds.
  • Perform basic and MIG/TIG welding of metals.
  • 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, test, commission and do fault tracing on all electrical reticulation networks of any voltage up to 400 Volt.
  • 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 of single and three phase electrical circuits.
  • Inspect and clean (electrical machines; enhanced safety apparatus; electrical motors).
  • Inspect and maintain electrical equipment.
  • 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.
Fabrication:
  • Mechanically cut, drill, punch and assemble fabrication materials using powered machinery.
  • Cut materials manually using the oxy-fuel gas cutting process.
  • Remove metals using oxy-fuel and air-carbon arc gouging processes.
Instrumentation Maintenance:
  • Construct basic electronic circuits.
  • Install instrument impulse lines.
  • Maintain instrumentation equipment.
  • Carry out soldering and de-soldering procedures.
Maintenance Process (Post Maintenance):
  • Test and commission machinery or equipment prior to handover.
  • Complete the Planned Maintenance Schedule.
  • Identify any other work required.

 

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