Turner
Job in
Howick, 3224, South Africa
Listed on 2026-08-19
Listing for:
Green Marble Recruitment Consultants
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-19
Job specializations:
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Manufacturing / Production
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Machine Operator, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations
Job Description & How to Apply Below
TURNER
Location:
Howick, KZN
Join our established client in a fast-paced heavy machinery environment.
NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS:
- Trade Test as a Turner.
- Planned & unplanned maintenance.
- Ability to read technical drawings.
- Heavy machinery plant experience.
- Lathe & milling machine experience.
Minimum requirements:
- Matric.
- Qualified Turner with a recognised Trade Test.
- N2-equivalent theory training in the Mechanical Trade.
- Strong understanding of machining practices and materials.
- Experience operating lathes, milling machines, and other workshop machinery.
- Ability to machine components to tolerances of 0.01 where required.
- English – speak, read, and write.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Attend to planned and unplanned maintenance on machinery and respond to breakdowns with urgency.
- Perform machining of components from mechanical drawings and supplied samples.
- Operate lathes, milling machines, and other workshop machinery.
- Carry out precision machining to tolerances of 0.01 where required.
- Perform turning, milling, V-thread, Acme and square thread screw cutting, surface grinding, and basic fabrication.
- Complete mechanical assemblies of new equipment manufactured in the machine shop.
- Modify and improve existing equipment and plant to optimise capacity and performance.
- Perform daily machinery checks and inspections.
- Attend to mechanical repairs and breakdowns during standby periods as required.
- Accurately record completed work on job cards and planned maintenance schedules.
- Report mechanical issues on lathes, milling machines, and other equipment to the Mechanical Foreman or Engineering Manager.
- Carry out safety inspections on equipment and plant as instructed.
- Maintain high standards of safety and housekeeping in the workshop and work areas.
- Perform any reasonable duties as instructed by the Mechanical Foreman or Engineering Manager.
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