Must be in possession of a Grade 12 School Leaving Certificate Must be a Trade Tested Maintenance Millwright Section 13 red seal Millwright trade test N4 electro-mechanical certificate, Siemens PLC. 3 years experience as a Maintenance Millwright Must have experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps etc. Wiremans License 5 years experience in heavy industry 5 years experience in Non-Woven Textile industry This is a shift position, alternating every week Computer literacy Minimum N4 Electrical/ Mechanical Associated Tasks Maintenance Process (Scheduled): Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements Generate Job Requisitions for scheduled maintenance work (type of repair or maintenance, spares, quantities, time, etc.) Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site Isolate equipment, perform lockouts and make the work area safe Conduct Preventive Maintenance activities Perform change overs in the production environment Count stock for a Stock Take integrity check (check spares condition during the count) Maintenance Process (Breakdown): Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical/electrical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control Update the responsible person on progress of repairs Escalate the problem to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully Capture all information related to the breakdown to aid in determining the root cause File job requisition upon completion of repair Mechanical Maintenance: Perform routine maintenance Align machines and equipment Diagnose and repair faults on equipment and machinery during production/operation Commission and refurbish machines / equipment Operate and monitor a drilling machine to produce simple components Operate and monitor a lathe to produce simple components Operate and monitor a milling machine to produce simple components Operate and monitor a surface grinding machine to produce simple components Operate the Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) to seal moulds Perform basic and MIG/TIG welding of metals Grind tools and drill bits Maintain mechanical equipment (indirect and direct drives, pipe systems, static seals, bearings, brakes and clutches, direct drives, dynamic seals, heat exchangers and pressure vessels, lubricating systems, pumps, conveyor systems, compressors, fluid power/pneumatic/vacuum systems, gearboxes, safety valves) Electrical Maintenance: Design and construct Single/Three Phase Circuits Design and Install Electrical Wire Ways Construct, test, commission and do fault tracing on all electrical reticulation networks of any voltage up to 400 Volt. Install or replace and commission electrical equipment (lighting systems; electrical cables and conductors; earth leakage unit in a low voltage circuit; metering units or measuring instruments; low and medium voltage transformers; batteries; electrical wire ways; direct current (DC) machines three phase AC electrical circuits, machines and control gear) Wire and commission of single and three phase electrical circuits Inspect and clean (electrical machines; enhanced safety apparatus; electrical motors) Inspect and maintain electrical equipment (electrical distribution boards, panels and enclosures; intrinsically safe apparatus; lighting systems; high mast lighting structures; batteries and battery rooms (UPS, Generator); low voltage switchgear; unit protection devices on transformers; AC or DC drive units; (DC) machines; electric power tools; three phase AC machines and control gear; AC motor control gear) Replace electrical equipment (electrical cables; faulty components in a distribution board; three-phase electrical motor between 5,5 kW and 75 kW) Fault find and repair (Domestic appliances; single phase alternating current (AC) systems; three phase voltage electrical circuits) Disconnect and connect electric motors Handle and care for electrical earthing gear and related equipment Joint low voltage cables Troubleshoot on programmable logic controllers Fabrication: Mechanically cut, drill, punch and assemble fabrication materials using powered machinery Cut materials using the oxy-fuel gas cutting process (manual cutting) Join metals using the resistance welding process Weld workpiece (oxy-acetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding) Remove metals using oxy-fuel and air-carbon arc gouging processes Instrumentation Maintenance: Construct Basic Electronic Circuits Install Instrument impulse lines Maintain instrumentation equipment (Flow; Level; Pressure; Temperature; Intrinsically safe apparatus) Carry out soldering and de-soldering procedures Maintenance Process (Post Maintenance): Test and commission machinery or equipment prior to handover Complete the Planned Maintenance Schedule (Work completed, work not completed, spares used, spares not available, time taken, observations, problems, etc.) Identify any other work required (including additional spares) Clean up after completion of job and inform the responsible person that the maintenance has been completed to the required standard Engineering Projects: Work as a project team member Material Handling: Sling loads Operating cranes/hoists Operating forklifts
