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Millwrights are responsible for assembling, installing, and maintaining heavy mechanical equipment and/or machinery used in the manufacturing process. The responsibilities will include reading and interpreting blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures, transporting equipment for installation and assembling machinery and equipment.
The millwright will also be responsible for conducting tests and inspections to ensure machinery and/or equipment operates safely and efficiently as well as the execution of maintenance tasks and troubleshooting issues to minimize downtime and extend the life cycle of the equipment. The millwright will play a crucial role in ensuring that the plant operates at maximum efficiency with minimal downtime.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Inspecting and examining equipment and/or machinery to detect and investigate irregularities and malfunctions
- Installing, aligning, commissioning, repairing, diagnosing, inspecting and 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 of 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
- Ensures 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 performance.
- Report writing and overall feedback on plant equipment.
- Day-by-day tracking of machine problems
- Weekly tracking of plant facilities. (Air, water and electricity)
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATION
- Qualified Millwright / Red Seal Qualification or Trade Test in all disciplines (N4 preferred qualification)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATION
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in Automotive Manufacturing or a manufacturing environment
TECHNICAL PRE-REQUISITE
- Compliance with Safety Regulations and cognizance 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
COMPETENCY PRE-REQUISITE
- Attention to detail
- Team player
- Problem Solving skills
- Build collaborative relationships across departments and with external suppliers
- Good communication skills
- Able to work independently
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