Turner / Machinist

Chainlink Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 50 000 - 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a skilled manufacturing professional to assemble and repair hydraulic components in Cape Town. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 years of experience, a qualified artisan certificate, and knowledge of hydraulic systems. Duties include striping and repairing cylinders, machining, and ensuring high quality standards through adherence to ISO requirements. This offers a dynamic role within a hands-on manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Assist with assessments for quotation purposes.
• Bending of hydraulic tubing.
• General fitting.
• Dis-assembly and assembly of pumps requiring adjustment and setting.

Responsibilities

• Strip and repair cylinders.
• Prepare parts for spray painting.
• Hand welding by mechanically fed electrodes.
• Machining hydraulic components according to specifications.
• Deburring of all manufactured parts.
• Check, prepare and mark own components.

Skills

Grade 12 (Matric)/N3 or equivalent

Minimum of 4 years manufacturing experience

Qualified Artisan / Trade Test

Knowledge of powerpacks, pumps and cylinders

Fault finding

Fabrication

Able to read Hydraulic schematics

Able to operate conventional machinery

Familiar with ISO 9001:2015 standards

Use of measuring instruments

Job description

Job Purpose

To manufacture and assemble components, as per drawing or sample

Skills Requirements

• Grade 12 (Matric)/N3 or equivalent
• Minimum of 4 years manufacturing experience
• Qualified Artisan / Trade Test
• Knowledge of powerpacks, pumps and cylinders
• Fault finding
• Fabrication
• Able to read Hydraulic schematics
• Abel to operate conventional machinery to produce parts at high quality standards.
• Familiar with ISO 9001:2015 standards
• Be able to use a variety of measuring instruments

Job Description

• Assist the Factory and salespersons with assessments for quotation purposes.
• Bending of hydraulic tubing
• General fitting
• Dis-assembly and assembly of pumps requiring adjustment and setting. Including troubleshooting without supervision.

Function

• To strip and repair cylinders
• Preparation of parts for spray painting and paint parts
• Hand welding by mechanically fed electrodes
• Preliminary welding for positioning of jobs prior to welding, riveting or bolting up
• Machining of different hydraulic components according to drawing specifications, following the job card as procedure for manufacturing
• Assist in the stripping off and assessments of repairs for quotations purposes
• Repetition drill sharpening by machine/hand
• Drilling of holes
• Tapping and re-tapping of holesDeburring of all manufactured parts
• Deburring by hand and/or by grinding and/or portable power tools
• Sand blasting
• Metal cleaning by degreasing
• Operating hand portable and/or pedestal grinding machine where the operator is not required to grind to marks and/or gauges and/or sizes and/or templates
• Rethreading and/or re-tapping and/or reclaiming of nuts and/or bolts
• Check, prepare and mark own components
• Assembling of jobs as per drawing / circuit diagram
• Operate conventional milling machine and Lathe machine