Millwright (Production Plant)

Planned maintenance and breakdown work on shift at the beverage bottling plant in Gqeberha. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is Gqeberha-based, with most of your time spent at a beverage bottling plant. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Inspect and adjust conveyors, chains and sprockets
• Maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems on production lines
• Record work and spares used on the job card or CMMS
• Follow the lockout procedure before any work on machinery
• Machine shafts, bushes and keyways on a lathe and milling machine
• Replace bearings, seals and couplings on pumps, gearboxes and motors
• Align shafts with a laser alignment tool after every drive change

• Willing to work shifts, standby and weekend shutdowns
• Trade test as Fitter and Turner, Fitter, Millwright or Toolmaker
• At least 2 years as a qualified artisan in a factory or workshop
• Basic understanding of the General Machinery Regulations
• N2 or N3 engineering subjects
• You read engineering drawings and measure with micrometers and verniers

• Food safety awareness for food and drink plants
• Forklift licence for moving heavy parts

• Shift and standby allowances
• Paid overtime on shutdowns
• Chance to study further toward a technician diploma

• If you can machine parts as well as fit them, say so clearly. Many factories want both skills in one person.
• Expect a practical test. Measure twice and work cleanly, because the assessor watches your habits as much as the result.