Precision Machinist — Lathe & Milling Expert

Ubuntu Resource Management; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ubuntu Resource Management seeks a skilled Machinist for a packaging machinery manufacturer in the JHB North / Randburg area, Gauteng. The role involves operating conventional lathe and milling machines in a genuine manufacturing environment.

You will read drawings, machine components to tight tolerances, and work with minimal supervision on varied jobs across a busy machine-building operation.

Qualifications

• Trade-tested artisan with a strong track record in precision machining.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings independently.
• Experience in machine-building environments with varied jobs.
• Comfortable working unsupervised in a busy workshop.

Responsibilities

• Operate conventional lathe and milling machines in a machine-building workshop.
• Machining components accurately to drawings across varied jobs.
• Turn internal and external threads, bearing sizes, and press fits.
• Milling keyways, blocking accurately, and hole pitching on a dividing head.
• Select cutters, feeds, and speeds for each job.
• Work from technical drawings with minimal supervision.

Skills

Reading drawings

Precise machining

Unsupervised work

Quality conscious

Education

Trade Tested Fitter and Turner / Turner Machinist / Toolmaker (Red Seal, Section 26D, or Indlela)

Tools

Conventional lathe

Milling machines

Dividing head

Job description

Ubuntu Resource Management seeks a skilled Machinist for a packaging machinery manufacturer in the JHB North / Randburg area, Gauteng. The role involves operating conventional lathe and milling machines in a genuine manufacturing environment.

You will read drawings, machine components to tight tolerances, and work with minimal supervision on varied jobs across a busy machine-building operation.