Millwright

Overview

Purpose of the job: Millwrights are responsible for assembling, installing, and maintaining heavy mechanical equipment and/or machinery used in the manufacturing process. Responsibilities include reading and interpreting blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures, transporting equipment for installation, and assembling machinery and equipment. The millwright conducts tests and inspections to ensure machinery and/or equipment operates safely and efficiently, and executes maintenance tasks and troubleshooting to minimise downtime and extend the life cycle of the equipment.

The millwright plays a crucial role in ensuring that the plant operates at maximum efficiency with minimal downtime.

• Inspecting and examining equipment and/or machinery to detect and investigate irregularities and malfunctions
• Installing, aligning, commissioning, repairing, diagnosing, inspecting, dismantling and moving stationary machinery and mechanical equipment
• Operating machine tools to fabricate parts required during the overhaul, maintenance and setup of machinery and/or equipment
• Adjusting machinery and/or equipment and/or repairing or replacing defective parts
• Aligning and testing equipment and/or machinery to ensure optimal performance
• Performs planned and preventative maintenance
• Machine and/or equipment cleaning and lubricating
• Resolve machine breakdowns, identify faults, repair or replace defective parts with minimal downtime
• Continuous improvement to improve machine and/or equipment performance
• Ensure risk assessments are available, read and understood for each activity undertaken
• Ensure health, safety and environmental standards are adhered to
• Align and calibrate machinery and equipment parts as required for safe and efficient operation
• Testing of units to evaluate operational operation
• Report writing and overall feedback on plant equipment
• Day by day tracking of machine problems
• Weekly tracking of plant facilities (air, water and electricity)

• Matric
• Qualified Millwright / Red Seal Qualification or Trade Test in all disciplines (N4 preferred qualification)
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in Automotive Manufacturing or manufacturing environment

• Compliance with Safety Regulations and cognisance to safety risks
• Excellent manual dexterity
• Mechanical aptitude in dealing with various hand and power tools
• Ability to read technical documents such as specifications, machine manuals and blueprints
• Proficient in troubleshooting techniques to solve machine issues
• Good mathematical skills
• String working knowledge of mechanical and hydraulic systems
• MS Office
• Electrical fault finding
• PLC knowledge
• Basic Robotics