Millwright

Hire Resolve; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Negotiable salary

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Maintenance Millwright in Johannesburg. The role involves ensuring the uptime of maintenance significant items through planned and corrective maintenance. Applicants should have at least 3 years of relevant experience, with a strong background in hydraulics and pneumatics. Responsibilities include performing preventative maintenance, conducting breakdown analysis, and maintaining plant availability. The position offers a negotiable salary, and applications can be submitted via email.

Qualifications

• Qualified millwright with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience solving hydraulic and pneumatic system faults.
• Proficient in engineering tasks such as drilling and welding.
• Experience with AC and DC motor connections, start delta wiring, and setting up AC drives.
• Proficient in repairing hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders; able to perform drilling, tapping, bending, pressing, cutting, and arc welding.
• Ability to read hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical schematics; capable of testing PLC controls.
• Skills in dismantling, assembling, and installing machinery; experience in conveyor maintenance.
• Experience in control circuit testing for pressure transducers and proportional valves.
• Ability to perform panel wiring and basic circuit design from electrical drawings.
• Good understanding of mechatronics.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in mechanical and electrical fault finding.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance and daily checks.
• Participate in breakdown analysis and respond promptly.
• Ensure plant availability through efficient work.
• Be available for standby duty with personal transport and work overtime as needed.
• Accurately complete job requests, conduct stock counts, and fill out machine checklists in detail.
• Create a performance evidence file for reviews and report any defective equipment to the manager immediately.
• Conduct statutory inspections, perform LOTOTO as required, and aim for zero lost time injuries and first aid incidents.
• Follow health and safety standards, keep hand tools in good working condition, and stop any equipment that poses a danger to staff.
• Report any unsafe actions observed in the factory and communicate daily with production while reporting to the maintenance supervisor.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics

Experience with AC and DC motor connections

Repairing hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders

Reading hydraulic and electrical schematics

Dismantling and installing machinery

Mechanical and electrical fault finding

Schematic reading

Conveyor maintenance

Mechatronics

Education

N6 diploma or in progress

Tools

Hand tools

Job description

Hire Resolve’s Client is looking for a dedicated Maintenance Millwright to join their Team in Johannesburg, GP. In this position you will be expected to ensure uptime of all maintenance significant items through carrying out planned and corrective maintenance within the health and safety perimeters.

Responsibilities:

• Perform preventative maintenance and conduct daily checks to achieve 90% and 100% completion monthly, respectively.
• Participate in breakdown analysis to reduce downtime and respond to all breakdowns promptly.
• Complete any reasonable tasks assigned by the maintenance supervisor and maintain plant availability at 96% through efficient work.
• Be available for standby duty with personal transport and work overtime as needed.
• Accurately complete job requests, conduct stock counts, and fill out machine checklists in detail.
• Create a performance evidence file for reviews and report any defective equipment to the manager immediately.
• Conduct statutory inspections, perform LOTOTO as required, and aim for zero lost time injuries and first aid incidents.
• Follow health and safety standards, keep hand tools in good working condition, and stop any equipment that poses a danger to staff.
• Report any unsafe actions observed in the factory and communicate daily with production while reporting to the maintenance supervisor.

Requirements:

• Qualified millwright with at least 3 years of relevant experience and a minimum of 2 years in solving hydraulic and pneumatic system faults.
• N6 diploma or in progress (beneficial).
• Basic knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics required, along with problem-solving skills for temperature control circuits (level 1 preferred).
• Experience with AC and DC motor connections, start delta wiring, and setting up AC drives.
• Proficient in repairing hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, and performing engineering tasks like drilling, tapping, bending, pressing, cutting, and arc welding.
• Ability to read and interpret hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical schematics, and conduct testing on PLC controls.
• Skills in dismantling, assembling, and installing machinery, with experience in conveyor maintenance.
• Experience in control circuit testing for pressure transducers and proportional valves (beneficial).
• Ability to perform panel wiring and basic circuit design from electrical drawings (beneficial).
• Good understanding of mechatronics (beneficial).
• Minimum 3 years of experience in mechanical and electrical fault finding.

Benefits:

• Salary: negotiable

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We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.