Millwright - Manufacturing

Minimum Requirements Qualifications And Skills

Required Minimum Qualification / Experience:

•             Millwright Trade Test Certificate (Mechanical & Electrical)

•             Minimum 5 Years qualified as an Artisan, with experience in maintenance in an Electronic Engineering environment

• Willing and Able to work long hours in a demand and challenging manufacturing environment
• Must have experience in a Plant/Factory and Manufacturing environment, FMCG
• Programming and Fault Finding

•             Knowledge of Safety Rules and Regulations

• Computer Literate

•             SAP spares ordering experience

•             MECHANICALLY Sound and ELECTRICALLY Strong

•             PLC experience

•             Hand-on approach and pride in work performed

•             Total commitment to product quality

•             Plan, organize and control costs

Key Competencies / Skills:

•             Problem solving

•             Resilience

•             Initiative / Proactive

•             Self-awareness

•             Positive attitude

•             Willing to work long hours

•             Ability to adapt to rapidly changing environment

•             Ability to work without supervision

Key Responsibilities:

•             Create and maintain a safe & healthy working environment in the department.

•             Ensure asset availability conforms to agreed KPI’s.

•             Asset Management to maintain equipment in standard condition.

•             Financial controls of maintenance budgets.

•             Consumable and critical spares requests, update and verification.

•             Daily line inspections and repairs.

•             Carry out PRAGMA inspections, adhoc, breakdowns and preventative maintenance.

•             Shutdown action plan and execution.

•             Safety custodian for area of responsibility and ensure compliance.

•             Shutdown resource allocation.

•             Standby duties and call-outs.

•             General housekeeping and ensure OHS Act compliance.

•             Record and achieve set KPI''''s.

•             Waste reduction and elimination.

•             Training of department maintenance team and process controllers.

•             Rebuild and continuous improvement projects/initiatives.

•             Reporting of unsafe acts and conditions.

•             Ensure Process Controllers adhere to process controls standards.

•             Maintain standards in the plant and adhere to all safety rules and procedures

•             Maintain production machines, electrically driven machines and electronic control gear

• React to breakdowns expediently

•             Diagnoses, fault finds and repairs equipment failures so as to effectively minimise machine downtime

•             Dismantling, fault detection, repairing. 

•             Maintenance, reconstruction and installation of machinery

•             Propose modifications to equipment for better performance or safety improvements

• Control Job Card information and conduct checks

•             Active involvement in the developing implementing and maintaining Preventative Maintenance System

Further essential responsibilities:

•             Diagnoses, fault finds and repairs equipment failures so as to effectively minimise machine downtime

•             Ensures test equipment is well maintained.

•             Carries out shift work in accordance with pre planned roster.

•             Carries out planned maintenance schedules to required standards.

•             Checks that all relevant information for the updating of drawings is collated and is accurate & correct.

•             Attends training courses as and when required.

•             Covers for other multi-skilled artisans for leave, training and sick leave.

•             Installation of electrical & mechanical equipment.

•             Liaises with production personnel in his assigned areas and other engineering staff as & when required.

•             Coaches operators on best operating practices and autonomous maintenance tasks.

•             Submits suggestions for improvements within his sphere of operations.

•             Participates in Shift Base Units, plant teams and focus teams.

•             Reports unsafe acts and conditions to appropriate management level.

•             Compiles shift report and ensure proper shift handover as per procedure.

•             Adheres to the environmental policy and procedures of reducing waste, preventing spills, meeting environmental target, complying with hazardous chemical procedures and environmental legal requirements.

•             Maintains a high level of good housekeeping in the workplace.

•             Investigates incidents (SHEQ) and identify root causes of Non-Conformances and corrects deviations

•             Understands the SHEQ requirements of the Section

•             Attending to breakdowns: Electrical, Mechanical and Instrumentation

•             Fault finding in various fields including –Electrical, Mechanical Fitting, PLC''''s, Variable Speed Drives, Hydraulics and Pneumatics.

•             Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical schematic drawings

•             Competent with Isolation and Lock-out procedures

•             Ability to work on Overhead cranes, electro-pneumatic systems, hydraulic systems, basic instrumentation and basic auto electrical equipment.

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