Millwright (Production Plant)

The plastics injection moulding factory in Kimberley needs an artisan who can fix a breakdown fast and machine a part when needed. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Home base is a plastics injection moulding factory on the Kimberley side of Northern Cape. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Respond to breakdowns and get the line running again safely
• Help with electrical fault-finding on motors and sensors as a millwright
• Align shafts with a laser alignment tool after every drive change
• Maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems on production lines
• Program and run CNC machines from engineering drawings
• Machine shafts, bushes and keyways on a lathe and milling machine

• Trade test as Fitter and Turner, Fitter, Millwright or Toolmaker
• You read engineering drawings and measure with micrometers and verniers
• N2 or N3 engineering subjects
• Willing to work shifts, standby and weekend shutdowns

• Millwright trade test, since it covers both mechanical and electrical
• Hydraulic and pneumatic courses

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

• If you can machine parts as well as fit them, say so clearly. Many factories want both skills in one person.
• Write your trade and trade test year first, then the machines you know, like "Filling lines, pumps, gearboxes".