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Millwright - Manufacturing

2 months ago

Bloemfontein, South Africa Complement Recruitment Full time

Qualified Millwright   

Salary: Permanent with Benefits

Purpose of Position:

Complement Recruitment are recruiting for 3 x Millwrights based in the Mokopane, Bloemfontein and Umhlanga, Kwazulu Natal. This is a permanent position with benefits. The millwright in this position will ensure optimum plant availability & efficiency by maintaining and repairing plant and equipment according to engineering specifications and safety standards. Basic Salary, plus benefits.

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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